Where Do My Panic Attacks and Anxiety Attacks Come From?

After living for more than fifty years with nary a healthworry about everything.
condition and my only in hospital experiences being asOthers believe the attacks are caused by our natural
a visitor, one morning while packing for a vacation I feltfight or flight response to the possibility of impending
a dizzying sensation, shortness of breath and rapidlyharm.
palpitating heart. Increasing in intensity, I became unableWhen an alligator attacks your natural reaction is to
to function, fearful that I was about to losesurvive. It's normal for your breathing and heart rate to
consciousness, and grabbed a cell phone to speed dialaccelerate in preparing fight or flee as circumstances
my family...I just knew I was having a heart attack andmerit.
the end was imminent.In scenarios where there is no real or impending
Clearly, that was not the case or I would not be writingdanger but your body and brain reacts as if there is
this short piece, but the sensation was real...I believed Idanger, a panic or anxiety attack may be occurring.
was about to die, was convinced of it in fact.As we touched on above, many people who
Today I know I had a panic attack.experience anxiety or panic attacks may have
What is a Panic Attack?experienced:
A panic attack is a type of chronic anxiety whichDeath or serious illness of a family member
involves a seemingly spontaneous incident of intenseAbnormal levels of negative stress such as job loss,
fear that frequently lasts from a few minutes todivorce or death of a loved one as opposed to
twenty five minutes or more. If you have an anxiety orpositive stress which we may experience planning a
panic attack you most likely feel as if you need helpwedding or vacation
right away to help you through this emergencyA history of anxiety attacks or panic related issues in
During a panic attack you may experience symptomsyour family
including but not necessarily limited to a loss of control,Trauma, such as a car or boat accident, earthquake,
shortness of breath, palpitations of the heart, sweating,or being the victim of crime
dizziness a fear of impending death or loss. A panicPhysical or emotional abuse
attack can be very frightening for the chronic sufferer.Serious financial or health problems.
What Triggers Panic Attacks?While the actual causation may be due to any of a
A panic attack may be triggered because of anumber of reasons, the commonality of experience of
substantial event, or seemingly no reason at all. Asuffers is one that has come to the forefront in
myriad of factors that may contribute to the onset ofcontemporary culture as people of all walks of life,
a panic attack include your family genes, negativeeven children have been diagnosed as suffering from
stress or something causing a change in the functionpanic and anxiety attacks.
of your brain.If you are one of the millions of people that suffer
Examples of negative stress which commonly triggerfrom panic or anxiety attacks, the good news is that
panic attacks, are fear about: a health condition,help exists in many forms including therapy, medical
financial problems, family, or other relationship problems,treatment, homeopathic care, self help and a protocol
issues at work, crime, natural disaster, the possiblethat has worked especially well for me, acupuncture!
onset of danger, being alone, depression, grief due toYou can end your panic and anxiety attacks...all you
loss, anxiety or fear from worry.have to do is take the first step, get some information,
Therapists have told me that people who suffer fromthen take action for a new and better future.
panic or anxiety attacks frequently think too much and