Not OP but I had a panic attack one day (first ever) and that spiraled into 6 months of general and often debilitating anxiety. Talk therapy and meditation (su

Not OP but I had a panic attack one day (first ever) and that spiraled into 6 months of general and often debilitating anxiety. Talk therapy and meditation (suggested by my therapist) helped reset me to my pre-attack normal. I do it occasionally now and like others have said it helps break the rut of rumination.