Why do people have panic attacks? It could be for a variety of reasons. Although it may not seem like it, an important thing to remember is that panic attacks come from your imagination. For some reason your mind perceives a threat and your body reacts to that threat.
Panic attacks are terrifying experiences. Your heartbeat starts racing, you have a feeling of impending doom. You need to 'flee or fight'. The terror that you feel is out of proportion to the situation that you're in. No one has died from a panic attack, but you feel as if you might be the first. You start having chest pains and find it hard to breath. You are dizzy and nauseous. The 10 or 20 minutes that the attack lasts seems like hours. When it is over, all you can do is wonder when you will have another. How would a life free of the fear of another panic attack feel?
When our body is threatened, we have two options - flee or fight. Our pulse starts to quicken as our heartbeat starts racing, we may start to sweat, shake, and tremble. These are all natural reactions, but the problem is there is no real threat. So why do people have panic attacks? Why does the body think there is a threat?
Why do some people suffer from panic attacks and other do not? Does it run in the family? Evidence shows that if your parent suffered from depression or panic disorder, you may be more susceptible.
Most experts believe that panic attacks are triggered by the stress of live events. Even though the events may be happy and exciting, they are stressful. Some of our minds can't handle the stress and it manifests as panic attacks. Some possible life events are marriage, divorce, empty nest and new babies. The first panic attack usually happens between 15 and 19 years of age and almost twice as many women as men have panic attacks. This statistic could be skewed because men may not report panic attacks like a woman would. If you learn how to deal with the stress in your life, you may reduce the possibility of suffering with panic attacks.
Seeking help from a medical practitioner can help relieve stress and thereby the possibility of panic attacks. But do not be discouraged if you are given a treatment and it does not work immediately. Because people are different, treatments will be different. There are some schools of thought that you have to go back to find the cause of the initial attacks in order to stop them. Other experts believe that you have to learn how to overcome the symptoms of the attack once they start to present themselves. And there are others who believe that you can start from the present and free yourself of the fear of having another attack ? which is usually the cause of having another. - 30437
Panic attacks are terrifying experiences. Your heartbeat starts racing, you have a feeling of impending doom. You need to 'flee or fight'. The terror that you feel is out of proportion to the situation that you're in. No one has died from a panic attack, but you feel as if you might be the first. You start having chest pains and find it hard to breath. You are dizzy and nauseous. The 10 or 20 minutes that the attack lasts seems like hours. When it is over, all you can do is wonder when you will have another. How would a life free of the fear of another panic attack feel?
When our body is threatened, we have two options - flee or fight. Our pulse starts to quicken as our heartbeat starts racing, we may start to sweat, shake, and tremble. These are all natural reactions, but the problem is there is no real threat. So why do people have panic attacks? Why does the body think there is a threat?
Why do some people suffer from panic attacks and other do not? Does it run in the family? Evidence shows that if your parent suffered from depression or panic disorder, you may be more susceptible.
Most experts believe that panic attacks are triggered by the stress of live events. Even though the events may be happy and exciting, they are stressful. Some of our minds can't handle the stress and it manifests as panic attacks. Some possible life events are marriage, divorce, empty nest and new babies. The first panic attack usually happens between 15 and 19 years of age and almost twice as many women as men have panic attacks. This statistic could be skewed because men may not report panic attacks like a woman would. If you learn how to deal with the stress in your life, you may reduce the possibility of suffering with panic attacks.
Seeking help from a medical practitioner can help relieve stress and thereby the possibility of panic attacks. But do not be discouraged if you are given a treatment and it does not work immediately. Because people are different, treatments will be different. There are some schools of thought that you have to go back to find the cause of the initial attacks in order to stop them. Other experts believe that you have to learn how to overcome the symptoms of the attack once they start to present themselves. And there are others who believe that you can start from the present and free yourself of the fear of having another attack ? which is usually the cause of having another. - 30437
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Learn from a former panic attacks sufferer how you can easily stop fearing panic attacks.
