Understand This About Panic Attacks @Psych2go

Dr. K’s Guide to Mental Health explores Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, and Meditation

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[venusburgh]

wanna share a tip I got from a nurse that really helped me a lot, especially for anyone who finds it hard to slow down your breathing: panic attacks take an average of 15 minutes to wear off. so when you're having an attack, set a timer for 15 minutes and just wait! this rules because you literally don't have to do anything, and it goes away :)

[missknight]

This technique is so effective it’s also used by actors to generate emotions needed in their performance

[weelee]

Sometimes I'll get a panic attack but I'll be completely unfazed by it and think why the hell is my heart pounding so damn fast over nothing really. It also hurt my heart when I get them. Antipsychotics, for me, help with the panic attacks.

[justarandomweeb]

Well that explains how breathing slowly always helped to calm my anxiety
Nice

[polyjackets]

I would start laughing in spasms the last time i had a panic attack. It was slightly painful and exhausting.

[nogard]

Panic attacks in my experience are a one way street. The thing that worked for me was to embrace it, and it's tough indeed. But that reduced a lot the panic attacks, because the thing that causes it in the first place is the fear we have of a panic attack. Trying to use a technique such as meditation to distract my mind from the panic attack backfired every single time. I would love to hear how to properly use meditation as a tool to handle panic attacks.

[ashwathks]

This is true. Deep breath gets you out of survival mode in the fastest way.

[xweifuhrwfwe]

Meditation is about learning and retraining. The first time you try a breathing practice to help with panic attacks, it won’t just go away; it may even feel like it’s just making it worse.

What I did was this: after having a panic attack, go home into the comfort of your own room and replay the scenario again while meditating. Practice your breathing, and understand everything you feel during the attack from beginning to end, from the top of your head to the tips of your toes.

Continue to use your adaptations when you need to, but attempt to slowly replace these over time with the techniques you learn in the safety of your own home. Given time, you’ll learn to lean on the techniques you learn, and the anxiety will seem like less and less of a problem.

[emerialon]

I had panic attacks from childhood and realized that slow breathing and moving as little as possible is the best way to overcome panic attack.

[williamtaylor]

Dr. Andrew Huberman talks about this. Basically long exhale with a quick pause then second exhale to fully empty the deepest part of your lungs before inhaling. Repeat 2 or 3 times and you will feel it.

[Ziggy]

Box/square breathing has worked best for me. Use it whenever you're stressed. Also I recommend starting your day with a few minutes of it. After a while you should become more resilient to stress with repeated practice.

[claudiabcarvalho]

The first time I had a heart attack, I started to freak out, cause I was having these hypochondriac thoughts for a while, so I was like "I'M GOING TO DIE, I DON'T WANNA DIE, I NEED HELP". It was terrifying. Breathing and understanding what's actually going on helps a lot.

[sravyaomkar]

Alternate nostril breathing works better than just inhale and exhale. You can have control over hands also

[Zetsuha]

wakeup babe dr k just posted another video

[Luke.Skywodka]

Anyone who tells me I can breathe away a panic attack hasn't had one.



If I can make breathing conscious, the worst is already over, and even then I have more important things to do: sorting out my thoughts!

[AlfalfaM]

Admit it: you did some type of breathing in this video.

[vivvpprof]

The one and only thing you need to understand about panic attacks is that they are *catastrophic interpretations* of bodily signals.

If you're short of breath and think you're dying (instead of, say, being tired), you're on your way to a panic attack. This is the crucial juncture, where you can choose whether to have one or not.

From a biological perspective, all people experience the purely biological symptoms of agitation or hyperactivation, such as high BP, pulse, activation of sympathetic nervous system etc. It's the way they *interpret* it that decides whether it'll be a panic attack or just "an adrenaline rush kinda thing".

This was proven by the yohimbine and sodium lactate infusion research, look it up if you want or read about it in the excellent popular book "Psychopathology" by Rosenhan, Seligman, and Walker.

[lucasjackdekadt]

Bro ive tried the breathing thing lots of times but it never works for me

[buchstaben-suppe]

i had a situation where i felt my heart beating super fast, even though i’ve been sitting all day, being very emotional out of the blue but my breathing was deep and rather calm. i have no idea how to categorise this and my therapist said she didn’t know what it was and that i was probably just overloaded at the workplace. would you categorise that as an anxiety or panic attack or just having an emotional breakdown?

[ryanisanart]

My tip is to take a Klonopin, go outside and continually drink water while you are waiting for the drug to kick in and symptoms to die. I’m talking non stop water intake as long as you’re comfortable. You will soon need to pee constantly, and your body will split its signals between panic mode and pee mode. You will still feel panic but it isn’t as bad