Breathing Exercise-A Commanding Tool for Self-help Management during Panic attacks Bhagat Vidya1, Haque Mainul2,*, Jaalam Kamarudin3 1Faculty of Medicine, University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Medical Campus, Jalan Sultan Mahmud, 20400 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia 2Unit of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health, National Defence University of Malaysia, Kem Sungai Besi, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3USM-KLE International Medical Program, Belgaum, Karnataka, India *Corresponding Author E-mail: runurono@gmail.com, mainul@upnm.edu.my
Online published on 26 March, 2018. Abstract Panic disorder is a type of anxiety illness in which patient has recurrent attacks of a strong sense of fear that somewhat bad will happen this can also occur as a part of phobic disorders. Panic attacks commonly happen without any warning in an anxious state that causes an unpleasant, disagreeable and terrifying state in person. The purpose of this article to impart the knowledge regarding the correct pattern of breathing exercise that can help patients for self-help management during panic attacks. The breathing exercise is a powerful and straightforward tool for self-help management that can be used in any place when individuals become panicky. The technique reduces anxiety, lowers overall stress levels, and forces the body to relax, decondition the panic attacks thus bring back the hemostasis. Top Keywords Breathing Exercise, Tool, Self-Help, Panic Attacks. Top |