| Anxiety, anxiety attack and panic attack; what's the | | | | Basically another term for anxiety attack where the |
| difference? To understand each condition, let's take a | | | | sufferer will feel a sense of impending disaster very |
| look at each one individually.If you recognise the | | | | quickly. Panic attacks can occur anytime, anywhere |
| symptoms associated with each and suffer on a | | | | for many people with nocturnal panic attack being a |
| regular basis then you should consider seeking | | | | real issue. If you've ever woken suddenly from a sleep |
| professional help. | | | | with an intense fear of the surroundings you're in or |
| Anxiety | | | | feel as if your heart is about to explode chances are |
| If you experience fear on a regular basis but there is | | | | you're experiencing a panic attack. |
| no physical presence or entity present at the time | | | | Sufferers can also have attacks as a result of past |
| inducing that fear, then you are in anxiety mode. Fear | | | | events in their lives or from certain situations which |
| and worrying situations will pervade an anxiety | | | | seem to affect them. For example, fear of driving in |
| sufferers thoughts and physical symptoms such as | | | | the city following an incident which may have occurred |
| breathlessness, chest pains, sweats and racing heart | | | | several years before or when confronted by a crime |
| can accompany anxiety. | | | | scene involving them being hurt or scarred by the |
| More serious sufferers can develop phobias such as | | | | incident. Fear of public places or even certain people |
| agoraphobia, described as a fear of open spaces or | | | | can bring on sudden panic attack. |
| being away from a person's normal place of refuge. | | | | Seeking Help |
| Fear of social interaction or fear of being humiliated | | | | Many sufferers don't seek help because of the stigma |
| are extensions of anxiety. The result... sufferers tend | | | | attached with these conditions. Labelled as a mental |
| to avoid certain situations or withdraw socially. | | | | health condition, it seems to suggest anxiety panick |
| Anxiety Attacks | | | | attack makes their behaviour abnormal. Many suffer in |
| These are basically the physical responses to anxiety. | | | | silence or resign themselves to avoiding too much |
| In other words, anxiety response in the extreme. Add | | | | social interaction for fear of having an attack. |
| to the symptoms already mentioned such as dizziness, | | | | This is akin to simply "giving up the ghost" and not |
| pins and needles and blurry vision and what starts out | | | | encouraged. Seeking an initial consultaion with a |
| as a fear of something not physically present, has the | | | | medical professional would be a start and if medication |
| ability to instill a sense of great despair in the sufferer. | | | | is not preferred, then programs in dealing with anxiety |
| Panic Attacks | | | | panic attack are available. |