Actually, Tony, I did have an anxiety attack which I was able to talk myself out of with logic. I asked myself what was so threatening that I was feeling such anxiety: there was no external threat to make me feel so upset, so I decided that it was just a matter of mental chemicals that told me that something was threatening when there was nothing. So I went off to sleep.
I was able to talk myself out of it by asking myself what was happening that would make me fearful. I live in Minnesota USA, which has tornadoes, for example, but no tornado was happening. No burglar was climbing in the window. The house wasn't on fire.
Ergo, some synapse in my brain was firing randomly and telling me that I should be scared when there was no realistic threat.
Actually, Tony, I did have an anxiety attack which I was able to talk myself out of with logic. I asked myself what was so threatening that I was feeling such anxiety: there was no external threat to make me feel so upset, so I decided that it was just a matter of mental chemicals that told me that something was threatening when there was nothing. So I went off to sleep.
You did some CBT! All anxiety is caused by imagining a future scenario which hasn't yet come to pass.
I was able to talk myself out of it by asking myself what was happening that would make me fearful. I live in Minnesota USA, which has tornadoes, for example, but no tornado was happening. No burglar was climbing in the window. The house wasn't on fire.
Ergo, some synapse in my brain was firing randomly and telling me that I should be scared when there was no realistic threat.