Panic attacks symptoms can be caused by many things, and in this article I'm going to outline the 5 most common causes of anxiety attacks symptoms.
Whether your suffering from panic attacks or know someone who is, I'm going to give some step by step techniques you can use in this article to identify what's causing your panic attacks.
1) Overanalyzing If you're dwelling on a thought like "what if I get nervous again and have another panic episode.
" and it leads to you having another panic attack, then you need to stop overanalyzing your negative thoughts.
If you find yourself caught up in the trap of thinking a scary thought over and over again, get in between that thought and break it up before it spirals out of control.
2) Talking Negatively If you find that you're constantly having what if thoughts and thinking about all the bad things that could go wrong in your life, then you need to start using some positive self talk.
Using internal dialogue like "I'm positive and I can handle this situation" or "Anxiety attacks have never hurt me before, and I will make it through this" will allow you to stop triggering your fight or flight mechanism.
3) Not Staying In The Present Moment When you allow your mind to wonder into the future and you worry about what bad things might happen you aren't living life in the present moment.
Likewise, when you are constantly dwelling over your past mistakes and beating yourself up for things you "should have done", you aren't in the present moment either.
All anxiety and panic episodes can simply be avoided by keeping your mind in the present moment.
To remain in the present moment you should focus on what you hear, feel, see, smell, taste, etc.
By doing this you can avoid your wondering mind that will focus on scary negative thoughts.
4) Bad Habits The habit of negative thinking is so strong that we don't even realize we are doing it.
It just happens automatically, and that's why it's absolutely necessary to create a habit out of interrupting your negative thoughts.
You should be actively paying attention to your thoughts on a daily basis and putting up an imaginary stop sign in your mind when you start feeling bad, sad, negative, anxious, depressed, etc.
5) A lack of vision To stop your panic and anxious moments you must be able to visualize who you want to be in the future.
Take a few minutes to think and imagine in your mind the person you would like to be if you didn't have panic attacks holding you back.
This is extremely important because without a vision you can't get to where you want to go.