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Originally posted by titmowse
see to me, panick attacks are a form of "You Are Here" disorder. you CAN train yourself to control panick attacks.
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I don't know about train yourself to CONTROL them, but I eventually learned new ways to deal with them. Instead of falling completely into the moment and thinking, "Oh God, this is never going to end, I'm going to fucking die" and then dissociating myself into the goddamned linen closet, I learned to think, "Okay: I'm having a panic attack. It's happened before, and I have survived it. I will survive it this time. I can ride out the next twenty minutes, and I will survive it."
Sometimes I sit down and make myself write down everything that's going through my head as I panic. Sometimes I grab a basket of laundry and concentrate very hard on folding each piece of clothing
exactly. (I have OCD, too, so I know this behavior feeds my OCD, but which would you rather have me do: run around screaming like a lunatic or sit there maniacally folding a sheet in precise quarters, down to the centimeter?
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Hey, at least my first thought when I panic isn't "hey, where are the razor blades?"any more...