having an anxiety attack... whats the best way to calm down?

Answer 1

No one ever died from an anxiety attack. I did a course on anxiety/panic attacks. The best advice was don't fight it. Just sit in a chair and let it happen. I didn't think it would work but decided to try it. Guess what? it passed quicker than if I tried to fight it.

Answer 2

i know how you feel i have been suffering from anxiety attacks for 5 years now. Heres a couple of things i do to calm down:

1) POSITIVE THINKING!
2) Deep breathing
3) Listen to music
4) Lie down and breathe
5) Take a long hot bath
6) Talk to someone

positive thinking works the best for me, just say to yourself your okay! its just anxiety you control it you can make it go away! deep breathes in and out works it makes you feel so much more relaxed. If you have been having anxiety attacks a lot i would try to see someone about it.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

You move directly into the path of the anxiety; by doing so it cannot persist because you process the fear out through your emotions.

In essence what that means is that if you voluntarily seek out a panic attack you won’t have one.

Try in this very moment to have a panic attack and I will bet you cannot… Yes, I know the idea of calling on a panic attack is scary at first but play with the concept and watch what happens.

You may not realize it but you have always decided to panic. You make the choice by thinking

“This is beyond my control.”

“These scary sensations are beyond my bodies control.”

It may help if you imagine that having a panic attack is like standing on a cliff edge.

The anxiety, it seems, is pushing you closer to falling over the edge. Each time you fight back using poor coping strategies the more desperate you feel.

To be rid of the fear you must metaphorically jump. You must jump off the cliff edge and into the anxiety and fear and all the things that you fear most. How do you jump?


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Answer 5

I get anxiety attacks all the time, like mainly when I have a big presentation coming up or something. So what I do is keep telling myself and all my friends even, that I'm excited about it and that I'm perfectly fine with it, even though I'm not, but it gets your mind set to thinking that everything is going to be fine. So just keep telling yourself that. And also what I do is take big breaths and try to look at somebody that I know and feel comfertable talking to, and just tune everyone else out and pretend that I'm talking to just them. My humor is aso trying to make things funny so people laugh a little so you think, oh this isn't so bad, they think I'm funny, you know.
I hope that helps..... good luck

Answer 6

Ricky, sit quietly, breathe deeply, and if there is anything that needs to be told to the police or to a doctor, call them. If not, just sitting quietly, reaffirming that you are safe where you are will begin to slow your heart rate. Sipping a glass of water is mindless, and will take your mind off the panic. If it is about needing a solution to something, write down the question, and list several alternatives (briefly). Then "turn it over to God" ( or whatever you believe) in your mind, and ask for a solution. If you pray in your own way, an answer will come. Hang in there. A warm bath also can help, if that is possible. Just do all you can to reassure yourself that you are safe. And, if you are not, then go to safety at once.

Answer 7

you just have to breathe. Whastever worry caused it will soon pass. Just breathe, slowly and deeply and take yourself somewhere peaceful in your mind. Think about a time when you were happy and safe and everything was ok.

I think panic attacks happen to everyone every now or then, but if this is happening a lot you need to talk to someone about it to get to the bottom.

Answer 8

Try some calming music while lieing down and breathing in and out deeply and concentrating on counting during the breath and listening to it. In through nose and out through mouth, count of ten each. Chamomile tea is also soothing.

Answer 9

Tapping, and stomach deep breathing, counting until you are breathing slower, and , as most of our patient's are advised to do is to walk and do something, that take's you'r mind else where , take it easy that is just for ten to fifteen minute's, sing or turn on radoi to the song's you can sing along with.If at night "" turn on all the light's you can, until it pass's
worst feeling's when in the dark.

Answer 10

I think it depends where you are. The most important part is to regulate your breathing. Tell yourself that what you feel isnt real and you need to calm down. Dont stress about calming down. Just take a deep breath and calm down.