Needing to know the difference between PTSD & Trauma? Are they not related? I started EMDR today using my 5-senses. I'm not sure how learning coping skills will give me relief from anxiety/panic attacks but basically my brain interprets stress as a threat...fight/flight mode. Whenever I get those signals of being threatened, I am to go to that happy place and allow whatever thoughts come to my mind go through and then focus back to my place of happiness. Does this really work? It is so easy for my husband to tell me just up my anxiety meds!