Posted by Damos on June 23, 2005, at 17:43:02
In reply to Re: Trying Again » Damos, posted by sunny10 on June 23, 2005, at 7:40:24
Sunny, I know this is gonna sound stupid but there is a Bach Flower Remedy specifically for this type of thing. It is called Rescue Remedy and it works it really does, I've used it and so has my puppy dog. She gets panicked by fireworks and thunderstorms and a few drops of this stuff really settles her down. I used it before a major presentation and it was amazing. You can get it in a spray or drops that you place under your tongue. I know others who use it too to help them cope with stressful events. Might be worth a try. You've probably been given all sorts of tools to cope with the panic and I'm not sure I can be much help here as I do it silently on the inside at the time and suffer the physical consequences later. One thing I do do though when I feel the first signs coming on is to become aware of the end of my nose and then of the feeling of my breath as I draw it deep down into my abdomen and slowly release it imagining the tension flowing out with it. I usually try 5 breaths. One thing about panic is that I know in my case I can feel the physical symptoms long before the thinking goes all askew, and if I am able to begin to observe the physical symptons and acknowledge them as they arise I seem to cope better than when I go "Sh*t panic!!!". These things I am rleiably told are the beginnings of self awareness, the ability to passivley observe ourselves (self, self, selves would be too much to cope with).
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