Practices

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Panic and the body A practitioner Clear all

How long you have

A minute 2 Five minutes 2 Longer 1

Who it is written for · A practitioner

A practitioner 5 Me 3

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 3 Getting ready for something 1 Struggling right now 1

On your own, or with someone

Involves someone else 3 On my own 2

Theme · Panic and the body

Medication and how it works 175Your nervous system 119Systems for daily life 111What anger actually is 97 Getting assessed and diagnosed 93 The moment before you snap 80 Moving your body 71 Grounding and settling 71 Get started 70 Choosing your response 69 Equanimity and perspective 68 What ADHD actually is 65 Cool the body first 65 Touch and bodywork 65 Treatment and medication 65 Feelings and focus 64 Your sense of time 64 The fear underneath anger 61 Exercise, food and other supports 61 Screens and attention 60 Food, caffeine and fuel 58 When everything feels flat 54 Bringing the future closer 53 Practising under provocation 46 The cost of avoiding 43 Shame and stigma 35 Breathing 35 Growing empathy 35 Structure and routine 34 Reading, numbers and learning differences 34 What worry does 34 Making it stick 33 Treatment and medication 31 Emotions as signals 30 Being seen and judged 28 Feeling from the inside 25 Facing it a step at a time 24 When you use something to cope 24 Tolerate distress 24 Breaking the worry loop 24 What you are actually defending 22 Remembering to do it 22 Shame 19 Obsessions and compulsions 18 Righteous anger and perfectionism 17 When anger turns to harm 15 Posture and how you carry yourself 13 Self-compassion 11 Anger, alcohol and the body 8 Use your strengths 8 Question the thought 8 When you go numb 7 Panic and the body 5 Rest and pacing 5 Living with uncertainty 5 Letting it out safely 4

When

Any ordinary day 3 Under stress 1 In a change 1

The speed is why these work and also what they cost. Relief that lands within the half hour is the most teachable kind there is, and what it teaches is to reach for it sooner next time.

How fast a drug comes on drives that learning more than how long it hangs around afterwards. Better to name it out loud with someone than leave them…

A minutePanic and the bodyMedical and treatmentQur’an 13:28

Drug names ending in pam or lam are almost always benzodiazepines. It is a quick way to pick the class out of somebody's medication list.

The ending tracks a shared chemical backbone, so the shortcut is not a coincidence. Keep a rough rule alongside it: this class suits sharp fear…

A minutePanic and the bodyMedical and treatmentQur’an 27:10

Benzodiazepines turn the volume down. They do not change the setting the volume keeps returning to, and it is worth saying that plainly before someone starts one.

They work by strengthening the braking system the brain already runs, which is why they act quickly and why they need that braking chemistry to be…

Five minutesPanic and the bodyMedical and treatmentQur’an 94:5

Within this class the choice is mostly about how long the drug lasts rather than how well it works. They all pull on the same receptor, so the real question is what pattern of cover the person in front of you needs.

A short-acting one taken as panic arrives gives sharp relief and teaches the person to keep it in a pocket. A longer-acting one gives smoother cover…

Five minutesPanic and the bodyMedical and treatmentQur’an 2:255

The strengthened warning on this class covers misuse, addiction, physical dependence and withdrawal. The part most people miss is that dependence builds with ordinary correct use over weeks, with nobody doing anything wrong.

That distinction needs handling gently, because patients hear dependence and hear addict. Physical dependence is the body settling around something…

LongerPanic and the bodyMedical and treatmentQur’an 4:28

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