Why Panic Attacks

Have you ever been driving your truck and accidentally put it into the wrong gear? 

The gears make a terrible grinding sound. Don’t they? 

What if you actually meant to be going forward, but you put your truck in reverse. 

If you don’t react quickly, you could run over someone. 

When you are driving, it’s pretty obvious if a mistake is made; however, in life, it’s not as evident.

While driving if you see a car traveling through the intersection in front of you, 

you don’t have a panic attack because you understand the problem (the other car in the intersection) will be long gone before you get there. 

If you overreact and slam on the brakes, you could actually cause a wreck instead of preventing one. 

If you don’t understand that most of life’s problems are merely passing through, you will over react, and could wreck your life.

Many panic attacks come from believing temporary things are permanent. 

Over reacting about a car passing through an intersection is what I would call an irrational fear or a panic attack. 

It’s a belief that something that should happen for some reason won’t. On the other hand, remaining calm is also based upon a belief. 

The rational mind believes that something that should happen really will. 

The other vehicle should clear the intersection before you get there.

The key to having a productive life is not that you believe in something, but if what you happen to believe or don’t believe, is true? 

Are you having needless panic attacks? 

If indeed the other vehicle is moving through the intersection, you should be okay; 

however, if the car is indeed parked in the middle of the intersection, by all means slam on the breaks.

 If you see an obstacle in your path, take the time to properly analyze the situation, and then, take corrective steps.

For example, some people say that they can’t overcome a problem. 

At the same time, we hear of people overcoming problems such as being overweight, substance abuse, and a moral failure. 

Maybe, a wiser course of action would be to determine how successful people handle their problems differently. 

Research how successful people overcame their problem, what books they read on the problem, or if they had an accountability partner. 

If we make the same choices they made, it should work for us just like it worked for them. 

Don’t slam the brakes on successful strategies.

After you’ve correctly accessed the obstacle, make appropriate choices that will circumvent the problem. 

Don’t close your eyes and deny a problem exists. 

Many times we fail because we believe our thoughts, beliefs, and choices have no connection with the problem or the resolution of it. 

If this is the case, your thoughts, beliefs, and choices are actually creating problems. 

Just like unnecessarily slamming on your brakes coming into an intersection. 

Don't wreck your lives with needless panic attacks.

M. H. Dennis