Overcoming panic attacks and anxiety: To overcome anything in life we must first let go of what we are already holding on to which isn’t serving us or the world, that’s what I believe.

1. Once you have forgiven yourself for your mistakes and others for their mistakes you can combine your self- loving practice and forgiveness with step 1, 2 and 5 from this practice. You can also do all the steps of this practice; it is up to you how much you feel you are ready to do each day. [Read more on this subject, How to love yourself and getting what you want]
2. Keep contact with the people who care about you, don’t shut them out even if that might be what you feel like doing. Even a little contact with the right type of people can make a huge difference and it can help you feel better. (I reached out to a therapist because I didn’t feel anyone else could understand what I was going through, let alone help me).
3. Working with something, keeping yourself busy (not to avoid what’s going on inside but feel that you are making a difference by helping others). It can also help you earn some money which you can spend later doing things you like, I remember I felt more independent and strong for working even though nothing seemed alright within me but when I was at work I was doing much better. Whatever work you are doing it will be serving others in one way or the other and that will give you a sense of fulfillment and contribution.
4. Reading/watching something motivational and inspirational. This has been a very helpful thing to me, no matter how down I felt, no matter in what situation I found myself in (and I have found myself in crappy situations trust me), I never stopped learning. Listening/reading anything that’s motivational and inspirational or that moves you into taking action is always a good thing for you.
5. Know that like everything in life changes, this is just a phase and it will too change one day because life is a constant change.
6. Your inner voice is just a voice, not the truth. Don’t let the inner voice take over your life, it’s just a scared child within you, it’s not who you are, it’s not your identity. It might sound like this “I can’t do that”, “why did I do that”, “My life sucks”, “I hate myself”, “nothing seems to be working”, “I’m so fed up and tired of everything”, “I don’t have enough money”, “I don’t have the time”, etc.etc. ALL of this isn’t true! It’s just a story we make up to play small in life and to stay where we are so that we don’t have to change. Just hear the voice out and be aware of it, then let it go. I had almost 20 different voices in me or maybe more saying different things for every thought I had, I felt like I was literally falling apart from within, like I was going mad. But once I started to tell the truth, the real truth, which is that I’m brilliant and lovable, things changed.
7. Tell yourself that you are important because that’s the truth, whether you believe it or not you really are. I didn’t believe I was important, in fact I thought I was worthless and I would be better off not existing. Telling myself everyday that I am important helped me getting a step closer everyday towards knowing my real worth and loving myself completely. It’s a journey but you have to start somewhere. And whenever you are ready to let go of your suffering, you will find that there is endless ways to feel happy. All it comes down to is for you to be brave enough to start somewhere, with something.

What helped me let go of anxiety and embracing calm and peacefulness instead, was a combination of many things. I went into therapy and that helped me see myself through someone else’s eyes. I was told how beautiful I was and that I was worthy of happiness, love and peace of mind. Instead of through my own eyes or the worlds eyes which had a very different and negative view.

My therapist helped me believe in myself by listening to me and asking me to see things from a different perspective. Many of the tools I have shared with you are inspired by my own therapy sessions and everything I’ve learnt from it. But tools isn’t enough all the time, I know that for a fact because I had plenty of “tools” back then which I didn’t care much to even use. I needed someone to listen to me, understand me, believe in me and hold my hand for a while through all the chaos I was going through without wanting to run away from me.

So if you feel like you don’t want to try out anything maybe you too need someone to talk to, someone who wants to listen without judgments and someone who truly will understand your pain. If so, seek out the help you need, the sooner the better because trust me when I say this. Where there is darkness there is also light, where there is despair there is also hope, where there is suffering there is also peace. And life is worth living, life is beautiful, you are beautiful and worth every bit of love, happiness and peace of mind that you can get.

My heart goes out to you if you are in pain right now, if you want to get in touch with me only to talk I would love to listen and I don’t charge anything for that. I know what pain feels like and my commitment is to be there for as many people as I can so feel free to contact me for any questions or just to talk and share your story because I’m here to listen as a friend, as a fellow human being and as someone who knows what you are going through.

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Choose to be happy,

Selma

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