Panic Anxiety – How To Get Rid Of It For Good
by Gary Gui
What is Panic Anxiety Actually?
An increasing number of people go to their doctor and complain about stress, run down and problems coping with their lives. Telling the doctor they have experienced weird symptoms recently and get a shock when he tells them that they are suffering from panic attacks or anxiety. Most people have heard about these disorders without actually knowing what they are.
Which Symptoms Indicate A Panic Attack?
The symptoms of a panic attack are very easy to recognize. Most symptoms are typically located in the upper body.
Heart Related Symptoms
The most characteristic and dramatic symptom is heart palpitations. Their pulse starts to race very quickly or the heart pounds very loudly. When the heart is pounding pain in the chest will often follow.
Symptoms Related To the Stomach
Stomach related symptoms like nausea and sometimes bloating are also common.
Breathing Symptoms
Breathing difficulties represents the third main symptom. They often experience they can’t get oxygen enough or they can even feel unable to catch their breath. Some patients even feel like they are being buried all of a sudden.
Dizziness and Lightheadedness
People also experience dizziness or experience brief “weak spells” where they feel like they are about to collapse. Many people actually do collapse and faint. The same thing can happen with lightheadedness ? instead of feeling dizzy someone gets lightheaded very quickly and has to quickly sit down to avoid collapsing.
Other Physical Symptoms
There are more physical signs of panic anxiety as well: a person’s skin may lose color or they may experience hot flashes or chills.
Panic attacks should only last a few moments but unfortunately, for some people, they can last for as long as a few minutes.
What Causes a Panic Attack?
Most doctors believe that Panic Attacks are caused by a psychological malfunction in the body’s “alarm system.” The above symptoms of panic attacks occur naturally when a person feels that their life is in some way threatened. Only when someone has a panic attack, their mind convinces their body that something terrible is about to happen to them.
As for social anxiety and anxiety in general, fear is the root cause of panic attacks even if the actual fears themselves are different. It’s believed that major life stress can suddenly trigger the beginning of panic attacks and that even some medications make someone more likely to experience panic anxiety or attacks.
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