| If you have experienced any anxiety attacks, you | | | | problem. Than you see that this problem is not solving, |
| have for sure seen that they come with a variety of | | | | as your symptoms are not lighting, and finally you feel |
| symptoms affecting your body; they range from | | | | that you are loosing control. Now the game is done |
| difficult breathing to a strong chest pain, to a “like | | | | and you start to feel fear. And guess what? This fear |
| you are dying” feeling. The most popular anxiety | | | | will increase all the other symptoms. This is because |
| attack symptoms are also the fake ones, i.e. | | | | usually the fear symptoms are really the same than |
| they’re not the real expression of the problem | | | | the anxiety ones. |
| you are experiencing. Let’s see why this is true. | | | | The short version of this story is that the major |
| Shortness of breath is the most frequent anxiety | | | | anxiety symptoms will often be the result of lighter |
| attack symptom. Its popularity is due to the fact that | | | | anxiety symptoms and your mind games. And this will |
| many people feel other anxiety symptoms and this | | | | build into an anxiety snowball that increases in time |
| make them panic. This panic then expresses itself as | | | | with the upsetting condition if this is not resolved. So |
| shortness of breath. The simple advice here is that if | | | | the previous four symptoms are at the end |
| you are experiencing shortness of breath, realize that | | | | “fake” symptoms. This doesn’t mean |
| this is just part of an anxiety attack and your world is | | | | they don’t exist. They’re totally real. |
| not caving in. Shortness of breath is just expression of | | | | However the more you’ll try to solve them, the |
| everything else you are already experiencing with your | | | | more you’ll feel anxiety as they are expression |
| panic attack. This should help you to regain control | | | | of an underlying lack of control and you won’t |
| more easily. | | | | able to control them directly. You have to recover |
| If you are in a crowded area you could experience | | | | control on what is behind these symptoms instead. |
| another anxiety attack symptom: becoming | | | | This is for sure a feasible task. Remember that |
| lightheaded. This comes often from an underlying | | | | anxiety can be treated and once you learn to control |
| phobia about being in crowds. Even if you could think | | | | your attack, you’ll have your life back. |
| you are having a major problem, this is usually just one | | | | You have four main action items to start with: |
| of the symptoms arising from anxiety attacks. So gain | | | | 1) Remember that your big symptoms are just a |
| awareness and recover a little bit of more control, as | | | | snowball result of small starting problems. |
| with the previous symptom. | | | | Remembering what happened when you started to |
| When you have an anxiety attack you’ll find | | | | feel anxious could help you much more than anything |
| yourself with a pounding heart. Sometimes you could | | | | else. |
| think you are going to have an heart attack, however | | | | 2) Do small actions that help you to regain control. |
| this won’t happen as you will be experiencing | | | | 3) In the meanwhile, visit your physician and with his |
| just anxiety. | | | | help define if your anxiety attacks require serious |
| Finally, fear of losing control is for sure another anxiety | | | | treatment or just a behavioural approach, just like the |
| symptom winner. This is typically result of a mind | | | | two above tips. |
| game: you experience other symptoms, you start to | | | | 4) Know more about your anxiety and use this |
| feel nervous, then you realize that symptoms are not | | | | knowledge to regain control. |
| relieving, and finally you start to think you have a | | | | |