If you have frequent panic attacks do not despair. Early treatment can help to avoid later complications and the development of panic disorder. Inhaling the scent of lavender oil during a panic attack may help relieve some symptoms. Panic disorder is a completely natural body response that can occur on its own or is provoked by a trigger.
You can demonstrate for yourself how an increase in breathing can affect the way you feel by deliberately overbreathing until you experience sensations such as feeling dizzy and lightheaded. These attacks—and the fear of having more—lead many sufferers to avoid situations and places that will cause anxiety.
Panic attacks can either come from a build-up of stress and anxiety throughout the day or be triggered by a single event or phobia (like an extreme fear of spiders or being in public places). When you have a panic attack, your body feels a rush of fear and panic, leading to intense physical and mental symptoms.
A panic attack comes on suddenly, bringing with it short-lived disabling anxiety, fear or discomfort. This can help you come back to your body and control your breathing. But, we still need a way to handle situation-induced panic attacks (like I did with my agoraphobia - the fear of public places) or more importantly,
techniques to stop panic attacks as they are occurring.
Panic disorder occurs when the person has recurrent panic attacks and either a fear of having another panic attack, of losing control, of having a heart attack, or of going crazy. One of the most important things to remember when you are panicking is that you are not floating outside of your body even though it might feel that way.