Panic attacks are one of the worst physical and mental experiences I go through on a semi-regular basis, and in this episode, I share what I feel like when one comes on. This is how I have created some space and relief to end an attack. When I heal, you heal, too. Let’s lift each other up and expand our way out of suffering together!
Podcast Highlights:
01:50 My first experience with panic attacks in 2014 and how I didn’t recognize what was happening to me was panic
02:51 I wanted to believe I could mentally push through a physical problem and negate reality. It didn’t work…
03:57 Despite physical interventions like medication, vitamins and acupuncture, and massage, I still felt anxious
04:59 I wanted to self-diagnose my problem and would self-treat with food and water, thinking my physical symptoms were prediabetic or somehow blood sugar related because eating food was grounding for me
06:36 I didn’t know how to stop this rising sensation that comes through my body and turn it off, but I had to try to find a way to move through it because it kept happening
07:56 I wanted doctors to have a guaranteed solution because having a panic attack be both mental and physical at the same time didn’t feel acceptable to me and I wanted to have an answer that stopped this experience
09:10 Resting did not come naturally to me, and still doesn’t – I defined myself as someone who creates and produces things
11:25 Dealing with panic attacks isn’t something you win once and you win it forever. You go through it in many ways and win each battle as it arises
11:30 I describe my personal symptoms of panic attacks and what my body experiences
13:30 I take you through my most recent panic attack and how I talked myself through and out of it – the breathing, the energy shift, the intention behind the thoughts, and the experience of my body relaxing and returning to a stable state
17:56 This process felt like something beautiful that I was in control of and that gave my experience greater meaning and purpose, which I found extremely helpful
19:27 Suffering and panic are human experiences and thinking of them as a shared experience really helps me survive and get through an attack
21:31 As you heal yourself, you’re healing me too
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