A&P just a thought.

I know that when I first started having anxiety and panic attacks I wanted a pill to make it all go away! Well I will be frank with everyone here, that pill is not real! I have learned with the help from people here, my counselor, my pdoc and my family and friends that there is a "magic" tool! I was excited and scared to find out what this "magic" tool would be and heck will it hurt? Lol I am a goof, this tool is not a wrench or screw driver it is an internal tool. When you think about anxiety and panic it is a thought and chemical process, right? Yes! The thought part is what really rips at you. For example the chemical reaction to a scare is to start the heart to race, okay and the next thought to someone with A&P is my heart is fast and now I can feel my heart so I am having a heart attack! Now this is a very common FEAR. I type this in capital letters because FEAR is what drives A&P out of control. "I am scared to have a heart attack", so now that FEAR is going to run wild in your mind. This is how thoughts control A&P, we have such powerful minds that we can manifest these "symptoms" physically upon our selves and not realize that our minds our actually causing these things to happen. Such powerful minds we have huh?

our minds at times are too powerful, and at other times not enough power is going through them. but yeah spot on jess. great post.

I hope that other are able to come away with something from this. I was jumbled around as usual now a days. I do know that restructuring the brain and such are very important. I just hope I have helped someone in some way even if it is a tiny way.

Nomorepanic-

The answer to your question is a combination of coping skills, therapy and support, medication, healthy distractions,, mindfulness thinking, and education. It doesn't happen overnight, in fact, it's a lot of hard work to get to where you can effectively manage this disorder, but its worth the time!

Warm hugs and fast healing!

Jessica - love the post!

Cornell