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Uncomfortable feelings of any sort prompt a desire to seek escape. We want to avoid discomfort as pain, loneliness, anxiety, and sadness are all very uncomfortable to feel. But oftentimes it is the fear of the feeling that causes us more harm than the feeling itself.
If we are able to catch ourselves in the height of the feeling and instead of giving into the desire to seek escape, we try to sit with the feeling itself, to explore the feeling, we might find that it doesn't have as much power as we feared that it would.
Although the gripping claustrophobic feeling of anxiety can make us feel like our very safety is endangered, research has shown that we are not in actual danger. Knowing (and more importantly, believing) this fact can give the power to turn within and face the feeling while reassuring ourselves that ‘we are safe’.
Some panic attacks strike out of the blue and catch us in our most vulnerable times, while others give signs that slowly build up. Some of us have learned the triggers that lead to an attack while others will experience the discomfort out of the blue for the first time. Whatever the situation, when an attack strikes, our power lies in meeting it face on.
The next time you feel panic rising:
*close your eyes
*take a deep slow breath through your nose
*acknowledge that you're experiencing an attack
*Remind yourself that YOU ARE SAFE
*Remind yourself that THIS FEELING WILL PASS
Our Mindful Pause at Fettle Fields has been created to offer the time and space to slow down, tap into the body and quiet the overactive mind.
Making time to engage in regular ‘pauses’ will make it all the more likely you will be able to acknowledge an oncoming attack, accept the discomfort, remain steadfast with deep breaths and slowly open yourself to finding peace within the panic.
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