Embarrassed about your up to date panic attack? Looking for recommendations on how to make sure it never happens again? Here are 5 quick and simple pointers on how to stop panic attack - even before it begins.
It felt like a nightmare. I was sitting in my professor's office, nervously answering questions for our final verbal examination that semester. Suddenly, for some unknown reason i no longer remember ( perhaps I blundered over a universal theory ), he slammed his fist on the desk.
"What in the world do you believe you are chatting about?" he boomed, staring at me through his glasses.
Suddenly, a cold feeling washed over me. My heart started battering so hard I could nearly hear it. My limbs felt numb and my hands felt icy cold. I tried to get back my composure. There was no way on earth I'd let my terror professor see me hyperventilate or bawl into tears like a baby!
Panic attacks can be very humbling when they happen in public. They leave us exposed in front of people we might not trust.
Can relate? Here are five tips that could help you save face and stop panic attacks :
1. Breathe When you feel the anxiety rushing in, breathe awfully and exhale slowly. Repeat.
2. Calm down Leave the place of conflict. Take a walk outside for a bit. Wash your face with cold water. Drink water. Give yourself space-time to calm down.
3. Think about something positive If someone or a situation scares the wits out of you, think of something funny. Or tell yourself it's going to be over shortly. Remain positive.
4. Rest Get a good 6-8 hours of sleep each day. This could help you function at your best.
5. Avoid caffeine Avoid coffee, tea, sugar and other things which will make you even more frightened. - 32530
It felt like a nightmare. I was sitting in my professor's office, nervously answering questions for our final verbal examination that semester. Suddenly, for some unknown reason i no longer remember ( perhaps I blundered over a universal theory ), he slammed his fist on the desk.
"What in the world do you believe you are chatting about?" he boomed, staring at me through his glasses.
Suddenly, a cold feeling washed over me. My heart started battering so hard I could nearly hear it. My limbs felt numb and my hands felt icy cold. I tried to get back my composure. There was no way on earth I'd let my terror professor see me hyperventilate or bawl into tears like a baby!
Panic attacks can be very humbling when they happen in public. They leave us exposed in front of people we might not trust.
Can relate? Here are five tips that could help you save face and stop panic attacks :
1. Breathe When you feel the anxiety rushing in, breathe awfully and exhale slowly. Repeat.
2. Calm down Leave the place of conflict. Take a walk outside for a bit. Wash your face with cold water. Drink water. Give yourself space-time to calm down.
3. Think about something positive If someone or a situation scares the wits out of you, think of something funny. Or tell yourself it's going to be over shortly. Remain positive.
4. Rest Get a good 6-8 hours of sleep each day. This could help you function at your best.
5. Avoid caffeine Avoid coffee, tea, sugar and other things which will make you even more frightened. - 32530
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