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DEALING WITH PANIC ATTACKS

- part 3

Continuing on from the previous posts - today is the final part

Aromatherapy is often recommended to help in dealing with panic and anxiety. Lavender is recognized as having an especially calming and soothing effect when you smell it. You can find essential oil of lavender at many stores. Keep it handy and take a sniff when you start feeling anxious.

Try putting a few drops of lavender essence oil into some oil (olive or grape seed oil will do) and rub on your body.

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DEALING WITH PANIC ATTACKS - part 2

Continuing on from the previous post - today is part 2

If you daily voluntarily seek to have a panic attack, you cannot have one.

Try in this very moment to have a panic attack and I will guarantee you cannot. You may not realize it but you have always decided to panic. You make the choice by saying this is beyond my control whether it be consciously or sub-consciously.

Another way to appreciate this is to imagine having a panic attack as like standing on a cliff’s edge. The anxiety seemingly pushes you closer to falling over the edge. To be rid of the fear you must metaphorically jump. You must jump off the cliff edge and into the anxiety and fear and all the things that you fear most.

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DEALING WITH PANIC ATTACKS

(part 1)

A friend of mine who is also undertaking personal growth and self improvement recently asked me a question that got me thinking.

The question was with going outside your comfort zone do you ever panic. This got me thinking about being comfortable about being uncomfortable and where do “Panic Attacks” fit in the picture.

If you have panic attacks, it may help to comfort you that you are not alone! You’re not even one in a million. In America, it is estimated that almost 5% of the population suffer from some form of anxiety disorder.

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Some Nice Things to do for Yourself

Does it ever happen to you that you suddenly feeling tired and rushed all the time?

Do you feel that you are always giving in to everyone else and rarely seem to get anything in return?

Well if thats the way things are going for you I have a surprise for you - here are about nice things you can do for you today. Why you may well ask - well here’s the thing its something that we may not often think about or say to ourselves and I believe that we should because you are worthy of them and deserve them:

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Inflated Ego

How frequently have you started a fight just to satisfy your ego?

How often have you become angry just because people aren’t giving you the respect you think you deserve?

Have you ever felt bad just because you were not as successful as you think you should be?

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Maat - perfect order or truth.

Today I would like to share with you an intriguing and interesting belief that I’ve come across as I read as part of my personal growth and self-improvement.

The concept I would like to introduce is a that of Maat.

The ancient Egyptians believed that the universe was created in a state of Maat - perfect order or truth.

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The Balancing Act

Who hasn’t heard of the “Global Financial Crisis” and so we are told daily that the economy is slowing down, well is it me or do you also find that our daily lives are speeding up like never before?

Yeap 24 by 7 by 365 - we want it and we want it NOW!!!

We live in such a fast paced place that so many of the important parts of a healthy, balanced living are often ignored, often taking a back seat to work and family commitments.

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