Like, BRUH- If I'm having a panic attack, I'm not gonna think, 'Oh, I should breathe or else I'll pass out!' And if I DO, then i

Use a harmonica to spice up your panic attacks
For actual coping methods, take yourself to a quiet space and have a fidget toy, I use one of those fidget cubes because it diverts my attention to the sensory input

Your therapist isn't wrong tho, stable breathing patterns are very important too

Ik they are just like “just be calm and breath” it doesn’t work that way

Ikr

They think i can just “be calm”. If i could i wouldn’t be talking to you in the first place

Facts