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Start saying something helpful to yourself such as, “It’s a false alarm. I should try to stay calm!" Breathlessness and tightness of chest and throat can make you feel you are going to suffocate and die, or cause damage to your internal organs. But tell yourself, it is caused by anxiety that can produce all those symptoms. If the body’s alarm system is messed up, it can go off even when there is no real danger. Think of your house alarm. Sometimes, house alarms go off even by slight smoke when you are cooking. Picture this: The house is not on fire but the alarm has gone off. If you don’t know it was a false alarm, you might panic and rush to try to put out the fire or you might run out in a frenzy to save your life. Likewise, the body and brain can sometime act on a false alarm as if it’s the real alarm. To continue with the analogy, some patients with heart or lung problems may receive a false alarm because of the presence of "smoke," that is, there is a problem but that heart or breathing problem is not a matter of life and death.
A Breathing Disorder Such as COPD Can Resemble a Lot Like Panic Disorder The two major symptoms found in almost all panic attacks are heart palpitation (heart goes "thump, thump") and dyspnea (shortness of breath). Shortness of breath, painful breathing, can set off a false suffocation alarm. In some cases, even a moderate change in heartbeat and breathing can trigger the alarm. After all, shortness of breath or any type of breathing discomfort raises a possibility in our minds that we may not be able to breathe at all! During a panic attack, one might rush to a window and throw it open in an attempt to fill their lungs with air. We all want to breathe. We all can panic if we are unable to breathe. Severe and continued breathlessness can cause smothering sensations. Panic disorder is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in COPD. Note that not all COPD patients have panic attacks and not all panic attack patients have heart or lung problems. People who are highly anxious or tense can also have changes in their heart rate and breathing. Sometimes the suffocation alarm may be falsely activated by even moderate changes in the breathing and heart rate. Patient education regarding anxiety and panic attacks, breathing training and medication can provide significant relief. It helps to stay calm and in control even when symptoms are severe. There are helpful techniques, and you can learn them in order to calm down and exercise reasonable control. More to come on our biological emergency alarm system later! Write down how you can tell when it is your anxiety or panic attack and when it is a symptom caused by your medical condition: _
Page 1 and 2: Anxiety and Panic Attacks In Emphys
Page 3 and 4: Foreword Anxiety and Panic Attacks
Page 5 and 6: Table of Contents Chapter 1—Intro
Page 7 and 8: Main Messages of this Presentation
Page 9 and 10: efore. I did finally sleep last nig
Page 11 and 12: We All Are Not Exactly Alike The im
Page 13 and 14: Suggestions: How to Get What You Wa
Page 15 and 16: INCIDENCE OF ANXIETY AND DERPESSION
Page 17 and 18: calmed down, her chest was not heav
Page 19 and 20: 8. Say silently in your head words
Page 21 and 22: Unique Features of Anxiety and Pani
Page 23 and 24: Symptoms Heart attack Panic Attack
Page 25: Another lady who had asthma and als
Page 29 and 30: Thirteen (13) Symptoms of a Panic A
Page 31 and 32: RUBBERY, “JELLY LEG HEADACHES/PAI
Page 33 and 34: How Does a Panic Attack Start and E
Page 35 and 36: Anxiety, Panic Attacks Feed on Brea
Page 37 and 38: Tips For Panic Control WHAT SHOULD
Page 39 and 40: parts of the body. Sweating also se
Page 41 and 42: Chapter 5 Understanding Anxiety, Pa
Page 43 and 44: Dr. Kozora studied the Neurobehavio
Page 45 and 46: Other associations between anxiety
Page 47 and 48: Chapter 6 Frequently Asked Question
Page 49 and 50: Role of STRESS in Panic attacks The
Page 51 and 52: Role of EXERCISE in anxiety managem
Page 53 and 54: Chapter 7 The Role of Worry in Pani
Page 55 and 56: Have you frequently been so worried
Page 57 and 58: seize your mind you have about one
Page 59 and 60: Chronic and excessive worrying can
Page 61 and 62: Chapter 8 Calming the Breath, Mind
Page 63 and 64: Notice that in the above example, I
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Page 67 and 68: Bonus Exercise-- Visualization for
Page 69 and 70: Chapter 9 Correct Breathing • Sig
Page 71 and 72: Potential Benefits of Breathing tra
Page 73 and 74: Signs of regular and relaxed breath
Page 75 and 76: Check and Improve Your Own Breathin
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How to Do “Diaphragmatic Breathin
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Chapter 10 PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RELA
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Three Types of Physical and mental
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Any blockages in the upper part of
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2. Raise the legs a few inches and
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28. Right Nipple Center 29. Heart C
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Let’s begin Each time inhale "as
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Back to exhaling as if through the
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Take in a breath and exhale. While
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People with heart disorders or hype
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Question—2 In reading your presen
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getting better, such as mucus clear
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and how much God truly cares about
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1. Only go to a teacher who is regi
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