How can I stop anxiety attacks?

There are a number of techniques. You could use an ice pack - ice is known to shut off the flight/fight response or atleast calm it down. Another technique is to use mind distraction. You can simply start focusing and concentrating on something you love or a color you love. Another technique is using accupressure points to calm yourself down (which you can google!). Some people use energetic techniques such as EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique - plenty available on youtube for free). Doing concentration exercises such as meditation or counting words in a book for 15 minutes a day keeps the anxiety attacks at bay. There are scents that calm down attacks such as lavender or citrus. Also you should develop a habit of exercising 1.5 hours 5 days a week to tame down those attacks long term.

First step is to talk to someone when you feel anxious. 7 cups of tea have trained active listeners. Sharing your anxious thoughts makes you feel calm. Then you can read professional guidance about anxiety available on this site. Once you start understanding your anxiety attack reasons and symptoms, you can learn relaxation technique. Never stop sharing with someone when you feel anxious. Don't take anxiety lightly.

Some people find the STOPP routine helpful for anxiety or panic attacks. Stop, Take a breath, Observe (What am I thinking? What am I reacting to? What am I feeling in my body), Pull back (Put this in some perspective - see the bigger picture. Is this fact or opinion? How would someone else see this?) and Practice what works (What's the best thing to do for me, for others, for this situation?) and working out what helps you, what calms you down and what you need at that moment in time, and communicating that to yourself and others around you :)

Before the entire incident, think about why the anxiety attack happened in the first place. Create a recording of yourself, in a soothing voice, and outline how you are feeling, why are you are feeling that way, and tell yourself to accept these fears. When the anxiety attack comes on, breathe through your mouth and turn on the recording.

When you feel them coming on stop what you're doing. Sit down, relax, take deep breaths. Try counting to ten and after every number take one deep breath. Hug someone or something, listen to soothing music.

You can take some deep breaths and think about things that make you happy. Distraction is key, find a beautiful fllower or something and appreciate its beauty, whilst distracting yoursself away from the panicking

I get them a lot, and that's a tricky question. Anxiety really comes naturally, and it is hard to stop. No matter the situation, it's always best to think about something else, or the bright side of the situation, no matter what situation. But, for actual anxiety attacks, I think thinking about something else will be most effective. Not only will it clear your mind, but it will also just make you feel better the inside.

Listen to music or even go away from a lot of people and just sit there and steady your breathing repeatedly for an extended period of time.

I suffer from these frequently. One way to try and calm yourself is a breathing technique in which you breathe out for longer than you breathed in: for example, if you breathed in for 7 seconds, breathe out for ten. The point is to 1) slow your heart rate which can contribute to your anxiety and 2) shift your plane of focus elsewhere. Also, you can use a technique where you put yourself back in the present. Say if you're outside and an attack hits you, you can look around and find a very specific thing to pay attention to. Don't just think about the object, say it outloud. For example, if you see a green stoplight say "I see a green stoplight". or if you're indoors and taste some juice, say "I taste the apple juice" or whatever. The point is to bring your mind back to the frontal lobe, back into the present. Another thing I've found that works for me is, oddly, math. Just simple things that take the functioning of your brain from your amygdala/ flight or fight response to your frontal lobe, the executive part of your brain. Switching your focus is key. Anything that switches your focus can be a potential way to lower your anxiety level. Wish you the best of luck.

When I'm having anxiety attacks slowing down and focusing on my breathing helps, also contacting a a close friend just to talk to someone who cares.