Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder
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Panic Disorder is a disabling, yet usually very treatable problem. I say "usually" because your diagnosis is not your problem, merely a label for your symptoms and doesn't indicate your particular fears and situation.
Panic Disorder is categorised by the person suffering from panic attacks. Unfortunately, the most famous sufferer of "panic attacks" is Tony Soprano who doesn't suffer from Panic Disorder.
The kind of panic attacks associated with Panic Disorder involves hyperventilation. Hyperventilation doesn't trigger a panic attack, but it does exacerbate and perpetuate it by increasing the oxygen levels in the blood, which in turn causes a hallucinatory dissociative effect. (To reverse this, you can breathe in through your hands.)
Because panicking is one of the most terrifying experiences a person can have, the mere thought of panicking again makes the Panic Disorder sufferer anxious and can even trigger a panic attack.
The anxiety becomes associated with many aspects of the sufferer's life and living one's life in fear is bad for one's health.
Add to that, the Panic Disorder sufferer is usually told to 'get over it' or led to believe in medications usually given to clinically depressed people.
Even finding someone trained in NLP is no guarantee of a cure (the Fast Phobia Cure rarely works for Panic Disorder). NLP certificates are generally handed out to all participants regardless of what they learned. CBT can help significantly, but the best way I have found is to cognitively disrupt or re-wire the habitual thought patterns that led to anxiety.
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