How to Breathe Right and Avoid Panic Attacks while Driving

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Observe your breathing as you are about to drive your car. Does your chest move more than your belly as you breathe? If it does, it shows that you are anxious. The right way to breathe is allowing your belly to move up and down slowly. Little children do it perfectly.

Panic attacks while driving can be prevented by learning the proper way to breathe. It is okay if you breathe from your chest while jogging, because that's what happens when you exercise, but driving is no exercise. The proper way to breathe is to let your belly expand.

You know that if you change your thoughts to more peaceful ones you can take your body into a relaxed state. But what many people don't know is that the reverse is also true. By relaxing your body and breathing properly you can ease your mental stress and anxiety.

Sit down and make yourself comfortable. Place your hands on the chest and belly respectively. Breathe in slowly for 5 counts, visualizing that your breath reaches the lower part of your lungs. Hold your breath for 5 counts and let it go in another 5 counts. Perform 10 times.

See which of your hands moves more than the other. It should always be the lower one. If not, slow down your breathing and relax. Practice this exercise on the top of every hour. With consistent practice, you will learn the right way of breathing.

Practice this breathing technique consistently until you master the art of breathing easy. This will equip you with the ability to relax just about anywhere and anytime even as you drive or face other scary situations.

Enjoy a session of slow, peaceful belly breathing before you drive in potentially scary situations like bridges, if you do have a fear of driving over bridges. If your breathing is still shallow and fast, employ the technique given below.

Perform the same breathing exercise but with one nostril at a time. Pinch close one nostril with a thumb or finger and inhale through the other. Pause and exhale through the first one. Keep switching between nostrils this way and continue the breathing exercise.