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I've seen it suggested that clients who have experienced frequent panic attacks could be encouraged to carry a small notebook to write down a detailed account of their panic attack symptoms as they occur each time. As far as I remember, the intended benefits were: to increase the client's awareness that each attack is just a patterned process that will run its course, making it more predictable and less scary; give the client something positive to do during the attack and generate a sense of taking control by writing it down; help the client to notice the most usual starting point within their pattern of symptoms, so they can start using breathing techniques etc at the earliest opportunity; and help the client to describe the pattern in detail to the therapist, so s/he can identify effective triggers and anchors for the individual. I'd be interested in your views.
ReplyDeleteYes, I can see this working for some clients. The trick to the best distraction techniques is to use the left brain (the logical side) as much as possible. Writing things down would do this.
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