How to Stop a Panic Attack Naturally - 3 Natural Tips to Overcome a Panic Attack

So you suffer from panic attacks and want to know how to stop them?

I understand how you feel because I used to have panic attacks that would spring up without notice leaving me extremely frightened. But I learned how to defeat them and so will you if you follow my lead...

And we aren't alone. Did you know, for instance, that nearly 33% of Americans have at least one panic attack, with many having more? And that nearly 1 in every 75 people throughout the world will have an attack during their lifetime? So we definitely aren't alone!

Now, if that many people are having panic attacks around us, how come we aren't aware of it? This is most probably because there seems to be a bit of a stigma about having panic attacks. It's looked upon as some sort of 'weakness' or 'mental' instability, so sufferers just suffer in silence.

I'm here to tell you not to. I'm not ashamed to speak about it, and neither should you. Panic (or anxiety) attacks is just a condition that can be treated like any other condition or ailment...

Now most treatments consist of prescribed drugs like tranquilizers, antidepressants and beta-blockers. But they tend to treat your symptoms, not the underlying cause(s). And, let's be honest here, who wants to go around in a daze whilst taking them, plus, who wants to suffer those horrible side effects?

That's why more and more people like you and me are turning to natural remedies to help stop their anxiety attacks.

Now, there are many things you can do, but I have listed just 3 here that I believe to be the top 3 things that you can do during an attack, which if they don't actually stop it in its tracks, will certainly make the symptoms less intense and the time period much shorter...

(1) At the onset of an attack repeat to yourself that you know what it is, that it can't harm you, you aren't about to die, and, it will soon pass. It's a medical fact that anxiety attacks cannot harm you! Never forget that!

(2) Start to get your breathing back to normal as fast as possible. During an attack, you hyperventilate, which upsets the important oxygen / carbon dioxide ratio in your body. One of the fastest ways is to re-breath into a paper bag. Hint: why don't you carry one around with you?

(3) If you just focus on your symptoms during a panic attack, you'll only make things worse, because they are so frightening. Focus hard on things you see around you, this is really important.

Now, there are more techniques, but I found that these 3 are the most effective, certainly at reducing the length of time and intensity of a panic attack.

But what about stopping them altogether? Surely that's the real objective? Well, to do that, you need to first get rid of your fear of having panic attacks, because this fear -- which can be in your subconscious or you could be fully aware of it -- can actually trigger anxiety attacks by itself!

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