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FROM CHATBOT: To manage panic attacks, focus on staying calm and practicing grounding techniques during an attack, like deep breathing and focusing on your senses. After an attack, prioritize self-care, and consider seeking professional help for long-term management. During a panic attack: Breathe deeply: Hyperventilation can worsen panic, so focus on slow, deep breaths, inhaling through your nose and exhaling through your mouth. Ground yourself: Engage your senses by noticing your surroundings, touching something, or focusing on a calming image. Remind yourself: It's temporary and not life-threatening. Stay put: Avoid leaving the situation if possible, as this can reinforce the idea that you need to escape panic. Use coping statements: Remind yourself that you've overcome these feelings before and that you are safe. After a panic attack: Self-care: Rest, eat, and drink something to help your body recover. Talk to someone: Share your experience with a trusted friend, family member, or mental health professional. Consider professional help: A therapist can help you identify triggers, develop coping strategies, and explore underlying issues. Track your attacks: Keeping a journal can help you identify patterns and triggers for future management. Long-term strategies: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): This therapy helps you identify and change negative thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to panic attacks. Medication: Antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications can help manage panic disorder symptoms. Regular exercise: Physical activity can help reduce stress and improve mood. Mindfulness and relaxation techniques: Practices like meditation and deep breathing can help manage anxiety and panic. Lifestyle adjustments: Maintain a healthy diet, get enough sleep, and limit caffeine and alcohol. Exposure therapy: This therapy involves gradually exposing yourself to feared situations or objects in a safe environment to reduce anxiety. NOTE: It could damage your brain (no kidding!) to take medication: Antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications disrupt normal brain functioning, and those side-effects--though they may seem beneficial--can cause permanent brain damage. JUST SAY "NO" TO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS! SEE: http://www.antipsychiatry.org ...for more info. There is lots of good on-line information. Some may be useful. Google: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=how+to+overcome+panic+attacks%3F Talking to us is an option, but in the end it's all in your head and you have to get control of that yourself. NEVER ADMIT TO A "THERAPIST" THAT YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO KIDS! If you do, you may find yourself the subject of investigation, and if you and your computer are not squeaky clean, you may go down in flames. Let us know how things go. Good luck! M. I have been the target of malicious, defamatory, and untrue accusations of somehow "being a danger to BoyChat". Don't listen to those who make such false claims, OK? TPKA "tyred" has been heading the attacks against me. It is better not to read or respond to "tyred" as this encourages the trolling behavior. It is a campaign of harassment, which is prohibited, but the moderators don't do their job and allow it to continue. Amazing, isn't it? https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=how+to+overcome+panic+attacks%3F [@nonymouse] [Guardster] [Proxify] [Anonymisierungsdienst] |