Healing Panic Attacks

Panic Attacks can be extremely hard. Your complete body goes into a “shut down” mode, making you sweat, cold and potentially really sick in the moment. Panic attacks can occur out of nowhere, or so we think!

I’ve been an intuitive and some would even say empath, my entire life. Feeling people’s energy, observing their behaviour and reading them become my known for survival. Intuition has and will always be in us so we can create a healthier experience for ourselves. Everyone is intuitive in their own way.

When I started my journey of healing, I was thrilled that I could finally connect with like minded souls and use my gifts. I learned the importance of protecting my energy and my psychic readings really helped people through their traumatic experiences. I realized that I could handle a lot and that my body was becoming more comfortable with connection to people. People who were going through similar experiences.  There was an acceptance in that, knowing we felt safe with each other and having the ability to make a connection.

This doesn’t mean that I don’t suffer from panic attacks. I recently just had a really big one. It wiped me out for about 3 hours! Although three hours is nothing compared to what I used to suffer with. After this experience, I needed to finally dive in deeper to understand why I even created the panic attack.  We, with our awareness can really shift our panic attacks.

For all the empaths and intuitives out there, the reason you experience these panic attacks is because of the need to feel safe and connection. When a stressful situation or traumatic experience occurs the body needs to find not only its connection with it self but it is  trying to find someone who can understand them in the moment so that they can create a bond to find relief within themselves.  This is why sensitive souls suffer, they are seeking connection and once either experience connects, the energies becomes one of a chaotic mess.  This is why grounding is so important.

There is more to consider with this experience.  Connection comes from the experience with your mother or mother figures.  Therefore, it is important to work through any traumatic experiences from your childhood that can create more panic and fear in your life. My panic attack occurred because my sister and I, who have created a safety bond between us (due to our childhood traumatic experiences with my mom), became disconnected after we got into a fight. Let me explain further, when we disconnected we were in angry mode, the body always goes into a defensive mode when it feels attacked. Once we apologized and spoke our truth to each other, the body eased which created the space for the initial panic to rise up. The interesting thing was, my sister was experiencing  panic attacks while we were not speaking, leaving both of our energies to connect and create the chaotic experience. If only I had felt my feelings prior instead of stuffing them deep within myself and acting as though I was fine. Sound familiar?

It’s important to understand that you really do have the power within yourself to really heal. It doesn’t mean you may not suffer a panic attack, but understand that it is showing up because of the need to make a connection and that can really help you dive in deeper to figure out why.

Keep doing your very best and if you’re an empath, become empowered knowing that the issues with the universe will be resolved once you heal and understand what your trauma with your mother figure is.