One of the most frequently asked questions I get is, - ‘Am I having a panic attack?’. People are genuinely confused about whether their symptoms are a full on panic attack or just a mild case of anxiety.
Let me tell you this, if you are having a panic attack you will know about it! My first experience of one was the single, most terrifying experience of my life. I ended up in a hospital, convinced I was dying. Let me just run through a few of the panic attack symptoms again for you. They can include, a racing heart, chest pains, a feeling of death. It is easy to see why some people mistake a panic attack for a heart attack.
Saying this though, if you do have any of the symptoms listed in the previous post, i would advise you to get check out by a medical practitioner. Just in case you are not experiencing panic attacks at all, it might be something a lot more serious.
March 8th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Excellent idea to realise the problem is panic, most people mistake panic attacks for a life threatening situation such as heart attack symptomsA simple tapping technique called EFT ( the emotional freedom technique)is very effective for dealing with panic attacks. The very thought of whatever situations trigger an attack can be interupted so as to render the trigger neutral just by tapping with the finger tips on specific acupunture areas. Even in the event of a full blown attack, the tapping calms the internal responses down and I’ve found that when tapping and deliberatley trying to bring on a panic attack ( hunting for it rather than being in fear of it arriving unannouced ) it just doesn’t happen. Whilst a qualified practitioner will get to the root causes and eliminate the triggers you easily learn it by yourself there’s loads of free info with tapping diagrams out there on the web… here’s my free info sheet, http://www.holistic-wellbeing.com/assetts/downloads/eft-printout.pdf
By the way, this is not an attempt to gain business, it’s just spreading the word about EFT as too many people are routinely prescribed medication which is often unneccessary and can cause more problems.