Coping better with panic attacks. “Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.”

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Hi,

Recently I found the above quote from Lao Tzu a Taoist teacher from China. It

seems to capture in a few words what I discovered works for me with when I had

my own panic attacks and went through a long phase of trying all sorts of

techigues and therpaies to fix the problem.

The paradox ,as it's often said in ACT, is that in this specific context the

intense effort to clear the muddy waters only leads to more muddy waters and the

solution is to give up stirring the water and just BE WITH the feelings.

I have created some youtube videos to explain more about the problems of

struggle with panic attacks and why the path of non-resistance is very helpful

in this specific condition.

Hope if you are struggling with panic attacks you find them helpful

Mervyn D'souza

Mindfulness Coach

mervyndsouza@...

http://artofmindfulliving.org

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I like them both. Hope you don't mind I shared one of them on reddit:http://www.reddit.com/r/selfhelp/comments/uerrd/how_stress_becomes_distressing_how_panic_attacks/