subject: Anxiety Panic Attack Symptoms Are Scary But Are Not A Reason To Be Alarmed [print this page] Author: Lawrence Martin Author: Lawrence Martin
I Feel Like I'm Going To Die Have you ever suddenly found it nearly impossible to take a breath? Has your body ever started shaking uncontrollably to the point that you were drenched in sweat? Has your pulse ever raced so fast and heart pounded so hard in your chest that you could hear it beating loudly in your ears? Have you ever felt an eery, unsettling sense of detachment take over all your thoughts? If you've had terrifying moments where you felt you were on the verge of going crazy, losing all control, and about to die, then you know what it's like to experience anxiety panic attack symptoms well on the verge of a full-blown panic attack. Despite What You Feel, The Truth Is You Will NOT Die If you've recently experienced a panic attack, then the first thing you need to understand is that you are NOT going crazy. And you're not alone! There are many others just like you, who've also gone through anxiety panic attack symptoms at least once in their lifetimes. The second thing you need to understand is that despite what you feel or what others may have caused you to believe, you will NOT die from another attack. Panic attacks can leave you feeling bewildered, confused and alone. Suffering a panic attack for the first time is truly a traumatizing experience. The trauma of that first panic attack is so profound that many victims become crippled and consumed with an irrational fear of suffering from another attack. We Have Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself It's this devastating fear, more so than the panic attack itself, that can cripple the victim, preventing them from being able to function and enjoy life to the fullest. Sometimes the fear of another attack can be so consuming that the panic attack victim retreats to isolation, shutting off all contact with the world, choosing instead not to live at all. These victims can be so profoundly affected by the trauma of their first panic attack that they fail to understand that in reality there is really nothing at all to be afraid of. Everyone has a built in and innate sense of well-being and security that alerts and protects us from impending danger. It is this awareness of the perils that surround us that enables us to survive. We are instinctively conditioned to respond to our built in alarm system in two primitive ways: the flight or fight response. Panic attacks are the result of our flight or fight response going haywire, causing us to over react to internal false alarms. Our unwarranted fear and panic stems from a lack of understanding what it is that we're supposed to be afraid of, and more importantly, how we're supposed to react to it. Because we don't know whether to flee or stand and fight, we feel vulnerable to and confused by our fear, completely oblivious to the reality that there is actually no true threat. Often, after the terror of a first attack, many panic attack victims will believe a subsequent attack to be their greatest fear - one that they utterly obsess over. Ironically, it's this obsessive fear that dooms them to experience next the attack, since the surest way to another panic attack is to be terrified of experiencing one. But It Is The Fear That Is The Problem The fear of experiencing a panic attack makes us all the more susceptible to having another one because we dwell on and blow the fear of having another one out of proportion, causing a hair trigger internal panic alarm. Conversely, by refusing to dwell on the fear of again finding ourselves victim to those dreaded anxiety panic attack symptoms, the likelihood of falling victim to another panic attack falls considerably. Knowledge Leads To Understanding The best tip for panic attack avoidance is to not fear having one to begin with. Forget medication and the other so-called anxiety attack panic treatments. Anyone can put panic attacks behind them by knowing they're prepared to take them on and deal with them. Another good tip for panic attack avoidance is to not concern yourself with finding the "perfect" anxiety attack panic treatment that will magically reduce the frequency of your attacks, but instead to look for effective methods of facing the panic attack head on. Knowledge leads to understanding. Ability to cope leads to confidence, then to the absence of fear, and eventually to the loss of all anxiety panic attack symptoms.About the Author:
