Panic Disorder Treatment – What Can You Do About Your Panic Disorder?
September 5th, 2009
Do you suffer from a panic disorder? Has your panic disorder reached the stage where it really is interfering with your daily life? Well you are not alone as there are thousands of people worldwide that are struggling to cope with the panic attacks that they face. Many are so scared of their attacks that they are afraid to leave their home in fear of having an attack in public.
Panic attacks can vary in severity with some having the occasional attack, while others may suffer attacks a few times a week, some even suffer them every single day.
Panic attacks are extremely scary and when you have your first attack you have no idea what is happening to you. Many people actually think that they are having a heart attack due to the symptom of chest tightness and a racing heartbeat.
Other symptoms you may experience with panic disorder are trouble breathing, shivering, sense of fear, cold hands, dizziness and upset stomach. If you start to experience these symptoms when you are out in public you will add the fear of people watching you and how you must be embarrassing yourself. This is the reason that people who suffer from attacks quite regularly do not want to leave their house, for fear of embarrassment by having an episode in public.
So what can you do about your disorder?
If you are a panic disorder sufferer you are probably also a negative thinker, or if you weren’t in the past you probably are now. It is hard to think of anything else but your panic attacks and you end up constantly thinking negatively. Although it isn’t easy, you do need to change the way that you think to be able to get rid of your panic attacks.
Your thoughts play a very, very big part in your attacks and the more you think about them and fear them, the more you will have. It is easy to sit and say that you will change your thinking, but it is so much harder to do it. Even if you take medication, which can help, you will never get rid of the disorder completely without changing your thoughts and behavior.
There is help out there for panic disorder and you can read more about how I learned how to cope with and get rid of my panic attacks at Panic Away
