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Panic, if you've had even one panic attack, you know how awful this type of anxiety feels.

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Panic is like a fire alarm in your body and the brain sounding the call that something very bad is about

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to happen because there is usually no obvious threat normally and chasing us, no oncoming car, the

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mind tends to detect an internal threat.

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I must be having a heart attack or I am going crazy.

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Sometimes you feel like you're about to pass out.

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Most people with panic disorder will start to fear places where panic is more likely to occur.

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Specialist wishes that would be hard to escape from.

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Like a driving on a bridge effective CBT for panic includes learning to control one's breath when everything

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else feels out of control, testing out the benek related thoughts like I'm going to pass out, which

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often heighten the feeling of danger and practicing being and progressively more challenging situations.

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So they start to feel more comfortable with repetition.

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These techniques can make panic less likely, even in situations that you trigger.

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We can also develop a different relationship with our feelings of panic, beginning to see to see it

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as no more or less than extreme and anxiety, which by itself is not dangerous.

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Worry, worry.

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Whereas panic strikes all at once, worry slowly grinds away at our sense of peace.

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When we are prone to worrying, it often doesn't matter what we are facing.

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Any event can lead to worry from the important to trivial.

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The fundamental questions and chronic worry is what if for a good worry is often accompanied by muscle

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tension, irritability, trouble sleeping and restless agitation?

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Worry is the core feature of generalized anxiety disorder.

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CBT offers several ways to combat excessive worry and tension.

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We can train ourselves to recognize when we are worrying, which often escapes our awareness.

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Once we know what the mind is up to, we have more of a say in whether we keep worrying.

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We can also address some of the beliefs we may have about worry like that.

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It helps us plan for the future.

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CBT also offers many ways to get out of our heads, both through greater engagement and activities and

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through mindful awareness of our experience.

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Uh, being grounded in the present releases the mind from its anxious preoccupation with the future.

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Finally, the techniques like relaxation, training and meditation can lower the physical tension that

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often goes along with the constant worry.