The Healthy Long Life Blog » panic attacks http://thehealthylonglifeblog.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:19:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Anticipate Your Fears By Preparing For Them http://thehealthylonglifeblog.com/panic-attack/982-anticipate-your-fears-by-preparing-for-them/ http://thehealthylonglifeblog.com/panic-attack/982-anticipate-your-fears-by-preparing-for-them/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:16:11 +0000 TheGoodLife http://thehealthylonglifeblog.com/panic-attack/982-anticipate-your-fears-by-preparing-for-them/ Like most kids and teenagers, I seemed to be unafraid of anything. I was very and outgoing as a child. I went skateboarding on ramps, climbed trees, swayed from trees and even jumped in the deep end of a pool even when I did not know how to swim. This is why I cannot figure out why now at 39, I am claustrophobic and fiercely afraid of heights. There have been a couple of times when I went into a panic attack after being trapped in a stuck elevator. I have tried reading books on controlling panic attacks too so I would know what to do in case I find myself trapped Ferris wheel!

Getting trapped in a broken Ferris wheel or rollercoaster can easily send me into a panic attack. I have tried controlling panic attacks in the past. I had friends with me who would hold my hand talk me into not panicking. I tried breathing exercises too. I tried this exercise when I suffered from heartburn while I was in the subway in New York. I panicked because I foolishly thought I was suffering from a heart attack. Being underground did nothing to help the situation. I immediately got off at the next station and I was able to calm myself once I had gone up the ground level.

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