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| Reduce Your Anxiety
Use the following methods to control your anxiety: - No matter how strong, how painful and stressful your symptoms may be... Remember! None of these are permanent or harmful. - Observe and be aware of your own panic levels. They will rise and fall on a scale of 1-10. However, no level will ever go beyond 10. - Before your anxiety escalates into a full-blown panic attack, try to focus on the here and now, rather than the future or "what if" thinking. - Try to connect with someone. When possible, engage in conversation with someone close to you. - Try to focus on pleasant, concrete stimuli from the outside, or one of the 5 senses. - Even though you may feel like you are losing control--remember, you will not. Prove it to yourself by engaging in some familiar, comfortable activty. - Begin to let go, gradually. Allow yourself to experience the anxiety and tell yourself you can cope with those feelings. - Remember. Your panic level will always come down from its peak. It cannot escalate from there. |
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