Coaching practices for Allow Panic Feelings
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- Now I’m scared of the feelings themselves
- The lightheaded, tingly, floaty, this-isn’t-real feeling is the one that scares me most
- When it hits, it’s just one wall of terror
- The moment I notice a flutter or a tingle, my mind instantly slaps a catastrophe on it
- I can handle the practice drills now, but I still steer around everything in real life that makes my heart pound
Practices that may help
- Interoceptive exposure: deliberately induce the feared sensations
Reproduce the physical sensations of panic in a safe, controlled way to break the sensation-fear link.
The Clark Panic Model, Made Practical - Hyperventilation induction exercise
Breathe rapidly through the mouth for 60 seconds to produce dizziness and breathlessness — then stay with it.
Interoceptive Exposure for Panic - Identify the catastrophic misinterpretation
Name exactly which bodily sensation you are having and exactly what you fear it means.
The Clark Panic Model, Made Practical - Post-induction body scan to observe without catastrophizing
After inducing sensations, scan the body with curiosity rather than alarm.
Interoceptive Exposure for Panic - Generalize exposure to naturalistic triggers
Seek out real-world situations that naturally produce the sensations you have been practicing with.
Interoceptive Exposure for Panic - Identify and reduce safety behaviors
Notice the things you do to prevent catastrophe during panic — and experiment with dropping them.
The Clark Panic Model, Made Practical - Build a personal sensation hierarchy
Map which panic sensations frighten you most, then order them from mildest to most feared.
Interoceptive Exposure for Panic - Allow the sensations instead of fighting them
Do not try to stop the racing heart, the dizziness, the breathlessness — allow them and observe.
Panic Surfing - Stay in the situation for the full arc
Leave only after the attack has peaked and begun to subside — not in the middle, no matter how strong the urge.
Panic Surfing - Use somatic tracking instead of distraction
Observe sensations with neutral curiosity rather than distracting from them — the curiosity interrupts the threat appraisal.
Panic Surfing
Related concerns
- Allow Panic Sensations
Reproduce the physical sensations of panic in a safe, controlled way to break the sensation-fear link.
Interoceptive exposure: deliberately induce the feared sensations
- Acceptance Panic Attack
After inducing sensations, scan the body with curiosity rather than alarm.
Post-induction body scan to observe without catastrophizing
- Fear Of Panic Sensations
Reproduce the physical sensations of panic in a safe, controlled way to break the sensation-fear link.
- Inducing Panic Sensations
Reproduce the physical sensations of panic in a safe, controlled way to break the sensation-fear link.
- Prepare For Panic Attack
Leave only after the attack has peaked and begun to subside — not in the middle, no matter how strong the urge.
Stay in the situation for the full arc
- What To Do During Panic
Leave only after the attack has peaked and begun to subside — not in the middle, no matter how strong the urge.
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