tips for panic attacks
I’m a triathlete. I love the sport. What I don’t love is swimming open water. Imagine swimming open water with 1,000 people swimming with you. It’s scary. People are grabbing you, swimming on top of you and elbowing and kicking you. It’s enough to cause a panic attack. Throughout the years, I’ve learn some tips for panic attacks that worked for me.
Swimming open water is scary enough let alone swimming with a thousand people. Anything can happen when you swim. Our sport has its share of deaths. Drowning is one of the scariest things that can happen to someone. When you start to swim, scary thoughts hound your thinking. You can actually feel fear creep in from the pits of your stomach going up to your throat. If you don’t stop your panic attack, you’ll have hard time breathing and you’ll drown. Some tips for panic attacks during the swim phase is to concentrate on your stroke, think positive thoughts and concentrate on taking one stroke at a time.