Ten Rules When Coping With Panic...

Before pushing that panic button,  here are ten rules for coping with panic!!

1. Remember panic feelings are only normal reactions but exaggerated
2. They are not harmful and nothing worse will happen
3. Notice what is happening in your body, stay with the present, slow down, relax but keep going
4. Thinking about what might happen is unhelpful. Only now matters
5. Accept the anxious feelings. Let them run through you and they will disappear quicker
6. Monitor your anxiety levels 10 (worst) - 0 (least) and watch them go down.
7. Stay in the situation. If you avoid it, it will become difficult in the future
8. Take a few slow deep breaths
9. Consciously relax your tense muscles. Feel yourself relaxing.
10. Now concentrate again on what you were doing before the panic set in.