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What can be done to limit the amount of panic attacks one has?

Profile: neverendingNight54
neverendingNight54 on Jan 19, 2016
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Talking to people helps a lot. Getting it off your chest and telling others is a great way to limit the amount of panic attacks one might have.
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Profile: claud14
claud14 on Jul 4, 2016
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Not thinking about having a panic attack helps. And when feeling stressed stopping whatever you're doing and breathe. That will help
Profile: LexJPT
LexJPT on Jul 5, 2016
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When you feel one coming up, distract yourself by doing something you love doing, if that doesn't help, talk to someone instead of letting it boil up.
Profile: youxarexloved
youxarexloved on Feb 22, 2021
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What helped me was first learning the difference between my panic attacks and anxiety attacks. I have both GAD and panic disorder and sometimes I tried to cope with my panic attacks by thinking it was anxiety, which just made things worse. The triggers, symptoms, and coping mechanisms of anxiety are more mental/emotional while panic is more physical. If we’re having a panic attack we can make an extreme change in our body or compress our chest (I.e. have someone lay on us, hug ourselves & lay on our stomach, or get under a weighted blanket). Or honestly trying to ignore it by listening to music or sleeping because panic is usually when our body thinks it is in danger but in reality, it isn't. For anxiety attacks, it’s usually because we are having false cognitions such as all or nothing thinking so we can try to fight those thoughts with concrete evidence. What is the most likely thing to happen? When has the worst-case scenario situation actually happened? Etc.
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