Originally Posted by
Anna 
You talked about your breathing becoming shallow. That's so significant. The shallow breathing perpetuates the panic attack, so by simply taking three deep "belly breaths" you would likely find that you feel more calm. Sitting down and waiting till it passed was a good idea.
Thank you for this Anna! I do believe I did take some breaths. I have found since I started doing a morning meditation that I am actually finding "pause" to breathe when something starts "to happen within my head" that I don't like. It wasn't so long ago that I wondered if I would EVER find pause before an emotion overwhelmed me.
Thank you again for this.