Alone with fear

After you understand that you can control your fear, your psychologist will most likely offer you a test. "It's an old method to get back into the saddle again and again in case of failure," says Dr. Levin. That is, you should not allow yourself to avoid situations in which the risk of an attack increases. On the contrary, you have to recreate them. " Doctors use therapy, suggesting that you will gradually return to the places that are causing you fear and put yourself in situations that can trigger an attack of anxiety until you learn to tell about the symptoms in detail.
"Suppose you can not force yourself to go to a grocery store because you are afraid of an attack, and get even more entangled in your feelings," says Dr. Danku. The first thing we suggest is to go to the store with a friend next to whom you feel safe. You can just walk around the store for about 30 minutes. When you find that you do not have a sense of anxiety or you feel only a very slight anxiety, it will be time to move on to the next stage of treatment, suggesting that your friend will walk some distance away from you. Then your friend can expect you around the store, after some time in the car. Each time you gain courage and in the end get rid of fear and anxiety.
The most important thing to remember, Dr. Dancu adds, is that if you have signs of an approaching attack, you should not try to get away from the situation, you need the alarm to go away. If you do not run into a "safe" place at the first symptoms, you will learn to manage your anxieties and fears. "