I’d like to share a secret on how to stop panic attack.
Are you ready?
Here it is…
The secret on how to stop panic attack is this: there is no secret. The fact is, you cannot stop panic attack once it commences. The best thing you can do are the following:
1. Allow the panic attack to play out, since it should last for less than 30 minutes; and
2. Avoid doing anything irrational based on feelings of terror and dread which are, though unrealized at the time, also irrational.
There are a number of ways by which you can remedy the symptoms of a panic attack, but you are completely helpless as to the duration of the episode. Establishing a relaxing breathing pattern, reciting coping statements, engaging in diversionary activities, seeking the company of a person who will remind you of what is real and what is not, and even the intake of anti-anxiety medication like benzodiazepine are not ways on how to stop panic attack. They are not solutions. They are not cures. They are just methods that will help alleviate the plight of the person suffering from an episode.
Just to reiterate, once a panic attack starts, there is no way one can put a stop to it.
However, panic attacks can be avoided. There is no certainty as to a complete prevention of episodes, of course, but the chances of an attack will be significantly lessened.
How to stop panic attack this way?
First, the trigger for the panic attack must be determined. There are many possible triggers for extreme anxiety, ranging from genetics, to existing psychological disorders like phobias and the likes, to personal tragedies, to constant exposure to stressful environments, to particular medications and how your body reacts to the same, to withdrawal from certain addictions, to consequences of specific illnesses, to particular situations that evoke tension and nervousness. Knowing what, exactly, causes your panic attack episodes – or knowing the trigger that has the highest likelihood of causing panic attacks in your life – would be a good first step in avoiding such a fate.
Once the trigger, or the potential trigger, is distinguished, half the battle would have been won as avoidance of the cause would also mean avoidance of the result.
Not really a secret on how to stop panic attack, right? Too simplistic, you might even say.
But stopping the possibility of a panic attack need not be complicated, after all. It’s a causal dichotomy that can easily be manipulated.
The false belief that there is indeed a secret on how to stop panic attack is what makes matters more confusing than they really are.
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