| If you have panic attacks, join the club. Many of us | | | | situations works, it's not necessarily practical. Your |
| have them at some point in life. Although, some of us | | | | friends will get mad if you never go to their parties or, |
| have them a lot more than others. One way that you | | | | more importantly, things like graduations and weddings. |
| can fix the panic attack problem is to simply avoid the | | | | Also, your bank account may suffer and you may |
| situations that make you panic. | | | | waste a lot of time if you have to avoid flying and use |
| One example of that would be if you panic when | | | | other transportation. |
| you're on airplanes. You probably don't have to take | | | | So, is fixing panic attacks with avoidance possible? |
| an airplane. You could travel by bus, car or train | | | | Yes. Is it practical? Not always. You can try it. |
| instead, for example. So, you can just avoid the | | | | However, you may find that you need to try other |
| situation that makes you panic. | | | | methods, like hypnosis, medications or deep breathing |
| Another example is if you panic at parties. You don't | | | | exercises, to get through your panic attacks. |
| necessarily have to go to parties to get through life. | | | | It all depends on whether or not you're dealing with a |
| So, you could get rid of your panic attacks by simply | | | | situation that can be easily avoided. Also, by avoiding |
| declining party invitations. | | | | that situation, do you think it would hurt your quality of |
| Although avoiding the problem in the two above | | | | life? If so, you may need to seek treatments, instead. |