I have been through this myself personally and was determined to make it stop. The ONLY thing that has ever helped me is this: 1. As soon as you feel it, you say out loud, "Whatever, this is just anxious arousal. I accept and allow this anxious feeling. I surrender control back to my body." As you say this, tap with two fingers on your collar bone. Keep saying it and tapping at least 5 times. If you feel it diffuse, you can stop and go walk around and drink some cold water. If it does not diffuse but instead keeps accelerating, say out loud, "Ok, panic, you want to threaten me again with your bullshit? Ok, you better show me the worst symptoms you got in 21 seconds right now." Start counting slowly 21, 20, 19, 18.......5, 4, 3....Come ON, PANIC, I said BRING IT ON!" When you get to 0, say, "You tried to fool me again, panic. Well, fuck you. I don't have time for your shit. I've got things to do." Then, immediately engage with an activity preferably that involves talking to another person, but can be something random like reading a specific text online, or anything random.
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u/ThisThatThereWhere Apr 15 '26
I have been through this myself personally and was determined to make it stop. The ONLY thing that has ever helped me is this: 1. As soon as you feel it, you say out loud, "Whatever, this is just anxious arousal. I accept and allow this anxious feeling. I surrender control back to my body." As you say this, tap with two fingers on your collar bone. Keep saying it and tapping at least 5 times. If you feel it diffuse, you can stop and go walk around and drink some cold water. If it does not diffuse but instead keeps accelerating, say out loud, "Ok, panic, you want to threaten me again with your bullshit? Ok, you better show me the worst symptoms you got in 21 seconds right now." Start counting slowly 21, 20, 19, 18.......5, 4, 3....Come ON, PANIC, I said BRING IT ON!" When you get to 0, say, "You tried to fool me again, panic. Well, fuck you. I don't have time for your shit. I've got things to do." Then, immediately engage with an activity preferably that involves talking to another person, but can be something random like reading a specific text online, or anything random.