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Adrenalin is produced to help us to deal with a threatening situation - or the 'Fear and flight' syndrome. However, some people have great difficulty in coping with stress and their levels of adrenalin become far too high for them to control, that the result is PANIC ATTACK. Once the body becomes accustomed to releasing adrenalin when you are faced with even a minor stressful situation, your anxiety becomes irrational and out of control and your body becomes so sensitised to feeling that you will find yourself panicking when faced with even the smallest problem. NOT GOOD! Anxiety is the illness of the modern age and ruins millions of lives. Learning to control your levels of adrenalin will not only help you to cope when under pressure, but will also improve the overall performance of your mind. If you are someone who panics for virtually no reason at all, let's consider the simple everyday things around you that can raise your levels of Adrenalin and as a consequence make you PANIC. Working under florescent lighting triggers panic in some people. Coffee and tea stimulate the adrenals. Offensive people in the workplace, change your job. Your daily routine may be completely wrong and may need readjusting. Sugar and white flour products impair the mind's overall efficiency. Alcohol - well, that's alright. Simple exercise when you are stressed.
When you are stressed your heartbeat increases and your breathing becomes fast and shallow shallow.
SIT QUIETLY ON THE OFFICE CHAIR. BREATHE RHYTHMICALLY UNTIL THE RHYTHM IS FULLY ESTABLISHED IN YOUR MIND. EVERYONE'S BREATHING CAPACITY IS DIFFERENT: WE BASE THE RHYTHMIC TIME OF OUR BREATHING ON A UNIT CORRESPONDING WITH THE BEAT OF THE HEART.
THE UNITS OF INHALATION AND EXHALATION SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE SAME; WHILST THE UNITS OF RETENTION AND BETWEEN BREATHS SHOULD IN FACT BE ONE HALF THE NUMBER OF INHALATION AND EXHALATION. COMPLICATED? GOOD!
PLACE YOUR FINGERS ON YOUR PULSE AND ASCERTAIN YOUR NORMAL HEARTBEAT, AND COUNT WITH EACH HEARTBEAT, 1,2,3,4,5,6 UP TO SIX.
WHEN YOU HAVE THE RHYTHM FULLY IN YOUR MIND, CLOSE YOUR EYES, AND THEN BREATHE IN TO THE COUNT OF SIX HEARTBEATS, HOLD IT FOR THREE HEARTBEATS, AND THEN EXHALE TO THE COUNT OF SIX HEARTBEATS, AND SO ON. REPEAT THIS PROCESS OVER AND OVER FOR AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES, LONGER IF THE BOSS WILL ALLOW.
Remember, the restless monkey is on you shoulder for a good reason, don't get rid of it completely, just make sure you control the monkey and the monkey does not control you. Look what happened to me!
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