How To Support Someone How To Support Someone Suffering An Anxiety Suffering An Anxiety

AttackAttack

Never EasyNever Easy

It’s never easy seeing someone you It’s never easy seeing someone you know and love having an anxiety attack know and love having an anxiety attack

This slide show is about how to support This slide show is about how to support someone who is suffering an attacksomeone who is suffering an attack

Your InstinctYour Instinct

Your instinct is to do something to help Your instinct is to do something to help the one you love, to alleviate his the one you love, to alleviate his sufferingsuffering

This desperation to help is sometimes This desperation to help is sometimes fuelled by fearfuelled by fear

This risks you reacting in ways that This risks you reacting in ways that could worsen the situationcould worsen the situation

Behaviours To AvoidBehaviours To Avoid

Here are some behaviours to avoid if Here are some behaviours to avoid if you are supporting someone suffering you are supporting someone suffering an anxiety attackan anxiety attack

DismissingDismissing

Avoid dismissing the attack Avoid dismissing the attack

By dismissing or ignoring the obvious, By dismissing or ignoring the obvious, you may contribute to the feelings of you may contribute to the feelings of isolation your loved one, friend or isolation your loved one, friend or colleague may be experiencingcolleague may be experiencing

DismissingDismissing

Dismissing the attack also sends out a Dismissing the attack also sends out a message that says you’re not message that says you’re not interestedinterested

AccusingAccusing

Avoid blaming your partner for her Avoid blaming your partner for her attacks, accusing her of just seeking attacks, accusing her of just seeking attention. This is not the caseattention. This is not the case

AccusingAccusing

Some of the symptoms of anxiety Some of the symptoms of anxiety attacks are so severe they resemble attacks are so severe they resemble those of a heart attackthose of a heart attack

AccusingAccusing

When you understand this you can When you understand this you can start to see how frightening it is for the start to see how frightening it is for the sufferersufferer

Offering MedicationOffering Medication

Avoid at all costs giving your friend any Avoid at all costs giving your friend any kind of medication that has not been kind of medication that has not been prescribed to himprescribed to him

Offering MedicationOffering Medication

More often than not the symptoms of More often than not the symptoms of an anxiety attack an anxiety attack willwill subside subside

But if they don’t, be ready to get your But if they don’t, be ready to get your friend some emergency medical helpfriend some emergency medical help

ReasoningReasoning

One behaviour to absolutely avoid if One behaviour to absolutely avoid if you’re supporting an anxiety sufferer is you’re supporting an anxiety sufferer is trying to reason with the persontrying to reason with the person

ReasoningReasoning

Although the symptoms of an anxiety Although the symptoms of an anxiety attack are harmless, they can be very attack are harmless, they can be very frighteningfrightening

ReasoningReasoning

Someone who is going through an Someone who is going through an attack is not listening to reason. His attack is not listening to reason. His focus is on getting control of his attackfocus is on getting control of his attack

ReasoningReasoning

You cannot reason with someone who You cannot reason with someone who is having an attack, nor can you force is having an attack, nor can you force him to ‘get over it’him to ‘get over it’

More InformationMore Information

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