So many people that have extreme anxiety want to know how to stop a panic attack.

Unfortunately, when we are in the depths of a full blown panic attack is SEEMS like we are STUCK. The truth is you are not, but you need to take these steps to stop a full blown panic attack in it’s tracks.

Follow the following advice and you will learn to take back control of your life and start BEING yourself again. Yourself is not what you think is your fearful and anxious mind activity. This has nothing to do with you at all. This is your mind and it’s buddy the ego.

Now lets talk about the practical way to get rid of your anxiety in a step by step fashion.

Understanding and Awareness While In a Panic Attack

First thing you must learn to do is be aware of what has brought you to the panic attack you are experiencing. This is awareness. This may seem impossible to do because your mind and ego are VERY busy telling you that there is something wrong with you and that you need to be afraid of every sound, feeling, sensation, and event – but you can turn this all around. Read on.

When you are in the middle of a full blown panic attack there had to have been a process of thoughts and egoic fears controlling your day. Your anxious mind and ego have full control when you have been;

• sleep deprived
• nutritionally deprived
• activity deprived
• unaware

This is when the mind and ego have their day, so if you are in the middle of a panic attack, you are likely very tired, under nourished, and physically static. You may be moving about with your job, raising kids, or driving around, but that is not the physical activity you need.

So in this state of panic you are presently in, it will take some time to recover. You can’t snap your fingers and become properly nourished and rested, so you must simply except your panic attack at the moment, but make plans to get your food and sleep. Let the panic attack run it’s course while you start preparing to turn things around. I know – that seems like it is impossible to do, but make these plans in little baby steps.

As your mind begins focusing on your goal to get some sleep, food, and mild exercise, you will notice a slight decrease in your panicky thinking – after all, your mind and ego are really dumb tools and they can’t do very many things at once.

The Practical Steps To Stopping a Panic Attack

Step One: Be Aware Of What A Panic Attack Is

Say to yourself, that you are aware that your ego and mind have hijacked your day, week, or month. Say these words in your mind,

“OK. I am aware that my mind and my ego have control right now, and the REAL ME is going to take back control.”

Tell yourself that you are going to let this panic attack simply be as a cloud in the sky, that is always moving, and will be moving through very soon, leaving the clear blue sky again. Visualize your panic attack as a cloud that is moving over head, and is only temporary. This is the TRUTH. All mind activity is temporary and not to be taken very seriously.

This kind of thinking is REALITY and your ego buddy the mind will be very angry even hearing these thoughts, but don’t worry, their minutes and days are numbered. They don’t have a pinch of power when they are up against your TRUE SELF (which is universal energy).

Except the panic attack and the current moment, but don’t judge it as bad. That is your ego that is judging your panic attack as bad. Your ego is fighting with the panic, but yet it actually likes the suffering, so it creates resistance to the present moment of panic, just like it resists ANYTHING that is in the NOW. The go hates the now.

As soon as you say that you are aware of the ego and mind working as they are fighting in you, and that you except this moment, the ego and mind will say,

“NO. This is hell and we MUST FIGHT”.

That is not the real you talking. The real connected to source YOU would say,

“There is no need to fight off this situation, because it is going to go by like a cloud in the sky or a tumble weed in the desert.”

Do keep telling yourself that you are not going to FIGHT anything. Let it go. That is the thought process you need to start with as you begin making plans. Oh, and what wonderful plans these are! Read on.

Step Two: Start Making Plans

Start making plans. This does many things. Start making plans to get some sleep, some good food, and some mild exercise. This takes your mind’s energy and focuses it elsewhere, instead of worrying (when it loves to hang out with the ego and do as much as possible). You will feel HUGE resistance from the mind and ego when you do this, but tell yourself that that is OK. You may feel “out of body”, numb, dizzy, distracted, and confused as you begin making your plans, but tell yourself that is OK. Keep going forward in your plans.

Plan 1: Light Healthy Nutrition Now!

Your mind has likely been telling you that it doesn’t want food, and the smell of food may even make you more anxious. Tell your mind that you know better. Your mind may be telling you that if you don’t eat food on a regular basis that you will die (it LOVES telling big dramatic and scary things like this).

Tell your mind that you know you are not going to die and that you don’t need a bunch of food in set intervals to survive. Tell your mind that the real you is going to have the day back and then go get yourself a cold glass of orange juice or apple juice. The high natural sugar content will boost your blood sugar and your body will love it. Then grab a piece of fruit or some vegetables and eat them. You don’t need allot – just a little bit will do. Our bodies don’t need nearly the amount of food we stuff into them. That is plan one.

Plan 2: Get Some Sleep – Real Sleep!

Your sleep is likely terrible if you are at the point of having a panic attack so this is plan two. Even when you are suffering from prolonged, and extreme anxiety, and you actually manage to fall asleep for 10 minutes you will notice a brief moment when you awake and feel much better. However, your mind can kick in with the ego at full speed trying to scare the hell out of you. It’s not often in a human beings life that the ego and mind have the opportunity to go hog wild and control your day, so they are really excited about it. The ego loves pain and suffering and the mind loves the activity. (They’re like to busy bodies in a small town who get together and bitch about all the things they hate, disapprove of, and relish in the fantasy that they know best.)

The reason you feel a small bit of relief after even 10 minutes or an hour of sleep, is because your body has gone back to it’s real self for brief moment and your mind and ego have been silenced. The mind and ego HATE this, so they will try to wake you up as much as possible so they can continue suffering.

NOW. This is easier said than done. I KNOW – I’ve been there my dear friend. you are not alone (don’t forget that OK) and you will overcome this. You are not going crazy OK. Just hold my hand here and I’ll take you back to your REAL and NORMAL self. Your real self will never leave you and it’s protecting you even in your most dire of days.

Get some sleep if you can. Don’t let your mind and ego tell you that there is “something wrong with you” because you are sleeping in the middle of the day, or sleeping too long. If your anxiety is extremely high it will sap your energy levels. There is nothing wrong with you – you are allowed to sleep. Your body needs it.

If you cannot get to sleep and have been trying for days without success, try using a light sleeping aid, put on a harmless old movie, take a couple of Aspirin or Advil and lay back. Don’t be upset or worried if this fails – you may need some help from the doctor.

If all attempts at getting to sleep fail, then make a doctor’s appointment and tell him your situation. Tell him all of the symptoms you’ve been having and that you are in need of something to help you get to sleep. This is just temporary OK. It won’t hurt you if you have some kind of temporary medication in your system.

With some medication (maybe Ativan or something to calm you down) you will eventually fall asleep. Make sure you are up front with anyone you are living with, and tell them how important it is for you to have a long sleep WITHOUT interruption. Go to a room or bed somewhere in the house that is the quietest. If your family or roommates wake you up then go to a different house or apartment to sleep. Find the people that support you – this is important.

Before you go to sleep, tell yourself that when you wake up you are going to begin continue with your plans. Your plans will continue as soon as you wake up. Don’t worry about anything. Tell yourself that when you wake up you are going to wake up with awareness. Put your mind and ego on notice that when you wake up you are WATCHING THEM. They are most likely going to be really pissed off that they losing control of you and they may even stoop to scary thoughts. This is what they do when they think their party might be over. They’ll try to scare you so bad you won’t be able to sleep or eat, but alas! You are on to them now!

Have a good sleep (day or night) and when you arise, say these words,

“Thank you universe for this body and this moment, and this day”.

“I want to feel good. I want to feel good. I want to feel good”.

“The real me is watching and is aware. My mind and ego are on notice”

“I wonder what my mind is going to think of next”

“I wonder what my mind is going to think of next”

“I wonder what my mind is going to think of next”

Get up and go have small glass of orange juice or apple juice. Eat a piece of fruit, a piece of bread, and a bite or two of a vegetable. As you do this stay present and aware of what thoughts your mind is making. Good or bad does not matter. If your mind brings across a worrisome thought, LAUGH at it. Giggle at it.

Grin to yourself and say,

“You are not having this day. This is God’s (the real me of universal love and energy) day. I am not going to take you seriously and I’m not going to take your friend the ego seriously either. You can play your worrisome and childish fantasies out, but I will not be taking part in the games. I will not give you drama you so desperately crave”.

Your mind and ego will skulk around like little petulant children. They will keep trying to insert they’re worrisome thoughts of negativity, but don’t get hung up on any one thought.

If you all of sudden have thoughts like,

“I’m OK, I’m fine, what a beautiful sky, sun, tree, flower, field of grass, person, sunset, I’m perfect after all just as I am, no matter what happens with my job, my relationship, my money, my house, my car, my health, it’s not the end of anything, I am eternal, I am at peace, I am not my mind, I am not my ego, everything is OK”

That is NOT your ego or mind you are hearing my dear friend. That is REALITY. THAT is the truth. THAT is God. THAT is yourself coming through. THAT is your purpose. THAT is your destiny. THAT is heaven.

When you hear thoughts like these DWELL in them for as long as you can, because this is when the mind and ego have been completely silenced and only the pure light of the truth is present.

Plan 3: Start Moving With Gratitude

Now you have had some sleep and some light food and liquids, and you are present. You are aware and watching. You are not taking your mind and ego seriously, even though they are most likely sneaking some scary thoughts in once and awhile. Do not take it seriously because these bad thoughts or scary thoughts are not real. They are MAKE BELIEVE.

Now it’s time to move your body. Enjoy a warm shower or bath and focus on the feeling of the water on your skin and body. Try and turn off your mind completely if you can. Then get dressed, make your lunch for work, or start your daily routine, but be thankful for these simple movements as you are doing them.

Get in your car are begin walking to the bus or train, enjoy the very moment and feeling of walking, or waiting at a bus stop, or turning the steering and moving your foot from gas pedal to brake pedal. Take in all of the trees and other cars as they wiz by. Think of all the people in these cars, trains, and buses, and send them ALL a silent blessing of love.

Say to yourself well you are on the move;

“Thank you for this body, these eyes, this nose, these ears. Thank you for this flesh I have been given to enjoy this experience on earth as a human being.”

Let your body move throughout the day with ease, and don’t look at any so-called mundane activity (like laundry, dishes, taking out the garbage) as boring. Look at EVERY task of your day as a privilege.

Plan 4: Acceptance

Plan 4 is very important. Your ego and your mind are energy fields of their very own, and they are a result of life amongst egoic and mind-struck humans like your parents, family, friends, classmates, coworkers, neighbors, etc. You live in an ego dominated human race that is consumed in mind activity causing judgment of everything – good, bad, right, wrong, better, worse.

Always be aware of your ego and your mind as they will continue to try and take control of your day, but with your presence and awareness they will have less and less and less effect.

Tell your ego and mind that you love them and you are going to guide them. Tell them that they are loved and excepted, and you know why they came to be. Understand how and why they we’re created and most importantly; Understand why and how OTHER people have their egos and their minds. Forgive them for they know not what they do. (you may recognize part of that sentence from somewhere )

When you see other people throughout your day – in the street, in their cars, on the bus, on the train, at work, in the office, in the field, on the stairs, in their beds – and you witness them acting in an angry, frustrated, rude, mean, racist, sexist, or all around nasty way, be AWARE. See they’re ego and mind as it tries to control their day and everyone else’s day. Don’t let your own ego and mind join in the party. Forgive them INSTANTLY because it is not their real selves. You witnessing their egoic minds as they fall in to fear.

Send them a silent blessing, and remember that YOU are in a state of awareness. You are not better than any other human being – you are just aware of what is going on. You know that ALL human beings are REALLY a physical essence of universal love (or God as some call it) and they are suffering from their egos and minds.

When you see ALL other humans for their TRUE nature and know that their negative, hateful, envious, and spiteful actions are only their egos and minds at work, you can forgive them completely.

When you forgive them for their egos and minds you can forgive yourself for your ego and mind. You will forgive anything you have done or said in the past that hurt others, and you will forgive your own ego and mind in the future.

You May Need Medication To Help You Stop The Panic Attacks

If you are in a deep state of anxiety (prolonged) and had repeated panic attacks for weeks, you may need to get some medication from your doctor to bring things back under control. That is OK too. Don’t let your mind and ego tell you that that is bad, or that you are weak, or you will be addicted. Don’t let other egos and minds tell you all these bad thing either.

You can go on medication and go back off medication successfully and the side effects are not scary – just your mind will try and convince you that it’s scary. The actual side effects are usually mild to say the least. Perhaps you will experience mild brain swooshes which is harmless, and never forget that you can ween yourself off the the medication.

After you have taken the anti-anxiety medication and you start to feel better, come back and read this article again. Still practice the 4 step plan above, and let yourself walk into the light of life every day.

Keep being aware of your ego and mind when they pop up in times of anger, frustration, changes, etc. Let them feel welcome and tell them you understand their fear and how they came to be, but don’t scold them or call it bad.

When You Become Fully Aware You Have Found Enlightenment

As you become more and more aware of what is REAL you will no longer fear the changes of life as much. No longer will the thought of losing something frighten you.

Losing your job, your spouse, your children, your job, your house, your status, your money, will no longer frighten you as much. It’s you ego and mind that is afraid of loss. The REAL God essence which is you KNOW that it’s field of energy is eternal, and NEVER dies.

Your energy essence of universal love and perfection will ALWAYS live on, even when your flesh as died. The universe of galaxies and planets are not accidental my friend. Everything is an energy field and everything is an intelligent energy field. You are are that intelligence.

If you lost everything, your mind and ego (and the human society of ego and mind) thinks is so important, including your flesh body, your intelligent energy field still exists.

This is what heaven is. This is what the great teachers have gave to us. They tried to point the way to the truth, and the humans minds and egos created “religions” and made up their fantasies and stories, designed to control and dominate. Just exactly what the ego and mind do.

When you have begin living in the presence of the moment ONLY, with awareness of what is real (infinite love and well being) your mind and ego will begin to become very small, and eventually fade away as only small tiny voices that are heard rarely. You will never have a panic attack again, and the fear of loss (the ego and mind) that took over your life will be all but gone.

Let your ego die now, and be born into the light of life and love. Fear not, for fear is not real and only imagined. Enjoy being free to witness your physical incarnation and spend your days spreading help, love, and understanding to all other who are suffering blindly in their egos and minds.

Love them all, and when you have chance, remind them of their REAL selves. Remind them of their TRUE being.

Bless you my dear friend,

Jacob