Any of you who have had an anxiety attack know that it is one of the worst sensations you can have

out of any sensation on this planet

if you had a panic attack

you know it

it's a very surreal experience and

it makes you feel like your life is completely out of your control

So, what is a panic attack and what can we do about it?

A panic attack is basically a sudden intense episode of fear

fear which is coming in response to a thought which you're thinking

usually a thought which is subconscious rather than conscious

Whatever thought it is that you thought

caused your body

to react as if it was a life or death situation

your body was then flooded with chemicals which are associated with

fight or flight

now, in that kind of a circumstance

When fear is coming in response to a thought

which doesn't necessarily pertain to the experience

or your circumstance that you're in,

your body is flooded

with chemicals like adrenaline

those chemicals would be normal if you're running through the woods being

chased by a bear

or were in some other circumstance that was a threat to your life

however, when you have an anxiety attack

most often those chemicals are being flooded to your system

out of context

meaning, there is no immediate threat that you can perceive to your physical well-being

but your body is registering that there is

The fact that these emotions

feel as if they are

out of context

makes you feel crazy and makes you feel like you're losing control

and that right there is really the hallmark of the panic attack because

the sensation becomes what you start to fear

you start to fear that you're losing control and you start to fear that you're

crazy (for lack of a better word)

and so

that fear on top of the previous fear that your body thinks that is in a situation of life or death

causes a level of fear

to happen

which is

debilitating

a lot of times you will fear having other panic attacks as well because

the experience is so intensely horrible

it becomes something which inhibits you in life

you fear having another one

to the degree where

you may limit what you're doing socially

you structure your life

in resistance to the idea of having another anxiety attack

but that fear, in and of itself can cause another one to come on

and then we develop things like anxiety or panic disorders

to understand some of the symptoms which might occur to you if you were having a panic attack

I'm going to give you some of these symptoms now

If you're having a panic attack you may experience:

A sense of impending doom or danger

The fear of loss of control or of death

You may begin to experience very rapid heart rate

You may start to sweat or tremble

You may feel shortness of breath or you may have a hyperventilation problem

You may get chills or hot flashes

You may feel nauseous

You might get abdominal cramping

chest pain

a headache

You may get dizzy you may feel faint

You may feel like your throat is closing up on you, like it's super tight and you have trouble swallowing

You may feel numbness in your extremities

or you may have the feeling of surreal reality

meaning, that you feel like you're detached from yourself

I want to reiterate that your brain has no way of distinguishing between the thoughts you're thinking

and the reality which it perceives

This very principle, that your brain has no way of perceiving the difference between thought and reality

can work to your advantage

but in the case of an anxiety attack it works to your disadvantage

because your brain can't really distinguish

whether the thoughts that you are thinking

are real

or not real

everything is real to the brain so if you're thinking a thought

which puts your body in panic mode

your brain at that moment doesn't stop itself and say: "this is not reality"

it perceives itself

being in a life or death situation

so it's important for those of us who have anxiety attacks to acknowledge the fact that

we're not going crazy

the body and the brain are responding in perfect

accordance to what our thoughts are.

I personally don't advocate

any anti-anxiety medications

that are available today

unless

a person believes

that that is the thing which will cure them because belief

is the trump card for everything.

If you feel like anxiety medication is the only thing which can help you release resistance to anxiety

it's not wrong for you to go get them

but in my personal opinion

your emotions

are the compass which are leading you

through life, they're what's telling you if the thought you hold

resonates with your higher self and that what you truly are, or does not resonate

with who you are and what you really

should be doing

So, why take out the compass

that's what we're doing so often nowadays in our medicinal

practices

is, we're basically making an enemy of the very thing which is leading us

in the correct

or incorrect direction

and then we wonder why our lives have become numb

and we wonder why our lives have become less than satisfactory

In order to prevent anxiety attacks you want to avoid alcohol and avoid

stimulants like coffee and like sugar.

Some of us have much more sensitive systems than others

I think this is a good thing, to have a very sensitive nervous system means

that you have a very very accurate compass

It's very hard for people who are sensitive

to go on the opposite direction of what is right for them

So it's not a good thing to make an enemy of a sensitive system

but, it's best if you can gear your choices in life

towards a diet and a lifestyle

which will pacify your nervous system

and nurture your nervous system

so, create any kind of grounding environments for your nervous system to

flourish so you're not bombarding it

because your likelihood of having a kind of a

panic attack or chronic anxiety if you're overloading it with stimulants

is super super high

Get regular exercise

I know we all harp on diet, exercise and sleep

but exercise

is really really good for your nervous system

joint impact

releases chemicals in your brain

which pacify your system

they actually have a calming effect which is why a lot of people with

anxiety disorders

are addicted exercise

Get eight hours of sleep a day

When you are allowing yourself to go to sleep you're releasing resistance

you're rejoining your Source Self perspective

and in the absence of resistance

well-being and health

is allowed to flourish

it will literally cascade naturally through your body

so you're allowing yourself to reset

when you allow yourself to sleep enough

Find every way you can to reduce stress in your life

Stress takes a toll on your body

It is basically, the heart every single disorder and every single disease

If you maintain a life of stress or a focus on situations which make you feel stress

your likelihood for an anxiety attack increases exponentially

the reason is because your body

is set up

for the specific chemicals that are released within it

What I mean is:

If you're a person who chronically fuels stress

the brand new cells that are made within your body

are made intact with receptor sites which are

specifically designed

for the neuropeptides

in your body which are associated with stress

and when those receptor sites

get denied of chemicals they start to go into a crave

type of situation

where they release all kinds of information about