Anxiety and Panic Attacks In Emphysema ... - Mind Publications

Take in a breath and exhale. While exhaling imagine and feel the elevator comes
down to the 2 nd floor.
Take in a breath and exhale. While exhaling imagine and feel the elevator comes
down to the ground floor.
As you come down to the ground floor, “see” the elevator opening out to a
beautiful scenery that makes you totally refreshed and energized.
3. Switch Off Technique
You may try the switch off technique at night before going to bed.
Imagine your body is a multi storey house. Start from the top floor, the “head
room.” You are to go from the top floor to the bottom floor, the feet, switching the lights
off in each room.
Thus, while exhaling switch off the lights of the head room and come down to the
middle room, the “mid-chest” room.
Inhale. While exhaling switch off the lights of the mid-chest room and come
down to the “waist room.”
Inhale. While exhaling switch off the lights of the waist room and come down to
the “leg room.”
Inhale. While exhaling switch off the lights of the leg room and come down all
the way to the bottom floor the “toe room.”
Feel all the lights are off, it is dark, quiet and very relaxing. The whole body and
the mind are relaxed.
4. Tension release and relaxation
In order to relieve tension and stress, imagine your tension is something like tight
and twisted ropes spread throughout your body. As you exhale, those ropes inside you
are slowly untwisting. Or tension is that dirty and blackened liquid swirling out of your
body, draining downward until it totally drains out through your toes. Gentle music can
enhance the effect. While breathing out, let the whole torso become loose and relaxed.