It seems strange, but I couldn’t learn to control my panic until I accepted it. The more I tried to fight the panic attacks, the worse they got. It made my situation feel really hopeless for a long while. I finally realized I must be doing something wrong, because resisting the attacks wasn’t working at all. After getting some help through therapy, I’ve learned that the resistance I thought would prevent a panic attack was actually part of what was causing them to become more severe. That’s how complex the panic response can be in your life.
The point where I was able to begin to reduce the severity of my panic attacks was when I learned to accept what was happening. With the acceptance came more control.
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Instead of reacting negatively to the experience, I learned to become a dispassionate observer. That was the key to keeping the panic attack as short as possible. Once I was able to do that I could begin working on methods for preventing them from even happening by addressing the causes of my anxiety.
