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Oh, Loh how welcome back to the Anxiety Coaches Podcast.

Today I'd love to talk to you about 10 touchstones that you can use when anxiety panic starts to arise.

You know the feeling, suddenly you feel the urge to run, or you run for the bathroom,

or your heart is racing, you feel hot, you feel sweaty, your hands may shake, or you just can't think straight. You feel that impending doom. You all know the

feeling or some variation of it. We've been there. What you are thinking in your mind is that the worst thing that could happen is what's happening

and something even bigger is about to happen. Suddenly you feel very unsure of everything like

someone has pulled the rug out from under your feet and you are sure that

whatever is happening you cannot handle it.

It can feel horrible, it feels awful, it feels overwhelming, and you feel powerless when anxiety panic takes over.

It's like the brain and the body are being hijacked and you simply don't feel safe and you certainly don't

feel in control. Although it feels like this horrible thing that is happening.

The fact is that you are not powerless

and there are things that you can do

to get back on an even keel.

It can be that you are panicked about panicking, you are afraid of being

afraid, you are fearing the fear, believing every anxious thought that goes through your head,

judging yourself as the problem,

and that telling yourself that you are incapable and or you are using substances perhaps or relationships or distractions as your way to numb the feelings of despair.

You know, those of us who have walked out of anxiety panics wormhole or we, or have broken the cycle of the fear, adrenaline fear cycle, have found our own simple reminders for when the all-too-familiar

feelings begin to arise. These simple reminders can be all it takes sometimes to bring us back to our senses, to our sense of self, and give us the space that we need, to breathe to remember that we really are okay.

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