Help!
What do you do guys when you have anxiety attacks?
Thank you so much for answering. It will be a big help for me.
@Hypergraphia
Hi! Have you explored the posts here? 💚
https://www.7cups.com/forum/anxiety/Resources_412/AnxietySupportResourcesMasterpost_218540/ this is quite nice.
@Thank you so much for this @daydreammemories. Highly appreciated! 🙂
@Hypergraphia Lay down in a cold dark room, drink camomile tea, wait until its over.
@Hypergraphia Pursed lips breathing - breathe in as much as you can, breathe out as much as you can with your lips pursed repeat 2 or 3 times. Also sing or play a musical instrument (if you don't have an instrument "play" the trumpet with your fist - your favourite song).
I lie down in bed(these attacks usually happen st night for me anyway) and focus on steady, controlled breathing.
I recently read about grounding exercises though. An example was like counting 5 things you can see,v4 things you can touch, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell(or think of 2 smells you like),and 1 thing you can taste (or 1 of your fav tastes). And then just keep cycling through that until the attack passes. I haven't gotten a chance to try it yet but it seems interesting..