My dislocated blog on phobic disorders

I have just been looking over the posting since I started and it all seems a bit dislocated and unstructured. That's because I sit and think about the subject and something I find important hits me about the issue and off I run to my laptop. Anyway I hope to get round to learning to make categories of the postings to make future navigation easier for you.

The reason I rushed back this time is because it suddenly struck me the pitfalls and traps the phobic individual gets into. Through permanent avoidance of a trigger situation life becomes just that little bit smaller. But this continues until it becomes unbearable narrow and depression then also sets in as a side effect of the personal situation.

I knwo in my own case I would spend hours thinking why is this happening to me, what is happening to me - I spent these hours in the past and not in the present and that is the main point i want to make in this post.

STOP THINKING ABOUT WHY IT IS HAPPENING AND START THINKING WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT!
Look forward not backwards - I know, believe me, how difficult that is in your situation but that change of perspective alone will help you amazingly. Plant for the future and not for the past. Why? Because it is the start of a positive path to a cure and not drowning in own's one plight. At the end of the day it is more important to get out of the situation than to understand why you are in it. You will not answer that question in any case and if you think you do, will it help your situation, your phobia or your panic attacks. No it won't.

The common symptoms of a panic attack

Let me take own own example, one of my many phobias was standing in line and waiting, it did't matter here, the supermarket check-out, the airport check in, the bank. As the line to the counter shortened I would feel my panic get stronger and stronger. Then comes the fight or flight situation. Either you run out of the bank or you stand and fight the panic attack. The majority run out. The most usual symptoms of a panic attack you will find listed below and I am sure you can tick at least two of them:

Shortness of breath or smothering sensation Palpitations, pounding heart Chest pain or discomfort Trembling and shaking Fear of choking Sweating Nausea or stomach ache

Feeling unsteady, dizzy, lightheaded, or faint Feelings of unreality or of being detached from yourself Fear of losing control or going crazy Fear of dying Tingling sensations in arms or legs Hot or cold flushes Fear of passing out

The common ro garden symptoms related to a panic attack