Friday, May 15, 2009

To stop panic attack,Face its fear now


Personal story:
Let me share something with you that happened in my own life.I was 16 yrs old.One night, after i finished my studies went to bed to sleep.I was just thinking about how to prepare for competiative exams.I still remember how i started thinking negatively about a particular subject & how it led to a series of negative thoughts.Before i understood my heart started beating faster,i started feeling nervous & fearful.i was sweating profusely.i was not able to understand what to do.confusion - this best explained my state of mind that night.but after a while everything was back to normal.

Next day morning i was thinking about my yesterday experience. I read a news in a newpaper about the demise of a superstar which suddenly led again to a series of negative thouhts.I experienced the same thing fear,heart beating faster,nervousness,confusion...what to do.

Visit to psychiatrist:
I consulted a doctor. He told i was experiencing panic attack(disorder).He adviced me some medicines,but mainly he suggested me to divert my attention to something which i enjoy.

My life became hell:
After a month of medication i started feeling relax but only when i took medication.My father adviced me to stop taking tablet & encouraged me to face the anxiety created due to panic attack.I stopped medication but my life became miserable as i was concentrating on those fearful thoughts.Slowly it started affecting all by activites.Any person affected by this knows that how our self confidence decreases even for small acts like going to a saloon shop,attending meeting especially if you cann't come out without permission,travelling outside the city etc.I thought i may not be normal again.

Initial encouragement:
One of my friend & my uncle both were experincing panic attack exactly at the same time period as i was.Both of them faced the fear of anxiety & successfully conquered it.They encouraged me but i think my time of personal growth was still far away.
Turning point experience:
Two and half yrs passed without taking much responsibility to come out of that fear.Some how without my conscious effort i had developed a belief that one day i will come out of this mess that i created.
One day on a railway station plateform i saw an encouraging title on a book cover.I felt this book might help me fulfill that belief.so, i purchased.For the first few days,i enthusiastically followed the lessons.I got mixed results.During all this process i still unconsciously repeated i will definitely come out of this situation.
one day i was coming from my native town to my then resident place by bus.It was overnight journey.As soon as bus reached outskirts of city i started feeling that my thoughts were diverting towards negative.i began feeling nervous & fearful.But, this time something extraordinary thing happened.In the middle of this PANIC ATTACK,i accidently remembered my BELIEF & i took a DECISION that itwas the time to face this fear once for all.Also i decided i would not concentrate on negatives any longer.I started concentrating on positive thoughts.I started thinking about my dreams,my goals & attracting my first love into my life(we all know the power of a emotion called love).I decided, come whatever i will focus on all positive thoughts.one thing i did, i kept repeating this statement:

i am wining, AND

i am perfectly healthy & within no time i will experience complete control.

After half an hour, i had complete control of my thoughts.This was first time in two and half yrs i experienced freedom & self confidence.I recollected a quote i read somewhere that beyond our fears,lies our true freedom.Believe me i had no idea of auto suggestion,positive thinking & focussing on positive thoughts during stressful situation.some how i feel there was divine intervention & i learnt my life's most valuable lesson. lesson : how to face fear of panic attack.

Lesson learnt:
Later on as the years passed, i developed a reading habit.I collected books by some excellant authors.I learnt more about auto suggestion & how it miraculously works when we add faith to it.one thing i want my friends (who experience panic disorder) to remember is our mind can focus on only one thought at a time.you decide which thought you want it to focus.

I am presenting you a action plan which i actually used to face the fear of panic attack for your success.

1) Little bit i want to tell all my friends about Autosuggestion.Auto suggestion means giving positive suggestion to yourself.
example,for your present situation you can write like this statement:
i will proactively take responsibility to put repeatedly positive & empowering thoughts into my mind.
two more eg:
i am a courageous man so i can face any situation with calm mind.
i am perfectly healthly ,it is just a fear & i can face this fear now with courage.

2) Use & read aloud your Autosuggestion every night 10 min before going to bed.And 10 min when you wake up,remember to do it first thing in morning.scientifically,the reason behind doing this, is that your repeated autosuggestion reaches subconscious mind at night when you are asleep.In morning your mind usually accepts everything, so why not give empowering autosuggestion to start your day on a positive note.
3) Write them on a card & keep them in your wallet.Read them when ever you feel tense,nervous or fearful.
4) Write these autosuggestion on some papers & keep them near your study table,near your book shelf,near your shaving mirror or dressing table (in case of female) so that you can veiw it several times daily.
5) Always start using positive words in your conversations like strong,healthy,mentally tough,relax,cool,responsible,courageous,brave,loving, caring etc.you can have your own list of positive words.
6) Develop a reading habit daily atleast for 10 min.you should read something positive.you can choose self help books or biographies of some great personalities.

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7) Always remember only you can bring change in your situation.A great scholar SWAMI VIVEKANAND,said you can do anything and everything because you already have all the strength required in you.

Once again remember our mind can concentrate on only one thought at a time & you can take the help of auto suggestion to put positive thoughts under concentration.

I felt like sharing this experience of my life because of two reasons 1)all those people facing this situation should know that they are not alone to pass this way 2)all of them already have required strength in them.

I now firmly believe whatever happens, it happens to teach us a lesson.It happens to teach us more faith in GOD & in ourselves.
Now i understand that if i was not given that situation i would not have grown.now i am mentally more tough .i can face any fear with more faith in me with the knowledge that i can handle it effectively.

Similarly if i can learn this lesson,then anybody in this position can learn & come of this situation.Just maintain faith in yourself & in GOD.Take the help of a coach.

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