Dealing With Anxiety Attacks

November 16th, 2009 by Kathy Nelson Discuss this article »

Just because the event you are attending isn’t a huge one it doesn’t mean that you won’t feel anxious. The anxiety attack can often be brought on by someone at the event. The expression “love makes people do funny things” is very true and the focus of anxiety attacks are often love interests, either present or past ones.

When a person experiences panic, then usually the panic has a trigger. For people who experience chronic panic attacks the trigger is the same thing. Agoraphobics have an anxiety panic attack anytime they travel out beyond their safe distance and for some people this can be just outside of their doorstep.

In times of perceived danger your body will pump various chemicals into your system, these are designed to speed up your reactions and make you more alert. They are part of the system that has kept us all alive for a long time. The downside of this is that they can also trigger an anxiety attack in people who are unprepared or not used to them.

When a person experiences an stressful or traumatic event the body will react to it. This can release chemicals into a persons system that will cause an extreme reaction to the situation. An anxiety panic attack can occur when chemicals are triggered. The body assumes there is danger that it must react to, this is called a panic attack. An anxiety panic attack can have many of these key factors. Feelings of fear, hopelessness, increased heart rate, sweating, tingling, nausea, headaches, and emotional fluctuations.

Symptoms can be a mixed when concerning panic. But any panic sufferer will attest to the immense feeling of anxiety that comes along with an anxiety panic attack. The good thing about an anxiety panic attack is that in most cases they can be controlled. Exercise, controlled breathing, a healthy diet, relaxation, even just someone to listen, all of these can things can help control panics. For many people the way to go is to find out what causes the panic attack and then learn how they can take away or reduce that factor in their life.

Understanding anxiety is a goal every person who has anxiety hopes for. Most people with anxiety feel very alone, anxiety is not something you have to suffer with alone.

categories: health,self improvement,depression,panic,anxiety,mental health,relationships

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  1. Hannah Hall says:

    i suffered from anxiety attacks and my doctor put me on anti-depressants :

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