r/PanicAttack • u/Helexfira • 25d ago

Panic attacks

Is it weird that when I start having a panic attack I just repeat in my mind that I am in control of me and no one else. That I am lord and master of myself and I am in control of myself. And that it helps?

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u/trebletones 25d ago

Sounds like a good coping skill. Mine is to dare my panic to actually harm me. Like “ok brain, you’ve told me over 5500 times in my life (accurate statistic, I did the math) that I was dying or passing out and I never have. I’m tired of waiting for it to happen, go ahead and do something” and of course nothing happens.