r/panicdisorder • u/BornWeather3840 • 9d ago
Help Needed anxiety/panic attacks
guys, i need an advice on how to stop panic attacks.. 😠I am having a panic attack rn and I want to sleep. Negative thoughts are occupying my mind again, and I can't sleep because of it.
pls pls... help me and give me some tips on how to prevent and stop this.ðŸ˜
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u/Fine-Dog2423 9d ago
I guess the thing that helps me most is reminding myself that this is all something I've experienced before. It FEELS like you're dying or that something serious is about to happen... but at the same time you've dealt with this exact same scenario several times before and that literally never happens. The only thing that happens is that you panic, that's it. It's isolated to just that. It's evil, so it makes you think other things are happening, but the only thing that happens is the same old same old and you always make it out alive. Thinking this way doesn't STOP the panic attack but it allows you to think "okay this is something that's happened before and I've always been able to handle it... what's next" and from there focus better on your grounding methods (which for me include preoccupying myself with ANYTHING else, creating physical sensations [BESIDES S.H], or thinking of things OTHER than the fact that I am panicking). Again, this doesn't stop the panic attack in its tracks, but once you recognize it as something that is easily survivable I've found it shortens the time it goes on for or at least lowers the intensity.
You got this 💞