2024-01-19 10:20:00
How to recognize an anxiety attack?
Many people suffer from anxiety, without really knowing how to calm their daily symptoms. There are different ways to ease day-to-day anxiety : mindfulness, meditation, sport, therapy, breathing exercises… But what to do when you feel an anxiety attack coming?
Because yes, generally, when this happens, we can experience various symptoms (which are different depending on each person): palpitations, a desire to vomit, tremors, a strong desire to cry… A bit like a pressure cooker, these announce the arrival of an anxiety attack. But this can very well be avoided, if we are to believe the experts.
The trick to quickly stopping an anxiety attack
According to psychiatrist Dr Sasha Hamdani, who gave her #1 advice to the media Poosha simple tip to stop an anxiety attack would be to eat a very sour candy. Indeed, the expert explains that by anchoring yourself in the present moment, you significantly reduce the symptoms of the crisis. To do this, the best thing to do is to use one or more of your senses : taste, smell, touch, sight or even hearing. We can try to focus on an object we see in front of us or on the smell around us.
But when you eat a sour candy at the start of an anxiety attack, you very quickly redirects attention to taste. This instantly reduces the activity of the amygdala complex, the emotional center of the brain that regulates emotions and acts like a warning system. The sour taste will stimulate the frontal cortex, the logical part of the brain. Thus, the latter will regain control and make the emotional center understand that there is no real danger. The anxiety attack will therefore be avoided. A good excuse to always have a little sour candy with you. But be careful, we only use it in the event of a crisis!
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