Panic Attacks are fears that are not real. They are only imagined fears with no real threat to physical life. Our brains are equipped with a built in mechanism to activate the fight-flight mode whenever we are under real threat, physically from outside forces. This mechanism was built to safeguard us from predators in the caveman era.
In the present era, we do not have much of real fear and physical threat like the caveman era. However, our minds do not know the difference between the real and imaginary threat and it produces all the chemical and physical reactions in order to set us up for the fight-flight mode. This is what is being manifested as anxiety or panic attacks.
To Stop Panic Attacks, you must first understand that those fears are not real and it is only imaginary. So you have to be prepared to feel the fearful feeling fully and allow it to go the full circle. The more you avoid the fearful feeling the more you empower it. Once you feel it fully, it has served its purpose and will not bother you anymore. It can be felt fully at the scene or if you cannot feel it on the spot, find a quiet time and recall the specific incident and try to feel the feeling fully to the best of your ability.
Source: Avoiding Panic Attacks
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