Lately i have been really struggling with anxiety attacks, ive read through a lot of material on coping mechanisms, but none seem to alleviate the issue. I am on medication, its aimed at the physiological symptoms of the anxiety so they should ease the palpitations, faint feeling and sickness, but obviously not the psychological symptoms. I have been recommended by my doctor to seek help from a counsellor which i am looking into, but does anyone have any methods that they find effective when an attack starts? Its becoming a bit of a burden as i have to work every day and carry on with day to day tasks and an anxiety attack is really making it very difficult. Thankyou!
you can read books on cognitive therapy when it starts and they will explain you the system of panic attacs
anxiety attacks are very difficult to overcome. You just have to do a true or false list to each feeling that you have concerning the anxiety and most of the feelings should be false with the option of don't know if you are unsure about the feeling. This is a clearing process. the remaining truths will be your real feelings not the worries.
I hope you can make some sense of that.
Richard
CBT may be good for you, if you can get some self help cbt course material online.
When I feel one coming on i take some deep breaths, make sure the exhale is longer than the inhale. If you keep breathing is is very unlikely that you will feel the full out of control feeling of a panic attack. What actually starts your attacks? x
Hello Amy, I have read quite a few self help books, and take herbal tablets to try and alleviate the anxiety. Yes I too have tried the breathing techniques mentioned here. Anything is worth trying, but I agree it is a struggle to cope with anxiety. Mine just come from nowhere for no particular reason. I stopped medication for depression, which I had for over 20 years, and it stopped anxiety too. Since stopping it is the anxiety I am find really hard to cope with.
Wish we all knew the answer, and it does help a lot to "talk" to other people here who manage coping strategies. Thank you all for your input.