Addressing the ‘Chicken-and-Egg’ of Panic Attack Symptoms
December 25th, 2010
During a panic attack, a person gets worked up both physically and psychologically, including racing thoughts and trouble breathing. So how do we help a person prone to such episodes? Will calming their thoughts control their breath, or will calming their breath settle down their thoughts? Quite possibly, the answer is “both.” Many people who have anxiety work with cognitive behavioral psychotherapists to work on identifying and redirecting anxious thought patterns when panic starts to build. To counter that, a new biological-behavioral technique called Capnometry-Assisted Respiratory Training (CART) teaches anxiety sufferers to regain control of their breath and calm down through that avenue. Though some of CART’s advocates pit the technique as a competitor of conventional therapy, it’s likely that the two can be especially effective when used together.
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I have never really understood the whole concept of having panic attacks. Is this like an anxiety disorder and is it usually treated the smae way? And why is it that some of us just get a little stressed out but then others get these full blown attacks that just cripple them? Just curious,
these kind of newer methods are always welcome because there are just so many people who suffer from these kind of problems and also because how much relief these methods can give.
Panic attacks are so weird in that they can totally incapaciate you and you have no idea where they even come from. They will sneak up on you and then bring you down and it is sometimes before you even know what is happening to you. Just to know that there is treatment availbale is something that is going to be beneficial to so many people who have to suffer from this.
Pauline,panic attacks are just brutal to those of us who have them.There is just so much going on in the head and suddenly you feel like everything s just drifting away and you lose control over everything.It’s tough to explain,but trust me,you wouldn’t want to have them!
its really very very bad seeing my brother suffer from panic attacks so often.we get so scared when that happens.just last week he started treatment for it and I just hope that will all be a thing of past by the time the treatment ends.
Panic attacks are one of those curious things that are beyond explainable but it is good to know that there are some efforts being made to help those with them find the ideal treatment. Breathing exercises can be so beneficial for people who suffer from panic attacks. I have often thought that yoga and meditation could also be a positive exercise for someone who has panic attacks. Those are activities that get the mind to slow down and relax which is definitely something that someone who has panic attacks needs to learn how to do effectively.
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