try to relax your body and your breathing (it takes thought to do that)... also, sipping water through a straw can be calming
also, try to remember that a panic attack is a whole ton of negative sensations. but thats really all. if you can keep your mind from getting going, you can just sit through the bad sensations. they are all normal some times, right? i mean, hard to breath, it is like if you excercised. feeling dizzy, like if you had blood drawn (for me anyways). sweating, again exercise... i find that if i can think of the symptoms that way, i can just sort of watch as they rise and fall. they actually don't last very long if i don't get my mind going in it...
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