I used to imagine myself kicking the %#@&#! out of a panic attack. I didn't draw it, but visually, I created what I thought a panic attack would look like. It was a monster of some sorts. He was a brown, blobby shape, with lots of scribbles on his body. He had arms and legs. So whenever I would start to panic, I would visualize this little panic attack guy and then I would visualize myself kicking the ever-living %#@&#! out of him. It really did work. I was able to visualize myself literally fighting and beating a panic attack, and in turn, it helped with the true attacks.

Thanks a lot for posting this DePress. I had forgotton all abou that. What you did in therapy, combined with my little panic-attack blobby guy memory, just gave me a really good idea of an activity to use with my patients in group therapy this week.