How do you deal with your Anxiety attacks?

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Anxiety is difficult to cope with even when its life-long, learning about my Aspergers has meant I have to reframe a lot of things and understand it as being a part of the autism spectrum.

I'm more aware of the anxiety attacks and deal with them various ways, using a mantra and deeper breathing, hugging my pets, distractions like cleaning the house or cooking and listening to a podcast or music, reading something out loud, or needing to wrap myself in my bed blankets tightly, walking the dogs if I can cope with going outside, something helpful to bring me more into my body and present moment for grounding. If I am in public, then its using the mantra and breathing that is the main focus and just needing to be in a quiet safe space.

Please share your self soothing methods, thank you.

First thing I always need to do is get away from all people.
At Uni, I used an excuse of bathroom. I really used the bathroom, just for a bit different purpose.

Then, once I'm alone, possibly sensory-friendly, I try to focus on my body. All the sensations I feel at that moment. Here and now, myself. What do I feel? What bothers me? What do I think?
When I'm alone, I can hear my own thougths. They slowly clear up.

Well last time I had one I was at work...and I ran into the bathroom for a bit to calm myself down, then finished my shift as best I could. I was worried co-workers may have noticed and judged me, or a supervisor or manager would have to talk to me about my lesser quality of work that day. But next day seemed like no one had noticed and I must have done just fine with my work tasks.

I am just worried about having the sort of panic attack where I end up on the floor in public or at work, because that would be embarrassing. Those tend to happen more with PTSD type triggers though, and I think that day at work it was just busy with lots of people and so I just got overwhelmed.

Deep breathing, talking very slowly, and/or dissociate.