Can I Get Rid Of Panic Disorder On My Own?

2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43

Can I get rid of panic disorder on my own? Probably you can, but I couldn't.

I'll tell you my story.

In 2010, I was trained at a workshop on working with panic attacks in the framework of the Master program. Right after this workshop, I started working with clients who had panic attacks.

In 2014, I was already an expert in treating panic attacks. In four years there have been many clients who have successfully returned to a fulfilling life.

So, in 2014, I myself "caught" panic disorder. My first panic attack happened at night. I woke up and it seemed to me that I was short of air and I was suffocating. I got up, opened the window and tried to take a deep breath. However, I didn’t succeed. From this, my fear grew even more and there was an attack of a panic attack.

Why did the panic attack happen at night? I dont know. Perhaps I dreamed something terrible. But the fact remains - the first panic attack hit me. I disturbed the whole house. The household woke up and were clearly unhappy with this. Seeing my condition, they got scared and tried to calm me down. However, it only got worse for me. I already realized that I was in a panic. And then I made my first mistake, although I knew that it was not worth doing. I called an ambulance. She arrived pretty quickly. I was given a sedative injection and the doctor advised, when such cases recur, a cocktail "calm down": motherwort tincture, valerian tincture and Corvalol.

That night I fell asleep only in the morning. On the way to work, an attack of suffocation with a panic attack was repeated. I had a desire to jump out of the subway train and go out into the street. As a specialist in panic attacks, I knew that this should not be done, otherwise I would start avoiding the subway and with an effort of will I overcame this completely natural urge of mine.

At work, I was not myself. I had to accept clients and I was haunted by the fear that panic might happen during the consultation. And here I could not resist the second mistake. I began to tell colleagues about what happened to me at night. Thus, I drove myself into an even worse situation. I have fueled a weed that, from discussion, takes root even deeper and gives young shoots of fear.

I tried to cope with my condition. I convinced myself: "Well, you yourself are a specialist in the treatment of panic attacks, so you have to help yourself." But these persuasions did not help at all. It only got worse for me. I continued to do everything that should not be done in case of panic attacks.

After a month of struggle, almost in despair, I nevertheless decided to turn to my colleague, who helped me put myself in order and cope with my panic disorder. She worked with me exactly the way I worked with my clients.

I was unable to help myself even as an expert practitioner in the treatment of panic attacks. Why did it happen? Everything is simple enough. The state in which I then stayed is dominated by the ancient structures of the brain, which are aimed at survival. But the cerebral cortex practically does not work in case of panic.

So my answer to the question is:

"Can you get rid of panic disorder on your own?" "Probably you can, but I couldn't."