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how to help panic attacks
how to help panic attacks? Panic is common and can be treated. You can support the person to take the right steps in case of an impending attack: Advise him or her to stay where they are until the panic passes. This might take up to an hour Slow, but not too deep, […]
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Advising a person with panic attacks
Advising a person with panic attacks Panic attacks are attacks of severe anxiety that result from rapid breathing. Sufferers should be taught the following: • An attack begins when they start to feel the fearful thoughts or the physical symptoms. • They should immediately remind themselves that they are breathing too fast and take control […]
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what to do panic attacks anxiety
what to do panic attacks anxiety • Reassure the person, specifically about the following: • The symptoms are not a sign of serious physical illness. However, it is important that this reassurance is given only if you have completed a thorough physical examination and appropriate laboratory tests. • The symptoms are not a sign that […]
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how to deal with panic attacks without drugs
how to deal with panic attacks without drugs. Questions to ask the person who is unduly worried • How long have you felt like this? The longer the duration, the more severe the problem is likely to be. • How did these feelings begin? Find out whether any life events occurred that may have triggered […]
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fear and panic attacks and heart palpitations
fear and panic attacks and heart palpitations When we worry, we become scared that something unpleasant might happen. This is fear. Fear is an important part of learning in life. For example, when students fear failing their examinations, they may study harder for them. But if a person gets scared that he might die or that something terrible […]
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Panic attacks case study
Case study: panic disorder Sharon was a 26-year-old single woman with a history of panic attacks that occurred out of the blue, including at night. Her first panic attack occurred some five years earlier while she was studying for her final exams at university. At that time she experienced intense symptoms of a pounding heart, […]
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