Panic Attacks Online Course

Part 1: What is a panic attack?

• The Fight or Flight Response (or Panic Attack!)
• The Panic Attack : Faster Than the Speed of Thought
• What happens during a panic attack?

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Part 2: Why do we have panic attacks?

• Panic Attacks and their Place in the Modern World
• The 'Trip-wire' of Panic
• The Unconscious Mind is a Quick Learner
• Deconditioning Panic
• Agoraphobia and Panic Attacks
• Calming Things Down

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Part 3: The Core Beliefs that Fuel Anxiety and Panic Attack

• Panic Thought 1: I might die from a heart attack
• Panic Thought 2: I might die from suffocation
• Panic Thought 3: I'm having a stroke
• Panic Thought 4: I'm going to faint
• Panic Thought 5: I'm having a nervous breakdown, or going 'crazy'
• Panic Thought 6: Losing control
• Panic Thought 7: Feeling so weak that you cannot move or might fall down
• Panic Thought 8: Believing that you are going to be embarrassed or humiliated.

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Part 4: Panic attack symptoms - Hyperventilation (over-breathing)

• Some symptoms of hyperventilation and panic
• Getting Rid of Hyperventilation
• The 7:11 Breathing Pattern - the opposite of hyperventilating

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Part 5: The Brain and Panic Attacks: 'Emotional Hijacking'

When you have a panic attack, or become very anxious your emotional response can actually bypass your 'thinking brain'. The red dot in the diagram is the amygdala, which is involved with creating a 'faster than thought' panic attack. It is very difficult, or impossible, to think clearly when highly emotional because the part of the brain you think with is inhibited. This is why hypnosis can help with anxiety.

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Part 6: Other Techniques for Getting Rid of Panic Attacks

• Scaling Panic Attacks Down
• Be AWARE of Panic Attacks
• The Next Step

Part 6: Other Techniques for Getting Rid of Panic Attacks »

Part 7: Summary of Panic Attacks Program

• Skills, Tips and Techniques for Getting Rid of Panic Attacks

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