Individuals suffering from panic attacks often find meditation useful in dealing with the problem.
If you have been suffering with panic attacks, and have not yet tried meditation, then this article is for you.
It will be explaining how meditation helps you get control of your panic attacks.
This can also be combined with other forms of therapy to make them more effective.
When you have a panic attack you feel so much anxiety that you feel like fleeing the scene or fighting an unknown fear.
This makes the attack worsen.
These attacks usually involve hyperventilating, sweating in excessive amounts, the heartbeat elevating, irrational thinking and trembling just to mention a few things.
Through meditating each day you can put your mind at rest and control your feelings of fear before they get out of hand turning to panic.
You might only have these attacks in certain situations.
Crowds could be what sets you anxiety off say.
But some people can have them at anytime or anywhere.
These attacks happen because of a generalized feeling of anxiety over nothing specific.
Learning to do meditation and adding it to other treatment options can help you along with others know better how to deal with the anxiety.
This will help you change the way your mind thinks in these situations.
By doing this you will be better equipped to deal with the uncomfortable feelings, by keeping a level head and rationally thinking your way through the situation, instead of panicking.
A variety of types of meditation exist out there to choose from too.
Some use mantras and some don't.
Concentrative meditation has you focus on a mantra which is a sound, an image or your breathing.
This helps to centre the mind and calm it.
You can even practice this when you are in a crowd and getting that uncomfortable feeling.
For example say the mantra to yourself and take some deep breaths before you know it you are handling being in the crowd calmly.
The other type of meditation is called mindfulness meditation.
You sit and let yourself become aware of all sounds, sights, feelings, smells, thoughts and more but you stay uninvolved with them.
It is like you are watching them from a distance.
This makes you stay in a clear state mentally and teaches you how to look at your anxiety objectively.
Meditation helps you learn that you are in control of your feelings and thoughts not them in control of you.
This helps you handle tough situations with a level head.
Therefore your panic attacks decrease over time and even go away all together.
Of course you may also need some other therapies combined with the meditation to totally get over all your anxiety attacks.
Consult your physician to see all your treatment options.
Remember you can combine sever treatment options together at times if need be.
Meditation is an effective complementary therapy that can be added to your daily routine to help you with your panic attacks.