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These also help a lot too. The R.A.I.N. method is: Recognize (realizing your emotion/what is happening) , Allow (acknowledging and accepting your present moment), Investigate (asking yourself questions as to why you're feeling that way or what could have caused it), Non-identification (knowing that you are not defined by your thoughts or emotions).

I love going for walks while listening to music. It always clears my head and makes me feel better.

What do you find helps you?

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Thank you for posting this. I have not heard of the RAIN method and will try it.

I get PTSD flashbacks, not quite the same as panic attacks, but equally traumatic.

The frustrating thing is that when the episode is mild, I can take a walk, meditate, or talk myself out of it, but when it is severe, I get too overwhelmed for anything to work.

Lately, for severe attacks, I use Peter Levine's "voo" method - humming "voo" on the out-breath and making the tone as low and sustained as possible. It does drown out the thoughts and creates a vibration in the body that calms it down.

I would love to learn anything else that works for a severe fight or flight state.

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I'll have to try that method as well. I have mild PTSD from an incident that happened to me. I'm really affected by certain sounds or if sounds are too loud. I'll have to look into this. Thank you!

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The idea is to sound like a foghorn! The only drawback is that I can't do it in front of people or when I wake up in the middle of the night cos of the noise.

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BlueMoon29 in reply toAnxM

Lol. Probably not the same effect when whispered!

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Haha unfortunately not!

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