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Anxiety
attacks (also called panic attacks) are often experienced as feelings
of dread - an intense fear that something terrible is about to happen,
like you might die, lose control of yourself, or lose your sanity.
These experiences can be extremely frightening, especially since
they can occur at anytime and anywhere - even while just driving
in your car, standing in line, lying in bed, or watching TV. Anxiety
attacks may seem unusual when encountered, but they're a very common
result of 'anxiety overload'.
HOW IT
HAPPENS
During an
anxiety attack, worries and fears lingering in your thoughts begin
to get interpreted as real danger by the subconscious mind. Your
mind then releases adrenaline into the body to help you deal with
the threat. But since the adrenaline burst can come to the surface
at anytime, without any visual danger present, you may not recognize
the adrenaline burst for what it is. This misunderstanding is usually
what makes the sensation of anxiety frightening. As a result, you
become fearful of the adrenaline itself. That additional fear then
feeds the adrenaline reaction, which in turn escalates your fear
even more. As these two feed each other, a full anxiety attack occurs.
You may feel like you're losing your mind or having a heart attack.
It's not uncommon for panic sufferers to even rush to the emergency
room, only to find that they feel fine once they're in that "safe
environment" that the hospital provides. An anxiety attack
is not going to hurt you or cause you to go crazy, but it can feel
like dying a thousand deaths when you're having these episodes regularly.
Once you've experienced
the terror of a first panic attack, it's likely that you'll become more
sensitive to the symptoms that preceded it, and therefore more likely
to experience a second attack. A slight malaise or stress may get you
feeling fearful. And ironically, it's that very fear that gets the adrenaline
flowing and starts the cycle over again.
As with
other anxiety symptoms, an excellent first step to recovery from
panic is to know that what you are experiencing is a normal reaction
to persistent worry and fear. Think of a time when you were really
frightened, maybe when watching a scary movie or after nearly getting
in an accident. Now remember what types of sensations you had at
that time - maybe a rapid heartbeat and adrenaline? Did you get
fearful of those feelings? No, because you knew they were normal.
In fact, if you're having trouble remembering what you felt, it's
probably because you didn't even think about it since the sensations
were nothing out of the ordinary for the situation.
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