4 Questions to ask yourself after panic/anxiety episode
Posted by Want2Bbetter - 04/12/09, 08:04 am
Here are 4 Questions to ask yourself after panic/anxiety episode. Sometimes our reaction is so fast that we don't really know what we are thinking.
Write in your journal answers to the questions below, in the first person while or after a panic attack or a situation that cause high anxiety.
1) What situation triggered my anxiety?
2) What physical sensations did I experience?
3) What were my anxious thoughts, predictions, or beliefs?
4) What were my anxious behaviors? In other words, what did I do to protect myself from anxiety? (For example, did I avoid or escape from the situation? Did I take other actions to reduce my fear?)
Write in your journal answers to the questions below, in the first person while or after a panic attack or a situation that cause high anxiety.
1) What situation triggered my anxiety?
2) What physical sensations did I experience?
3) What were my anxious thoughts, predictions, or beliefs?
4) What were my anxious behaviors? In other words, what did I do to protect myself from anxiety? (For example, did I avoid or escape from the situation? Did I take other actions to reduce my fear?)
The hardest thing for me to figure out is why I wake up in the middle of the night and have a full blown panic attack. I find my stomach gets upset and it is like I jump out of a sleep and into a panic attack. Other times my anxiety is always related to health or uncomfortable situations. Any suggestions for why I would wake up in a panic attack?
Carebear7621
I answered the questions in my journal. How is doing this going to help?
April1968