What is an anxiety attack?
What is an anxiety attack? Do you suffer from anxiety disorder? How to deal with an anxiety attack?
Anxiety attack (also known as panic attack) is a reaction to a specific situation where you experience excessive stress and worry more than the common situations that cause you anxiety and stress from time to time.
Julie says when she was in her early twenties; she used to experience anxiety attacks constantly and her heart starts pounding, especially when she goes to a new place that is packed with people. She feels as everybody is watching her behaviors and moves.
Allen mentions that every time he goes to sing in front of an audience, he gets panic attack, which makes him forget the lyrics.
As you can see from the above examples, while many people suffer from anxiety attacks, each one experiences stress in a different form. In other words, what makes someone stressed and anxious doesn’t necessarily make others feel the same, which is why I provide you below with 2 steps that will guarantee you overcome any anxiety attack you might experience.
Symptoms of an anxiety attack
- Headaches
- Pounding heart
- Shortness of breath
- Fatigue
- Anger
- Fear
- Shaking
Overcoming an anxiety attack (panic attack)
If your goal is to learn how to overcome an anxiety attack, follow the guide below:
1. Analyze the root cause
Anxiety attacks are a result of your negative thoughts. Without such thoughts, you won’t feel a thing. Whenever you are experiencing a panic attack, ask yourself “What negative thoughts am I thinking? What is causing me to worry?” For example, if going to crowded places causes you panic attacks, then analyze this situation and know its root cause. Are people really scary? Are people gathering in one place to pick on you? Know that whatever negative answer you come up with, it will most likely not happen.
As I mentioned in my book “How to overcome worry” that asking questions and analyzing your thoughts and the root cause will help you in determining what you need to change about your beliefs and negative thinking.
2. Challenge your thoughts
After you recognized and analyzed the root cause for your panic attack, you can begin to challenge your thoughts. For instance, if crowded places cause you anxiety attack as mentioned above, then you can begin to replace this negative thought to something more positive such as “Crowded place offer me an opportunity to meet new people and make new friends.”
Focusing on the new and positive thought will help you deal with anxiety attacks that you encounter from time to time.
Remember, to be able to overcome anxiety attacks, you have got to examine the root cause and then begin to program your subconscious mind with positive and supporting statements.
Just as you learned to feel excessive anxiety and panic when you encounter a specific situation, you can unlearn such behaviors by analyzing the root cause and challenging your thoughts.
Have you ever wondered why some people are happy and have peace of mind while others keep worrying? Why do some people’s life filled with worry while others filled with happiness and peace of mind? My e-book How to have peace of mind answers those questions and teaches you the scientific ways to control and overcome worry and have peace of mind.
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Hi, this information is very good and useful, because lots of people have panic attacks and they don’t know how to manage them, generally, people freeze and they cannot to react with rationality.
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Anxiety – This is a big one in today society – your advice is good much needed, I think its important to get to the root of things.
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Hi Dia,
Anxiety attacks can really stop us in our tracks. I’ve had them before, as well. What I’ve found, is (just as you point out) that they’re nothing more than resistance. The panic is an indication of thoughts and beliefs that aren’t serving us. Why fear? Because it’s an emotional state that cannot be ignored. A panic attack will get your attention, fast. We will ignore negative emotions, even physical pain unless it gets really severe (and even then…) But you can’t ignore a full blown panic attack. The good news is that when you shift your energy, the attacks diminish and stop.
Hugs,
Melody
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hello dia
how are you?
thanks for taking time out to share ways in which we an deal with and manage anxiety attacks.
one of the underlying factor is the fear of the unknown and once we are able to trace it’s root and become comfortable in our abilities through constructive thoughts, actions, exercises, therapy(sometimes), we are definitely on the road to managing the effects of anxiety.
take care and enjoy the rest of the day
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Good advice on overcoming anxiety.
A lot of anxiety has been reduced in my life since I stopped watching television approximately 1.5 years ago. It is just filled with so much bad news and negativity–not to mention all of the time that it sucks away.
I fill your life with purpose and activities that add value to my life. I also keep busy with things that uplift me and eliminate as many things as I can from my “to do” list that don’t. When I am busy with an active and meaningful life, I do not have time for worry and anxiety over the small things.
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Hi Dia,
It seems anxiety is prevalent these days with so many caffeine products and other forms of stimulants. What worked best for me was to keep myself balanced and free of stimulants. I believe that for most people anxiety is inherited from generation to generation.
Great point about getting positive statements to our subconscious.
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Nice post on Anxiety.These days alot of people suffer from this attack and it is necessary to treat this attack before it becomes a big problem.
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Great topic, Dia. Indeed, anxiety is always rooted in thinking that gallops off into the future like a wild horse with the rider hanging on for dear life. Challenging our thoughts and taking command of the mind is the only way to overcome anxiety attacks. We must learn to float above ourselves and be in the present moment. When we see the truth of time, we can see that our fears lie in excessive worry of the future.
Anxiety attacks often feel like the world is about to crush on you. It’s so painful, but luckily there are things we can do manage our anxiety better. I’ve been writing A LOT about this kind of stuff recently. Anyone who is interested can start with The Most Common Cause of Anxiety.
Thanks for the info Dia. Keep it up with the posts.
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I totally agree with your tips on how to deal with anxiety attack. In every problem, there will always be a solution on it. But first we should recognize first that the problem is really existing so we can encourage ourselves to do the necessary action in order to solve it.
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