If you find yourself overwhelmed with workloads, venting about demanding colleagues, or panicked through financial pressures … you’ll be interested in new research that links panic to heart trouble down the road. Your own brain actually holds answers that could turn panic into peak performances.
Determination is not enough to eliminate panic ... nor is venting, though. For some time, researchers warned us that persistent panic can lead you into places of depression… and now heart attacks and stokes have been added to panic dangers.
One study of 3000 participants just published in Archives of General Psychiatry reported that rapid pulse and shortness of breath that comes with panic attacks – may even signal heart trouble at a later date.
Luckily, the human brain provides amazing chemicals to refuel from pressures and ruts that come when we’re overwhelmed.
With new research such as Dr. Jordon’s Smoller’s links between panic and heart attacks, we continually move beyond myths about the brain, and to rewire our brains to create a state of flow or peak performance - from the problems that hold us back to solutions that move us forward – one step at a time. How so?
We know that rich inner lives, for instance, can help people to refine images and stockpile positive emotional responses that combat difficulties. While we can expect fears and worries as part of life, and while we all lack courage at times, nevertheless we can learn to face futures with renewed hope.
Start with a walk to reflect, on one great event you experienced or dream of, and that tactic will launch your cache of positive images to block fear and deal realistically with negative events. Dwell more on possibilities than problems and the practice works wonders in your brain.
Learn to live without panic and your brain rewires into relax mode ... and even fast forwards your day into success! It’s a mental skill ... shaped by what you do, so that learning takes action on your part. Wait a minute -- did I just talk myself into a great golf game today...? Nuff said, I'm gone.... You?
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Do you suppose the woman who died at the airport yesterday after being handcuffed by Security Guards had a panic attack? If so, it certainly aligns with this new research.
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