Panic, if you've had even one panic attack, you know how awful this type of anxiety feels.
Panic is like a fire alarm in your body and the brain sounding the call that something very bad is about
to happen because there is usually no obvious threat normally and chasing us, no oncoming car, the
mind tends to detect an internal threat.
I must be having a heart attack or I am going crazy.
Sometimes you feel like you're about to pass out.
Most people with panic disorder will start to fear places where panic is more likely to occur.
Specialist wishes that would be hard to escape from.
Like a driving on a bridge effective CBT for panic includes learning to control one's breath when everything
else feels out of control, testing out the benek related thoughts like I'm going to pass out, which
often heighten the feeling of danger and practicing being and progressively more challenging situations.
So they start to feel more comfortable with repetition.
These techniques can make panic less likely, even in situations that you trigger.
We can also develop a different relationship with our feelings of panic, beginning to see to see it
as no more or less than extreme and anxiety, which by itself is not dangerous.
Worry, worry.
Whereas panic strikes all at once, worry slowly grinds away at our sense of peace.
When we are prone to worrying, it often doesn't matter what we are facing.
Any event can lead to worry from the important to trivial.
The fundamental questions and chronic worry is what if for a good worry is often accompanied by muscle
tension, irritability, trouble sleeping and restless agitation?
Worry is the core feature of generalized anxiety disorder.
CBT offers several ways to combat excessive worry and tension.
We can train ourselves to recognize when we are worrying, which often escapes our awareness.
Once we know what the mind is up to, we have more of a say in whether we keep worrying.
We can also address some of the beliefs we may have about worry like that.
It helps us plan for the future.
CBT also offers many ways to get out of our heads, both through greater engagement and activities and
through mindful awareness of our experience.
Uh, being grounded in the present releases the mind from its anxious preoccupation with the future.
Finally, the techniques like relaxation, training and meditation can lower the physical tension that
often goes along with the constant worry.