shedav, I know the feeling you are referring to. I don't know if this will help , but I'll let you know what gets me through that feeling as soon as the OMG, it's back feeling comes on me. I immediately replace the fear with good thoughts. When I was first told to do this by my therapist I thought yeah right, easier said then done, but it really has worked for me. I searched back through my memories and I remembered when I had anxiety as a kid, the way I made it thru was to daydream about things I thought were really cool at the time, like being a movie star or marrying John Mellencamp( I just loved him). I know it sounds silly now but I thought if it worked then why wouldn't it work now. So when I start freakin I think about when my children were born, you know that feeling you have when the doctor first places your child in your arms and you see that little angel. I put myself back there again and I relive it. If that doesn't work I do the daydreaming thing that worked when I was a kid, the dreams are just a little more realistic. Whatever your 'good' thoughts are is up to you, the point is to not let your mind go over to the dark side (that's what I call it when I go to far into the panic)Let your mind be consumed with all the good things you can remember or imagine and no matter how often it wants to jump over to the bad things don't let it! It really has worked for me I haven't had a panic attack in 4 months and I haven't had any anxious thoughts for 1 month. Let me know if this helps or if you think it's just stupid, then I'll shut up and mind my own business. Take care and hang in there.
