Coaching practices for Exercise Induced Panic
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- The lightheaded, tingly, floaty, this-isn’t-real feeling is the one that scares me most
- I can handle the practice drills now, but I still steer around everything in real life that makes my heart pound
- Now I’m scared of the feelings themselves
- When a panic attack peaks, all the breathing and reasoning techniques I’ve learned just slip right through my fingers
- The second my heart starts pounding, my brain locks onto one explanation
Practices that may help
- Hyperventilation induction exercise
Breathe rapidly through the mouth for 60 seconds to produce dizziness and breathlessness — then stay with it.
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 - 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 - Use the dive reflex as a first-response to panic
When panic peaks and cognitive tools fail, cold water on the face gives the body a hardwired override.
The Dive Reflex, Made Practical - Interoceptive Exposure for Panic
Interoceptive exposure deliberately induces the bodily sensations of panic — racing heart, dizziness, breathlessness — in a safe setting so the brain learns those sensations are not dangerous. It is a well-supported component of panic disorder treatment, with randomized-trial evidence showing significant reductions in panic frequency and avoidance. - Generate alternative, benign explanations for the sensation
List all other things that could plausibly cause the sensation you're experiencing.
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 - Know the panic arc before the next attack
A panic attack peaks within 10 minutes and always subsides — not because you controlled it, but because the physiology is time-limited.
Panic Surfing - 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 - 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
- Acceptance Panic Attack
After inducing sensations, scan the body with curiosity rather than alarm.
Post-induction body scan to observe without catastrophizing
- 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
- Inducing Panic Sensations
Reproduce the physical sensations of panic in a safe, controlled way to break the sensation-fear link.
- Why Panic Sensations Are Harmless
Reproduce the physical sensations of panic in a safe, controlled way to break the sensation-fear link.
- Allow Panic Feelings
Reproduce the physical sensations of panic in a safe, controlled way to break the sensation-fear link.
- Alternative Explanations Panic
List all other things that could plausibly cause the sensation you're experiencing.
Generate alternative, benign explanations for the sensation
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