| In the realm of survival of the fittest, response to | | | | described in the symptoms and signs in the preceding |
| danger is naturally an instinct of humans in the | | | | paragraph. But when you have a panic attack, there |
| presence of risks or threats. Fighting to stay safe or | | | | can be absolutely no warning signs at all. The body |
| escaping to safety are responses that the body and | | | | alarm system will trigger by itself without any real or |
| mind will react either way as determined by the mind | | | | perceived danger like a false alarm signaling dangers |
| to be a better alternative for survival. This fight or flight | | | | that do not even exist or is less serious than the |
| response comes about due to flows of adrenaline that | | | | reaction warrants. Therefore, it is not unreal that there |
| allows the body muscles to react quickly to the danger | | | | are instances that a victim can suffer sudden panic |
| situation. While these feelings are normally temporarily | | | | attack even when he or she is sleeping. Once panic |
| in nature, the excess adrenaline can remain in the body | | | | attacks have happened, they cannot be easily |
| leading to panic attacks. What is panic attacks? Panic | | | | stopped or cannot be stopped at all. The rates and |
| attacks are marked by persistent and chronic condition | | | | frequency of occurrence of panic attacks cannot be |
| of fear and dread. Feeling of fear is itself a natural | | | | predicted because there can be absolutely no warning |
| emotion, however, panic attacks cause fear that is | | | | signs to suggest that they can occur. This means that |
| exaggerated and overwhelming that can be provoked | | | | there are possibilities that they can occur at any place |
| in absence of any dangers or threats at all. The | | | | and at any point in time. The strong mental and |
| attacks cannot be explained in terms of its cause that | | | | emotional reactions to the attacks are a result of the |
| is, production of adrenaline and changes in hormones | | | | out-of-proportionally excessive hormones and |
| that accelerate the body functioning to deal with | | | | adrenalines that pump into the bodies to tackle |
| danger as there are no rational reasons for the | | | | dangerous situations. As such, appropriate means of |
| occurrence of panic attacks at all. The impact of the | | | | treatments must be sought in order to control these |
| attack is severe and hardly anything can stop it from | | | | emotions of fear and dread during panic attacks. The |
| happening. The physical symptoms of panic attacks | | | | sudden surge of overwhelming fear that is |
| include abdominal distress, shortness of breath, | | | | experienced by the person hit with panic attack can |
| trembling and shaking, nausea and diarrhea, muscle | | | | be so extreme and devastating that even few |
| tension and usually accompanied by pounding heart, | | | | minutes into the attack feels like forever to him or her. |
| sweatiness and faintness. During these attacks, the | | | | Terror, to the normal people living normal lives, is part |
| people may feel chilled or weak and they may | | | | and parcel of our lives and the evolution. To victims of |
| experience tightness in chest and smothering | | | | panic attacks, they are constantly and relentlessly |
| sensations. They may also suffer derealisation and | | | | facing the fear and terror everyday of their lives. |
| depersonalization the feelings of unreality and | | | | There are a great variety of treatment techniques and |
| detachment from oneself, fear of losing control or | | | | therapies available in the marketplace for curing the |
| going insane, paresthesias (numbness sensations) and | | | | panic attack and disorder. Do not give up on yourself |
| fear of dying. In presence of perceived threats and | | | | and start visiting professionals to seek treatment and |
| dangers, simple bodily sensations will be stimulated as | | | | get rid of the panic attack forever for your lifetime. |