[Middman]

This is what has worked for me with anxiety attacks. Took a long time to get here, but try some (self Talk) Tell yourself over and over until you believe this. It doesnt matter, Life is short, I dont care if someone notices me being nervous, There are others worse than me, It doesnt matter what others think of me, If I panic, It doesnt matter if I say the wrong thing,Im just as good as anyone else. Also I would have to make myself go into situations wher I might panic, Take baby steps doing this though. This has helped me. Though I still have panic attacks, they are very seldom. I mostly had them when I was young and uncertain of myself.

[Rhiannonsmoon]

I try to use self talk when I finally have to leave the house to go see the doctor. By that time I've had up to 2 pills and I'm waiting for them to work....I'll get there

[Maven]

If I'm getting panicky, I start talking to myself, "You're okay, you're okay, calm down, focus on (something in the car, a building, a sign, other cars, colors, whatever)," and I try to breathe more calmly. I haven't had a full-on panic attack (one that escalates to me running around and screaming for help) in years, but I have had some pretty close calls, including most recently on the Delaware Memorial Bridge.

[DavePanic]

Daily positive affirmations definitely help a lot I find, they tend to give you a good grounding for the day especially when recited first thing in the morning when you get up.

I also like to use positive visualization and to learn as much about my anxiety disorder by keeping my own personal anxiety journal, it just helps me to gain perspective of my attacks.

When things get really hectic though and I am in a public place I always rely on my good old anchor point which I have learned to use by using the Bagha guided meditation as part of my daily routine.

[Gus1234U]

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