Meditation and Panic Attacks

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• Meditation and Panic Attacks

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• The causes and origin are truly unknown it is
  twice as common in women as in men, but panic
  attacks are the same for everyone.
• Some of you might recognize it as those chills
  and cold sweats that start to form during those
  social situations
• Others might associate it with an outright fear
  of dying!

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• All-in-all people that suffer from panic attacks
  all share the same inevitable feeling of
  helplessness that is not only painful to endure,
  but outright traumatizing.
• Even the mere recollection of a previous attack
  can trigger another panic attack.

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• There are many treatments available for the
  treatment of panic attacks, but these usually
  involve Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
  (SSRIs), which is commonly used in
  antidepressant medication
• These may include Prozac, Zoloft, or Paxil,
  just as an example.

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• But what about an effective, and non-chemical
  alternative that wasnt synthesized in a glass
  tube?
• How about cancelling out the mere thought of an
  attack without a pill, but by putting your mind
  and body at ease.
• Meditation can be very beneficial to anyone who
  is willing to dedicated their time and mind to a
  structured meditation regiment.

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• Meditation doesnt necessarily mean sitting down
  on the floor, cross-legged, middle finger to
  thumb, and humming some mantras...
• It is the challenge of achieving pure relaxation
  and reaching a plateau in your mind where nothing
  can change that relaxation of your body and mind.

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• One can change a lot in their life by dedicating
  a few hours of your day to simply getting your
  body and mind in touch.
• One must realize that meditation can bring upon a
  plethora of positive influences in their life.
  Aside from helping one reduce the likeliness of
  panic attacks, basic meditation can

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• Reduce Stress
• Benefit your Health
• Help you Control your Thoughts
• Detachment from the things that irritate us
• Increase Peace of Mind and Happiness
• Increase Ones Concentration
• Increase Creativity and Spontaneity

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• Studies have shown that meditation, when done
  correctly, is a very successful method to reduce
  stress. There is really nothing mystical or
  illusive about it.
• The most apparent cause of anxiety is an over
  active and uncontained thought process. While
  properly meditating one can slow down their
  thought process and reduce their anxiety.

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• Find a comfortable position, a lot people choose
  to sit with good posture in an upright position.
• I would try warming up by first doing a few
  minutes of diaphragmatic breathing and muscle
  relaxation exercises to relax you physically.

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• Then you want to close your eyes, which studies
  have shown can reduce your brain activity by up
  to seventy-five percent
• You want to try and become aware and identify
  your own thoughts.

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• Recognize these thoughts and disassociate
  yourself from them, the idea here is to have as
  few thoughts as possible, but dont become
  anxious if you cannot eliminate your thoughts
  altogether.
• Let them go every time you find yourself flowing
  into thought.

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• One of the things that help us to eliminate our
  thought process is to concentrate upon or repeat
  a mantra. A mantra is quite simply just a word or
  a phrase or a number that you try to visualize
  and repeat over and over again.
• The sole purpose in this is to eliminate any
  thoughts that might want to creep into your mind.

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• Many times I would meditate while doing my
  breathing exercises. My mantra would be the
  numbers that I was using for counting my breaths.
  
• I would close my eyes and while breathing in I
  would visualize and focus upon the numbers one,
  two, three, four, five, six, seven

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• And then as I was breathing out I would again
  focus upon and visualize the numbers One, two,
  three, four, five, six, seven
• I also will often us a Bible verse or simple the
  name Jesus while visualizing each letters,
  size, shape, dimension, colour or texture.

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• You may have a favourite word or phrase that you
  want to use for your mantra. Some people simply
  repeat and focus upon the name of a loved one or
  a favourite phrase. It doesnt matter.
• The Idea is to have something to focus upon to
  help you to stop thinking.

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• Try to meditate at least once every day for at
  least twenty minutes or any time that you feel
  stressed or anxious.
• Meditating will leave you refreshed and help to
  become aware of your thought process.

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• It will also help to bring you out of anxiety and
  recondition you to react more calmly in stressful
  situations.
• Dont worry if you become so relaxed that you nod
  off and fall asleep.

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