Coaching practices for Face 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
• I’m terrified of facing the feelings that set me off, and the whole thing feels like one giant wall I either crash into all at once or run from completely
• When a panic attack peaks, all the breathing and reasoning techniques I’ve learned just slip right through my fingers
• When it hits, it’s just one wall of terror
• The feeling is so completely on top of me that "I" and the panic are the same thing right now

Practices that may help

1. 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
2. Build a personal sensation hierarchy
   Map which panic sensations frighten you most, then order them from mildest to most feared.
   Interoceptive Exposure for Panic
3. 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
4. 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
5. Third-person emotion labeling for self-distancing
   Label your emotion using your own name: "Alex is feeling anxious" instead of "I am anxious."
   Name It to Tame It: Affect Labeling in Practice
6. External focus: redirect attention away from bodily sensations
   Shift attention outward during anxiety to disrupt the monitoring loop that amplifies sensations.
   The Clark Panic Model, Made Practical
7. Interoceptive exposure for physical anxiety sensations
   Deliberately produce feared bodily sensations (racing heart, dizziness) to learn they are tolerable.
   Exposure Therapy: Facing Fears to Shrink Them
8. Post-induction body scan to observe without catastrophizing
   After inducing sensations, scan the body with curiosity rather than alarm.
   Interoceptive Exposure for Panic
9. Surf the escape urge without acting on it
   Treat the urge to flee as a wave — it rises, peaks, and falls without requiring your action.
   Panic Surfing
10. Add interoceptive rungs for bodily fear
    If you fear the physical sensations of anxiety itself, include exposures that deliberately induce them.
    The Fear Ladder: Graded Exposure Made Practical

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