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Panic Treatments: Overcoming The Distress

By: Beth Kaminski

Lives of many people disorder due to anxiety and panic disorders. Work burden spanning to 24 days in 24 hours leaves minds restless when everybody wishes to achieve certain work target. Today world is entirely in strain as nobody finds time for rest.

However, the anxiety disorders are a set of several ailments and to incriminate one's busy lifestyle as the sole wrongdoer would be an over simplification. Ongoing research has discovered several other responsible factors - one's genes, predominantly.

Many panic treatments have been ascertained by ongoing research and treatment of anxiety is made possible.

A litterateur denotes sleep 'Tired Nature's Sweet Restorer.' In fact the person could have expressed it with more clarity as deep relaxing moments are an excellent treatment of anxiety. That is why the fact remains true that several drugs meant to treat anxiety attack are of sedative nature.

However, the paradox here is that most anxiety patients are insomniacs, having great difficulty in sleeping properly. The new challenge is to break this vicious cycle by using several possible remedies:
o Massage - slow kneading of muscles helps ease the strain out of them. Removal of lactic acid from over-worked muscles is achieved by efficient massaging. Special massaging technique like Acupressure helps improve the flow of energy in the body. So does Acupuncture, that is a slight modification of acupressure for it involves insertion of pinpoints on certain fixed points of the body. Use of Ayurvedic oils and other aromatic oils for massage purposes also helps in relaxing the body and easing the mind into sleep
o Exercise - Deep breathing exercises that are a part of Yoga or Thai Chi lead to solace and a feeling of welfare and health. Avail yourself of those experiences.
o Long warm bath and/or Steam bath or Spa treatment - water has the power to cleanse negativity and leave positivity in its wake. Enjoy long warm tub or shower baths. Get a steam bath if you can to sweat out the toxins from your system.


Other non-slumber relaxation techniques used as treatment of anxiety are:
o Laughter therapy - bust out stress, join laughter clubs or watch more comedy shows
o Hobby therapy - release your stress with your favourite pastime
o Pet therapy - spend time with pets - they absorb negativity from you
o Diet control - cut caffeine, avoid drug abuse
o Spirituality sessions and a cultivated interest in religion
?A few non-slumber relaxation techniques for treatment of anxiety are as follows:
o Laughter therapy - be part of laughter clubs to bust stress or watch more comedy shows
o Hobby therapy - enjoy your favourite pastime by releasing stress
o Pet therapy - as pets absorb negativity from you spend enough time with them
o Diet control - don't do drug abuse and cut caffeine
o Develop interest in religion and enjoy spirituality sessions
?Some non-slumber relaxation techniques preferred in treatment of anxiety are:
o Laughter therapy - enjoy watching comedy shows by joining laughter club to bust stress
o Hobby therapy - use your favourite pastime in releasing stress
o Pet therapy - associate yourself with pets which absorb negativity from you
o Diet control - don't use drugs and lessen the quantity of caffeine
o Be an active participant of spirituality sessions besides taking interest in religion
However, in most cases the above two types of non-technical remedies may not be enough. What the patient may require in severe cases is the intervention of a trained psychotherapist. A psychotherapist is trained to provide several types of treatment options to the sufferer, including:
o Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - this is a vital chunk of panic treatment. A well known saying is, 'I think, therefore I am.' This is very true. Anxiety, Happiness, Peace - these are all emotions and the seat of the emotion is the cerebrum. If one decides strongly to control his thought process, one can. This is the working principle of CBT. The psychotherapist motivates the patient to think positively and logically. The patient is given chants or mantras to recite repetitively when the onset of a panic attack is sensed. For example, he is made to repeat over and over again 'I shall not panic' or 'My fears are baseless.' If the patient does so with complete belief in these words, he may win over his body's reactions.
o Biofeedback - the patient's body is connected to small, portable appliances to measure some of his physiological activities like heartbeat, blood pressure or skin temperature that vary considerably with his mood. The visualization of the effect of panicky thoughts on his body makes the patient begin to make a conscious effort to control his body's parameters, as well as his thoughts. Continued practice has actually shifted partial control of these functions from involuntary to voluntary in some subjects
o Exposure Therapy - Post-traumatic stress disorder patients who have suffered injuries from fire, drowning, road accidents, associate the causative agent with abnormal terror. Even normal manifestations of the fear factor can throw them into panic. The panic treatment associated with this condition is the Exposure Therapy. The patient is exposed to his fear factor, made to see it face-to-face, under controlled surroundings and in the presence of a responsible therapist. Continuous facing of the fear gradually decreases its effect on the mind and in due time the patient stands cured.
?Above mentioned two types of non-technical remedies are not enough in most cases. A trained psychotherapist must be involved in treating patients in such circumstances. There are various types of treatment options which psychotherapists imply in treating them that are as follows:
o Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - it is best panic treatment option. The well saying goes true that 'I think, therefore I am.' Cerebrum is the seat of emotional appeal of which anxiety, happiness and peace are all major parts. One can easily control thought process if there is strong determination. CBT is based on this specific principle. Main intention of psychotherapist is to motivate patients to think logically and optimistically. Whenever some attack is sensed doctors advice patients to recite some chants or mantras. An example can be like emphasising patient to keep repeating sentences like 'I shall not panic' or 'My fears are baseless.' When patient keep repeating such activities with complete belief in those words their bodies feel drastic improvement.
o Biofeedback - some physiological activities of patient's body are measured through small and portable appliance which help in measuring heartbeat, blood pressure or skin temperature which keep varying regularly with mood change. Usually mere thought of the effect of panicky situation develop a feeling in person who realise it in their bodies and enforces patients start doing conscious effort to keep control over such parameters including thinking level. Regular practices have been helping in partial control of such functions which are from involuntary to voluntary in several aspects.
o Exposure Therapy - the patients having been faced post-traumatic stress disorder after suffering from injuries due to fire, drowning, road accidents may link causative elements with abnormal terror and at certain stages normal things too can become dangerous in which fear factor leads to developing panicky situation. Such condition can be treated by special panic treatment named Exposure Therapy. In this therapy patients are exposed to that particular fear factor and asked to counter it face-to-face. It is ensured that such things are practiced under controlled atmosphere and an expert therapist is remains available there. When patients encounter continuous fear apprehension of facing the fear decreases gradually and its impact on mind is vital when patients feel cured in certain time period.
?The non-technical remedies discussed above can't be considered final. Involvement of well-trained psychotherapists and their participation in the fulfilment of needs of sufferers is required in several cases through intervention of trained doctors. Psychotherapists must be trained to provide some of the best treatment options to sufferers which include:
o Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - it is most preferred option of panic treatment in practice today. The famous saying that 'I think, therefore I am' seems right in this case. The place of emotion is cerebrum in which we feel various emotional aspects like anxiety, happiness and peace of mind. A person can have better control over his/her thought process simply by having determination. CBT follows that time-tested principle in its functioning. Psychotherapist play greater role by inspiring and helping patients think positively with best of logic. Usually sufferers are advised to keep chanting and reciting religious mantras repetitively when they feel that panic attack is dominating them. Often, for example, sufferers are told to repeat over and over again that 'I shall not panic' or 'My fears are baseless.' When such practice is followed words become believable and the body's reactions are positive.
o Biofeedback - the body of sufferer is linked with tiny but portable equipments which measure many physiological activities including heartbeat, blood pressure or skin temperature which entirely depends upon the mood of a person. Such assessment of effect of panicky thoughts makes the sufferers develop conscious effort to have better control over the body and it's certain crucial aspects including the thought processes. The repeated implication of such practice has made the partial control possible which works effectively from involuntary to voluntary in various occasions
o Exposure Therapy - it is a unique therapy through which the post-traumatic stress disorder sufferers who might have gone though injuries from fire, drowning, road accidents can have the impact of such incidents which are the causative agents of atypical terror in a person. They are so immaculate that even in the normal situations they can emerge as a great fear factor leading to extreme level of panic disorder. The panic treatment which lessens such conditions through specific therapy is named Exposure Therapy in which sufferers are deliberately exposed to certain fear factor and it is made possible to bring the person and his/her fear face-to-face under manageable atmosphere to lessen impact. An experienced therapist performs this activity and its repeated practice helps a person win over the fear and decrease its impact from mind after certain time.

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Lives of many people disorder due to anxiety and panic disorders. Work burden spanning to 24 days in 24 hours leaves minds restless when everybody wishes to achieve certain work target. Today world is entirely in strain as nobody finds time for rest. However, the anxiety disorders are a set of several ailments and to incriminate one's busy lifestyle as the sole wrongdoer would be an over simplification. Ongoing research has discovered several other responsible factors - one's genes, ...

Beth Kaminski is the co-author of Curing Your Anxiety And Panic Attacks which detailed treating panic disorder as well as tips on the various anxiety disorder medications available at www.anxietydisordercure.com.

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