When I was first struggling to overcome my panic attacks, I was told something quite valuable by my therapist. It had such an impact on my attitude towards my anxiety issue’s that I thought it was worth mentioning.

Here it is:

It is not the anxiety attack itself which is the problem, it is actually the FEAR of the anxiety attack happening which causes the problem.

Think about that for a minute now. Imagine that you are suffering from panic attack’s because of a confrontation you have had with a work colleague. It is your fear of another encounter which is actually triggering your panic attack- not fear of your colleague.

It is important to differentiate between these feelings as early as possible, and to accept that it is this fear which is causing the problem. Anxiety attack help is always available, but the first real step has to come in the form of acceptance.

Peter