The anxiety of anxiety and panic attacks is the definition of the phrase “vicious cycle”. There’s literally no winning I feel sometimes. As soon as I get the slightest feeling of anxiety, I worry I’m going to have a panic attack, which leads to a panic attack. And as soon as I feel that, start the deep breathing etc, which for me is acknowledging I’m about to have a panic attack etc. I cannot think of a possible way to counter this other than don’t get anxious in the first place. The more attention I give the anxious feeling, the more anxious I feel. But if I try to ignore it, I feel as if it’ll get worse by itself if I don’t do the deep breathing / imagine someone tells you not to do anything at all to try and stop feeling anxious. I’d simultaneously implode and explode.