Why Do I Get Panic Attacks?! | Conversation with Steve Hayes
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- čas přidán 23. 10. 2022
- Today I'm joined once again by the incredible Dr. Steve Hayes to talk all about panic disorder.
If you aren't familiar with Dr. Hayes, he is the co-founder of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy model, also known as ACT. In this conversation we talk about:
- His personal experience with panic, how it started, and what it's like now
- Common sources of panic disorder and patterns of avoidance
- How to approach panic attacks and what to consider if you are experiencing panic disorder
Make sure to check out Dr. Hayes's book called A Liberated Mind.
About my guest:
Steven C. Hayes is a Nevada Foundation Professor of Psychology in the Behavior Analysis Program at the University of Nevada. An author of 47 books and over 675 scientific articles, he is especially known for his work on "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" or “ACT” which is one of the most widely used and researched new methods of psychological intervention over the last 20 years. Dr. Hayes has received several national awards, such as the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. His popular book Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life for a time was the best-selling self-help book in the United States, and his new book A Liberated Mind has been recently released to wide acclaim. His TEDx talks and blogs have been viewed or read by over three million people, and he is ranked among the most cited psychologists in the world.
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This is hitting on so many points of my experience! I'll say 2.
Coming finally to absolutely magic words while I was coming down from a panic attack. I was speaking out loud to myself and adressing in compassion how much I love myself and how much im not alone. And how there are spaces to be able to witness these emotions, whilst witnessing myself and allowing myself a guteral experience.
And two, dreams and in meditation, having these visions of snakes, dragons attacking me, and coming to the point where, i become one with them in eating me or ripping me apart. No longer im running, but allowinf myself with strength and presence to be eaten and bitten.
Man, cant wait to continue watching this!
Blessings
This video gives me hope after 20 years coping with panic attacks
I work with may children that experience panic attacks. ‘An emotion that needs to be expressed’. Thank you for sharing your experience and wisdom both 🙏🏽
A panic disorder has dominated my life for more than 36 years....it has held me hostage from becoming the full person I could have been. I also had a very unsympathetic family it would just tell me to "snap out of it" and stop using that as an excuse to not do things....you have no idea how much I have missed...economic opportunities, relationships etc
You're so quick and easily ready to blame the panic attacks for EVERYTHING. Maybe something else going on there aye?
I never had a panic attack until I sustained a traumatic brain injury. I was standing in target doing nothing and I felt like I was in danger . My eyes knew I wasn’t in danger but my brain and heart was telling me to run. So I don’t know how to stop them . As a therapist/ social worker I stand there and talk to myself and say your fine. They a started giving a beta blocker which help with the anxiety and attacks that random come on .🤷🏼♀️ It has continue. All I can figure the injury damage something .
I just recently discovered Steven and find him and ACT super inspiring (I’m currently dealing with panic disorder myself). This conversation and your warm energy was lovely! Thanks for the talk ❤
To calm yourself one of the things I found to start with, would be to slow down your speech as you’re talking, because when you talk quickly like you are here, it actually makes the listener anxious, and moved into an anxiety for the listener.
I experienced this while listening to you, and it made me have a hard time following along . Dealing with thousands of people with my work in the airline industry I have found that I can, stress person down by slowing my speech.
Thanks for having this talk- currently in therapy for panic disorder and it helps to see even people as smart as him who have this issue.
Matthias...Your usual material does touch me bus THIS has AMAZED me. I started having panick attacks in March 2019 and, as Steve Hayes said, it changed me forever. If I dare to say it, now I can say it changed me for good even if I had the worst years of my life learning what it was, what my brain and body were doing and to live with it on a daily basis for the rest of my life. I now know my mind and body are able to go from 1 to 100 in no time, I am ok with it and I am more aware of everything. I feel this imperative need to help everyone who is going through panic to let them know IT IS OK, and we are not losing our mind. I'm so glad to see how many more of us are in the world and how listening to you both talking about it reassures all of my learning and the experiences I've gone through in the last few years. Your work is just AMAZING. You're going to be big Matthias, the impact you're already having and the conversations you're opening are paving the way for a better world ♥️
Thank you. I’ve had panic disorder since age 12, I fell into addiction used as a coping mechanism, I don’t use any drink or drugs anymore for nearly 26 years, I still have panic disorder and regular panic attacks. This is my journey still. I have beautiful moments and hours I am so grateful for this
Thank you so much, interesting and in depth discussion. Panic attacks are something incredibly scary specially when it starts occurring for the firs time! 🐾🐾🐾
I really appreciated hearing this interview. ✨
I’m thankful that my therapist introduced me to hypnotherapy. I’ve unlocked a lot of suppressed emotions hidden in my traumatic memories. Allowing myself to feel those emotions & make peace with my experience has helped reduce my anxiety. I practice the reflective questions I’ve learned. I feel more at peace because I make space for my authentic self. It really is a 24-7 practice.
That was fantastic--thank you for this offering!
This is awesome! Thanks for such a rich offering!
Beautiful. Thank you Matthias and Steve for bringing humanity to all of us watching.
Thank you both!
Absolutely phenomenal. I'm blessed to be at a stage of politely declining situations, I can survive but I feel is 70 / 30.... 70 being the pain and sometimes not ok
The best thing I ever did to confront panic, was learning to lucid dream.
Wow! I had the same dream experience for so many years as a child... I had snipers shooters and army troops chasing me and I was jumping from roof to roof... And then at some point I stopped trying to escape and surrendered.
Yooo! Can you do some more childhood trauma stuff? Specifically, parentification. I really just want to hear about instrumental parentification and the long term affects from it. Thanks! - Someone who has taken care of their elderly disabled mother since she was 11
So, panic attacks are said to be "random"....I have panic attacks and have it under control. I've noticed the attacks weren't as random as everyone thinks they are. Within one, there were life stresses surrounding it. It just wasn't happening at that very moment. They also say if you ignore your feelings they'll eventually spill...it only made sense to me to sync stress with reaction/emotion and the buildup to a panic attack doesn't escalate. The psychological industry should teach patients to learn to feel on cue and not hold it. Panic attacks would stop happening.
The way I managed to take a hold over my panic attacks was to give the beast a nasty name, then when I felt it coming on I would curse at it, tell it to leave me alone, go away, I don't have time for their foolishness, GET THE F@CK OUT !! And in no time, I felt powerful, in control over it, and eventually was able to take them on head on, that's when they went away.
I once read a passage that said something in the lines of "get mad at it" ... and for me it worked.
But what if you still dont want to experience the (sometimes extreme) pain that come with life? What if death still sounds more appealing than suffering earthly experiences because you dislike discomfort so much?
Can you manufacture this kind of Courage and and willingness to feel and experience everything that comes your way?
It's so sad that it was in a room full of psychologists, professionals in emotions, behaviours and the brain/body and recognizing things in people ... that triggered a panic disorder in him. Not to mention the fact that he was there having a full blown visible panic attack & yet no one noticed or asked him anything about how he was behaving. Also tearing each other down so maliciously knowing how much damage words cause on the human psyche... These people call themselves "professionals" and are going to be trying to "help" people with those exact issues??? Nah. I know they're human.. but, professionalism needs to trump your feelings towards a person..
As someone who has a panic disorder, you video style doesn't help. Try to calm down, it really didn't help me at all
Damn this is me! I’m 8 years into my journey 🤍