What can I say to help someone who is having an anxiety attack?

What can I say to help someone who is having an anxiety attack?

Larina Kase (President, Performance And Success Coaching) gives expert video advice on: What is 'social anxiety disorder' and how can I tell if I have it?; What do anxiety attacks feel like?; Why can't someone who suffers from social anxiety attacks just 'get over it'? and more...

If somebody that you care about is having an anxiety attack or a panic attack, in that moment, the best thing that you can do for them is just to let them know it's anxiety. It's not dangerous. It's not going to hurt them. They just have to ride it out kind of like a surfer who goes over a wave. You just have to ride it out and eventually it's going to stop, and usually it takes no more than fifteen minutes.