| An anxiety attack, sometimes referred to as a panic | | | | understandable as anyone who has experienced an |
| attack, can be a very terrifying experience. The | | | | anxiety attack can tell you how unusual the bodily |
| symptoms of anxiety attacks can be very confusing | | | | sensations are. |
| as usually the person has no idea as to why their body | | | | What initially may have been a once off out of the |
| is reacting in the manner it is. | | | | blue anxiety attack can develop into a perpetual cycle |
| If you have experienced some of these unusual | | | | of fear and anxiety if not treated. This cycle can last |
| symptoms (below) while experiencing anxiety let me | | | | from weeks to years depending on how much help |
| help you to understand it better and try and put your | | | | the person receives. |
| mind at ease. | | | | I want to point out that anxiety attacks are not a |
| Firstly, anxiety attacks are very treatable. It is very | | | | mental illness. The great news is that this disorder is |
| important that you speak with your doctor if you are | | | | very treatable. You do not have to fear you will spend |
| experiencing these anxiety attack symptoms in order | | | | your life living with this condition. |
| to receive an accurate diagnosis. Getting your anxiety | | | | More often than not, the symptoms of anxiety attacks |
| symptoms investigated after you first experience | | | | cause people to worry that there is some larger |
| them will help reassure you that nothing more serious | | | | problem lurking behind the unusual sensations. If you |
| might be wrong. | | | | have experienced anxiety attack symptoms, do not |
| So what are the typical anxiety attack symptoms? | | | | convince yourself that you have a clinical illness. Most |
| The most common symptoms of anxiety attacks are: | | | | likely you do not. |
| palpitations, pounding heart or an accelerated heart | | | | Experiencing anxiety attacks and their associated |
| rate, sweating, trembling or shaking, and shortness of | | | | symptoms does not mean that you have a physical or |
| breath. Other symptoms may include a choking | | | | mental illness. Your brain is fine; your body is fine. You |
| sensation, chest pain or discomfort, nausea or | | | | can return to a more relaxed level of living if you follow |
| stomach cramps, a feeling of being dizzy, | | | | the steps and psychological techniques I am going to |
| unsteadiness, and lightheadedness or feeling faint. | | | | outline for on this site. |
| Sufferers might also experience a sense of unreality, | | | | Learn to trust is your body. Yes, it may be |
| depersonalization (a feeling of being detached from | | | | experiencing a wide range of strange anxiety attack |
| oneself), fear of losing control or going crazy, fear of | | | | symptoms but it is well able to handle this. During an |
| dying, numbness or a tingling sensation, chills or hot | | | | anxiety attack many of the symptoms are similar to |
| flashes. | | | | those of a really good workout: increased heartbeat |
| These are some of the possible symptoms of a | | | | rate, sweating, increased bodily sensations and rapid |
| anxiety attack but what does it actually feel like to | | | | breathing. |
| experience one? | | | | You do not become fearful of these symptoms while |
| Usually an anxiety attack begins with an unusual bodily | | | | exercising and therefore you should not fear them |
| sensation from the list above. The person then reacts | | | | should they be present while experiencing anxiety. The |
| with fear that the symptoms are indicators of a much | | | | fuel that really drives the anxiety symptoms is anxious |
| more serious threat and in turn reacts with more fear | | | | thinking. The "what if" thoughts that appear during an |
| which escalates into a state of heightened anxiety. A | | | | anxiety attack create the powerful drive that fuels the |
| vicious cycle of anxiety and fear can begin. | | | | anxiety much longer than it would normally last. |
| Typical situations people report having an anxiety | | | | What if I have a heart attack? What if my mind loses |
| attack are: while driving, in airplanes, in crowded areas, | | | | control? What if I do something crazy or faint?What if I |
| and at night while sleeping. | | | | cannot get out of here? |
| Often anxiety attacks occur in a situation where the | | | | In order to extinguish the fuel that drives the anxiety |
| person feels they cannot exit easily from a meeting or | | | | attack we need to eliminate these anxious thoughts. |
| social outing with others. Many can also experience an | | | | Tackling anxious thinking effectively requires a |
| anxiety attack for no apparent reason while at home | | | | two-pronged approach. |
| or in the middle of sleep. | | | | To eliminate the negative thinking patterns there needs |
| People who first experience these symptoms often | | | | to be a shift in attitude along with specific visualization |
| feel a sense of foreboding. They might think that there | | | | tools. |
| is something terribly wrong with their health. This is | | | | |