Overcoming Panic Attacks - Essentials to Defeating Anxiety

Leading a normal life with a panic disorder is extremely difficult and disturbing. Most people suffering from panic attacks tend to see every situation as a possible threat and hence live every single day trying to avoid meeting people, traveling, living alone, getting into conflicts or arguments etc.
I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. You say your worried about flying, and they just tell you that's irrational, they run off loads of numbers and statistics to convince you that flying is the safest transport in the world. Thanks, I already knew that. But what do the statistics say about the chances that somebody who suffers from panic attacks, will get an attack, while flying? It's the bit they don't understand.

At least with flying people accept that you might have fear, you just can't explain to people how you can get an attack in a supermarket, or just sitting at home.

My doctor was very sympathetic, but you could tell he didn't really understand the issue, he just knew the textbook solution. Tranquilizers. OK, drugs can help you stop a panic attack, if you take enough of them you end being so drowsy you don't feel anything. But then you can't drive, or work, and you never get any enjoyment out of anything.

I mean flying is statistically far more dangerous than driving a car. There is nothing inherently dangerous about an escalator or a crowd is there?

So the reality needs to be looked at differently or reexamined from a different angle. Stepping out of your own shoes while in a fit physical and emotional condition will often lead to action being taken in the presence of fear.

Panic disorder symptoms are real and panic attacks are real. No one should argue otherwise, but to overcome panic attacks you simply need to step out of your own shoes and change your habits in defense of your fears.