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Originally posted by eroswebmaster
The most I get now is heart racing a bit of hyper ventilation but I recognize it now...it's kinda like being a kid watching a scary movie for the first time...and now I'm all grown up and know that the monsters were just men in costumes...that's what the panic attacks are like for me now.
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GREAT analogy there Eros!
That's exactly it.
At first you learn to recognize the signs panic attack is coming on and instead of feeding your body with more adrenaline by being afraid of the panic attack itself, you just take it as a cue to go get some air, drink some water or whatever you need to do.
Each time you do that successfully - you'll get a little stronger... to the point where having a panic attack is a very rare occurrance.
The most important thing is to realize you're not going to die. Not today anyway, not because of the panic attack.
So why escalate the would-be panic attack because you think its about to kill you when its not?