{"id":70339,"date":"2023-11-15T02:51:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T02:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=70339"},"modified":"2023-11-15T02:51:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T02:51:38","slug":"therapists-very-surprising-tip-for-snapping-out-of-a-panic-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/therapists-very-surprising-tip-for-snapping-out-of-a-panic-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Therapist&apos;s very surprising tip for &apos;snapping out of&apos; a panic attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>My therapist shared her secret and surprising trick for &#8216;snapping out of&#8217; a panic or anxiety attack instantly\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eating sour candy can help panic attacks\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: I&#8217;m a psychiatrist and you should do this if you&#8217;re sad or angry<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Experts have revealed that eating sour candy is a great way to immediately &#8216;snap out of&#8217; a panic attack &#8211; and it works quicker than tried-and-tested therapy methods.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor, from the US, frequently experiences panic-related symptoms and asked her therapist for methods to manage her anxiety disorder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My therapist told me to eat a Warhead (an American sour hard candy) whenever I feel a panic attack coming on, and when I say I&#8217;ve never had anything rip me out of the throes of a panic attack faster &#8211; I mean it,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The intense taste acts as a distraction and activates the parasympathetic nervous system, a part of the brain that puts the brakes on an anxiety attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Licensed mental health therapist Katie Pankonin also shared that eating\u00a0<span>something very spicy like sriracha or tangy like salt and vinegar chips will have the same effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/23\/77630733-12732079-image-a-8_1699574222219.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Taylor, from the US, frequently experiences anxiety-related symptoms and asked her therapist for methods to manage them &#8211; who recommended hard sour candies like Warheads<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The more harsh the taste &#8211; sour, spicy, anything in between &#8211; the more likely your brain is going to step outside of that anxious thought and more into what you&#8217;re tasting,&#8217; Ms Pankonin previously told DailyMail.com.<\/p>\n<p>Eating something sour increases saliva production in the mouth, which is the first step in re-engaging that digestive system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When we have high levels of anxiety, or when we&#8217;re in panic attack mode, our body is in fight or flight. Your mind thinks there&#8217;s either a perceived or an actual threat,&#8217;\u00a0Micheline Maalouf, licensed mental health counselor previously told FEMAIL.<\/p>\n<p>Such anxiety manifests in shallow breathing, and increased heart rate, and slowed digestion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/23\/70622739-12732079-Mental_health_experts_Michele_Maalouf_left_and_Katie_Pankonin_ri-a-5_1699574159596.jpg\" height=\"376\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/23\/70622737-12732079-Mental_health_experts_Michele_Maalouf_left_and_Katie_Pankonin_ri-a-6_1699574159603.jpg\" height=\"376\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Mental health experts Michele Maalouf (left) and Katie Pankonin (right) both recommend eating a sour candy, salty chip, or spoonful or sriracha to quell an oncoming panic attack<\/p>\n<p>However, the intense taste from sour candy or a spoonful of hot sauce activates the parasympathetic nervous system and helps the body relax.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think more than anything, if it&#8217;s not a taste that you&#8217;re used to having on a day-to-day basis, it&#8217;s going to do the trick,&#8217; Ms Pankonin said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Maalouf cautioned that sour candy isn&#8217;t a long-term solution: &#8216;It&#8217;s pretty much a Band-Aid to an issue, it&#8217;s not something that you just want to depend on. It doesn&#8217;t get to the root of the problem.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0What are the symptoms of ADHD? I was diagnosed at 30 &#8211; here&#8217;s what I want everyone to know after missing the signs for years<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/23\/77437141-12713361-image-a-4_1699227372349.jpg\" height=\"782\" width=\"586\"><\/p>\n<p>Many admitted to the hack working for them &#8211; and shared other distractions that similarly did the trick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My first panic attack I thought I was having a heart attack and went to call 911, but my desire to not talk on the phone snapped me out of it,&#8217; a woman shared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If warheads don\u2019t work, try eating raw lemons, wasabi, chillis, chilli bonbons,&#8217; another shared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Cold water on the back of my neck has changed my life,&#8217; a man said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/health\/article-12732079\/therapist-stop-panic-attack-sour-candy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My therapist shared her secret and surprising trick for &#8216;snapping out of&#8217; a panic or anxiety attack instantly\u00a0 Eating sour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US Entertainment News. 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