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  Sometimes people have the impression that their experience of anxiety is like being hooked up to an electroshock machine and that it just takes a flick of the anxiety switch to cause a flood leading to a full blown panic attack.

People in this situation often feel that are lucky to make it through the day without that switch been flicked but in the back of their mind they fear that it could happen at any moment day or night. They remain on high alert anticipating it. Anticipating the big one!

In fact most people who experience panic attacks fear it in this manner. It is natural for people to think this way as often the panic attacks come forcefully out of the blue.

The truth of the situation is however different. A panic attack does not lurk in the background waiting to pounce, it can feel that way in your mind if you are anxious but that is not how it really works.

Panic attacks are actually something we decide to initiate when we feel out of control. It begins possibly with a skipped heart beat or tightness around the chest, it is then that your mind fires off a thought warning that these sensations are very unusual and signal a dangerous event that needs urgent medical attention or else…

The thought that triggers almost all panic attacks is :

“This is too much , I cannot handle this,” Then the adrenaline starts to really pump.

“Ah I was right look my body is going into a fit…

“I am terrified by what is about to happen…HELP,- PANIC… !”

The severity of the panic attack is directly related to how you are feeling at that time. If you are exhausted physically, mentally or emotionally then you are more vulnerable to feeling anxious.

After the panic attack has run its course, it is followed by a prolonged period of general anxiety. During this time the person fears that the panic switch might go off again at any moment sending them into another tailspin of high anxiety.

When you feel this way it is very difficult to force a relaxed state of mind through will power (as some other methods would have you do).

So what can you do to stop the mind overreacting to these situations and not initiate the panic attack? Well most of this is about your mind reacting to false signals, so the trick is to train yourself to recognize these false signals for what they and thus shatter the illusion that there is a danger.

There is something very powerful in human psychology and that is the power of giving yourself totally to something.

By that I mean, when we make a resolute decision to go for something, results are immediate.

In this case you are going for the goal of an anxiety free life. You reach a point where you are completely fed up with this condition and that mindset can produce a real breakthrough.

Remember anxiety holds us prisoner because we give it authority. We give it control because it threatens us with terror or even death if we do not obey.

Turn fear into excitement! Really chase after the anxiety. It is the anticipation of having a panic attack that keeps you in a general state of anxiety, -so end the anticipation.

There is an element of throwing all caution to the wind to make this fully effective. You abandon yourself to the fear of a panic attack. Sometimes the best way is to get really mad at the terror and say:

“OK come on do your worst- and it better be very strong because I will not have this ruining the rest of my life”

“My life and the people in it are more important than this false fear could ever be, so do your worst because I have had enough.”

The minute you really throw yourself at a panic attack it disappears. It disappears because what was keeping it alive was your fear of having one.

Now you are not afraid in fact you are actually demanding to have a really Big Bad One NOW

DO that right now!

To make this really work you have to throw yourself at the anxiety 100%

-No coming back

Don’t worry about having an off the scale ‘gigantic’ panic attack. I bet you have already had the very worst panic attack you will ever experience again. That is because the worst panic attacks are generally always the first few as you have no idea at all what is happening to you.

Ignorance in those moments is not bliss.

What I am trying to say is that there is no ‘ultimate’ panic attack waiting in the background that will finally push you over the edge.

Trust and believe that you will always be able to handle the anxious sensations each and every time. You will.

What you get by following my advice is confidence that you can in fact easily handle the anxious sensations.

Confidence is so crucial to tackling this problem. Anxiety can be likened to a fog that we must travel through in order to move beyond the fear of what may be on the other side. When we fail to move through it, the fear will linger and limit us from achieving all the things we would like to accomplish with our lives.

Barry McDonagh

Click here to learn more about Panic Away

Have you noticed that when you feel anxious, your mind pokes at the anxiety all day long.
 
We 'check in' every 5 minutes to see how we are feeling and if the anxiety is increasing, it upsets us more, resulting in yet more anxiety.

Getting your mind out of the way is key to healing all anxiety. Once your mind is no longer fueling the fire of anxiety, your nervous system has a chance to unwind and relax.

But how do you get your mind out of the way so healing can happen?

You cultivate 'Outright Acceptance'.  100% acceptance of how you are feeling.

Outright acceptance of the anxiety, outright acceptance of the uncomfortable sensations or thoughts, outright acceptance that all will be well.

Whatever you are feeling at that moment, you allow it to be present.

"So that's how its going to be today? Fine, then come on anxiety lets go, let's get on with the day together"

Then you gently move your awareness away from 'checking in' on how you feel, back onto life!

You stop paying the anxiety attention, no matter how uncomfortable it feels and start paying attention to what is going on
around you.
 
If you are at work, focus 100% on that. If you are talking to someone, pay them full attention. Whatever you are doing, put all your attention there.
 
Every time your mind flicks back to the anxiety, you don't get frustrated but accept the way it feels (without trying to change it)  and move your attention gently back onto what you were just doing.

Don't feel like you have to force this, it should be a subtle movement. You may have to do it a hundred times in the day but with practice you will master it.   
 
That subtle movement joins you with life again.  Each time you do it, you inch closer to feeling more relaxed and at
peace with the anxiety.
 
BTW, this is not a form of distraction, you are not trying to avoid your feelings. You are accepting the way you feel
internally 100%, while moving your attention outwardly onto what is going on around you.

Up until now you may have been trying to 'manage' the anxiety with your mind.

What you learn through Panic Away, is that the fastest way to feel better is not to micro-mange your thoughts and feelings
but rather to just get out of the way and allow natural healing to occur. You heal fast through the peaceful flow that comes from outright acceptance with outward focus.

What a relief to know that we don't have to think ourselves better, we just have to stop getting in the way.
 
Outright acceptance is like a strong current that takes you home to your care free self.

Take a moment right now to cultivate outright acceptance.

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What is the cause of panic attacks and anxiety?


I'll tell you and I'll give you THE solution! Anxiety is actually a really useful tool for detecting danger but when anxiety levels escalate to an inappropriate level it can be very disturbing and intrusive.

So what is the cause of panic attacks and anxiety? Anxiety levels become heightened when situations arise which present us with potential danger. As we face an anxiety provoking situation, adrenaline is released by the brain, specifically a small organ called the Amygdala, (which controls the anxiety response), in order to prepare the body for what is commonly referred to as 'the flight or fight' response.

THIS is the true cause of panic attacks and anxiety! This process has evolved in order to prepare the body for action when faced with danger and is vitally important for survival but it also activates the anxiety response. The body is then primed for action, but when there isn't a danger present, this anxiety increase has no practical use and sometimes, panic ensues.

When the body is in a constant state of anxiety, ready for 'fight or flight'. The Limbic System, which is the regulator for emotional reactions in the brain, including anxiety, re-sets itself at a higher 'normal' level of anxiety. This higher level of anxiety manifests itself in may ways, this is called an anxiety disorder. Some people can cope with this increased arousal but most don't.

Anxiety disorders, (I dislike the word disorder, it suggests illness and anxiety isn't an illness), develop as a result of a relearning process which happens in the brain, allowing the body and brain to reset itself at a higher than normal anxiety level. This produces symptoms and sensations, these cause anxiety and worry and the spiral of negativity is started.

Anxiety isn't about mental illness, it's about a minute change in the way the brain handles anxiety provoking information from the sensory organs. There is a switch in everyone called the Amygdala, (located in the autonomic nervous system), which is either 'anxiety ON' or 'anxiety OFF'; when the switch is off it can be activated only by real danger, when it becomes 'stuck on' it can produce anxiety symptoms which are scary and 'chronic'. This organ is the actual cause of panic attacks and anxiety!

The symptoms are so real and so frightening and so capable of convincing us that there is, or could be, something seriously wrong with us that we become withdrawn, scared and untrusting. This and this alone is the true cause of panic attacks and anxiety, not the life events or stress as some psychologists or doctors would have you believe.

It is the cause of panic attacks and anxiety which needs to be addressed, not the catalyst for the increased anxiety.

This vicious cycle escalates until the sufferer becomes unable to function normally, this is when anxiety disorders become apparent... this alone is the cause of panic attacks and anxiety disorder and this alone needs to be addressed to eliminate them like the 155,300 people we have helped so far!

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