“There are three important steps to take to suppress panic: Breathe, organize, act.
“Anytime you take purposeful, directed action, you suppress panic.
“The more you practice creating organized plans and executing them step-by-step, the better you’ll function in an emergency.
Three great takeaways from the interesting article:
Deep Survival with Laurence Gonzales:Â How to Control Panic
I’ve recently been thinking about anxiety in, shall we say… less acute situations.
I’m toying with a 2×2 matrix with the top being ‘positive expectation of success’ and the side being ‘concern what other people think’, where those 2 factors are seen as the causes of most anxiety in general situations.
More on that soon.
And if you want to get organized in a more normal set of situations. Like home, health, business, relationships, etc.. check out the 7 Steps of Organizing.
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