When we are exposed to discomfort or fear our natural reactions can activate a cascade of neurological and physiological responses that we have all experienced. The surge of adrenaline is released into our bloodstream and prepares us for a flight or fight response.
Once panic sets in we can experience an elevated heart rate, sweating, trembling, numbness, feeling of choking, shallow breathing, nausea, hot flushes and dizziness.
How do we stop this panic? How do we train ourselves to cope with discomfort? Unfortunately it is not like a light switch where we can turn the panic button off. We can train ourselves to adapt to stressful situations.
Dane Swan who was recently on "I'm a Celebrity Get ME Out of Here" demonstrated how one can combat adversity and remain controlled in what appeared to be a stressful situation that could trigger a panic attack.
Dane attributes his ability to cope with this stressful environment to the trained techniques as an elite athlete during his AFL career. But learning these techniques are not limited to the elite. They can be adopted and used in everyday living.
