How do you deal with panic attacks?

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So my third panic attack had happened yesterday and Im so terrified of it happening to me ever again. But I have a feeling it going to happen soon, so I want to prepare myself at least. If anyone had experienced it before, can you offer some piece of advice to make this shit more controllable? What do you usually do to calm yourself down?

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I have a weighted blanket that helps me. Also, when I have an attack I find five things I can see, four things I can touch, three things I can hear, two things I can smell, and one I can taste. It pulls me out of the mindset.

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Medicine. I walk outside and it helps. I’ve learned to control my breathing for the past 7 years. Slow it down yourself. Watch a funny video or a movie.

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I have a few coping skills that I use during panic attacks. When I first started them, they really didn’t help at all until I continually taught myself they are good for my own mental health. 
I like to find my safe place with my safe person. I make sure I excuse myself from the situation and de-escalate my self. I close my eyes & picture something that makes me happy. It’s hard at first, because your brain is speeding 150 mph. But you got it.
I like avoiding situations that give me anxiety like sensory overload. School lunches, parks with tons of children, etc. I like it to be quiet. 
A stress ball. Stress balls are so nice, it helped a lot physically. My mine had something else to focus on, and thats all that mattered. 
I hope you find your own self help though. you got this!

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What I was taught to do was to pick something and focus all your sense on it. Like example. Pencil, etc. look at it, identify the color, ALL of the colors on it. The silver metal ring, the pink runner eraser, the grey lead, wooden yellow base, the weird wood beige part of the pencil that becomes the tip. Identify everything it’s made out of. What color is the #2 what brand of pencil is it? Then you touch it. What does it feel like? The end is sharp maybe, could be slightly more dull, the wood is smooth, the weird beige part is rough and the eraser is a little stiff maybe the metal ring might be cold. Then tap on it, run your nails down it, tap the eraser on something, make every noise you can with this pencil. Then (this is a weird one) smell it, lightly, smell the wood grain and the scent of the rubber, use the eraser a bit, and smell the friction from it. And if you need to after EVERYTHING else bite it, (not the lead and don’t eat the eraser) but bite it, let your teeth feel like soft yet tough feeling of the pencil, let out tongue run over the edges. The reason for this is grounding, it helps you become aware of the things around you rather than being stuck in what you believe to be happening. If you focus on something real, something you can use all five senses to investigate, it’ll help brim you back to reality.

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What helps me is staying calm as best as I can,and just try to ignore it until it passes. Distract myself with something else. Helps me most of the time.

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