It helped me when I realized that Anxiety Attacks of all kinds, including panic attacks, are a brain malfunction, and not a reliable assessment of current conditions. Before that, tho, i learned how to trick the brain into stopping, or not continuing, it's unacceptable behavior. Biofeedback. Breathe - control the speed and depth of breathing, make it slow down and become regular; Count - 1001, 1002, 1003, for as long as it takes, maybe 10 or 15 mintues, this interrupts the brains ability to continue panicking; Distract - look around, count the kinds of things around you, 4 things that are blue, 8 things that are square, etc, this too interferes with the brains production of chemical terror; Delay - don't take any action to avoid the panic, wait, be still, allow the kidneys time to filter those chemicals out of the bloodstream; Regroup - still thinking only of calming the brain, have a drink of water and something sweet to restore the blood sugars eaten by the adrenalin surge you have just endured, then say something nice about yourself to yourself: Good ~! this is over~ that was fast~ I did that really well~! Stop wasting time bemoaning having what is essentially a curable disorder. Gus