Using Guided Meditation for Panic Attacks

I empathize with people looking to cure panicdeep relaxation was reached, I was instructed to
attacks. Without the right stress training, it canpicture a time when I felt safe, secure, and
literally feel like the end of the world when anhappy. I remember this was a tricky one –
attack strikes.not that I didn’t feel those things, but to think
I had panic attacks over a 6 month period when Iof a situation that perfectly summed up all 3 was
was twenty years old.It seemed to havenot easy to do.
appeared out of mid-air, but after my firstI thought of riding in a car as a young child.My
experience, I could never fully forget it.One burstparents were driving, I was in the back, and the
of stress no matter how ridiculous thewindow was all the way down.The sun was upon
circumstances, and my mind would race to themy face and I was sleeping with pure content.
end-state of a full blown panic attack.That wouldWhy that moment? No idea. But the combination
lead to the stress ratcheting up even higher, andof being guided to deep relaxation, then fully
the war would be waged on whether I could keepenvisioning a moment that I felt content and
it under control.happy, it made me feel the best I’d felt in a
One night at college while up at 4am, which oftenlong time.
happened, because I loved to stay up late andWhat is strange to me, and I still don’t
sometimes anxiety would keep me up even if Iunderstand why this worked, is that the anxiety
wanted to go to bed, an infomercial came on. Itimmediately ceased to be an issue in my life.
was a 12 tape set on how to beat anxiety andWhen a wave of potential panic reared its head, I
panic attacks.was able to consciously recognize it and breathe
These cassettes worked magic and my panicthrough it, letting it wash over me. This isn’t
attacks were history in a month's time. In fact,to say that I wasn’t tense or that some
other than randomly on airplanes, I haven’twaves weren’t more intense than others, but
suffered an attack in 17 years.never again an attack (except on a flight…still
The course used visualizations and guidedworking on that one).
relaxations.I did not notice this originally, each tapeIf you are having issues with panic attacks I am
was a numbered cassette. The one that did thesure you are looking for anxiety cures.
trick for me was a specific guided visualization.Investigate guided relaxation and visualization. We
The guided visualization put me through ahave a number of options in our meditation
relaxation phase with deep breathing. Once themasters network.