In the new episode "Horse BoDzheka" showed how to deal with panic attacks. Method really works

In the 8th episode of Season 6 "Horse BoDzheka" Alcea have had an attack of anxiety at a party and a guy named Peter helped her regain control. He said that it taught him a psychiatrist - and it really is one of the ways that doctors advise patients with panic attacks and anxiety.

This technique is called "technique 5-4-3-2-1 ":

1. Name five things that you see. It can be a pen, a spot on the ceiling, everything around you.
2. What are the four things that you can touch. Hair, pillow, the earth under your feet - do not have to touch anything, so of dirt can not worry.
3. What are the three things that you hear. Any external sounds rumbling stomach is also considered.
4. What are two things that you feel the smell. The office can smell ink for your printer, in the bedroom - air-conditioning laundry.
5. Name one thing that you feel the taste. Here it is necessary to focus on the fact that in the mouth. The taste of gum? Coffee or a steak dinner?

As Peter said in the cartoon, this simple method makes it possible to feel the ground beneath their feet. It does not need the other person - all of these questions and answers in an emergency, you can scroll in his head.

Some terminology: although in the episode refers to "panic attack", it has similar symptoms and methods of treatment of panic attacks. The latter are more sudden and abrupt. Some psychologists believe anxiety it is a long-term disorder and avoid the term "panic attack" or "anxiety attack", no consensus on this matter yet.