subject: What Causes Panic Attacks and How to Get Rid of Them? [print this page] When you feel endangered or the symptoms that would normally show themselves when you are in extreme danger, without any particular danger lurking around, you are actually experiencing a panic attack. Panic attacks occur exclusive of any prior warning. It may also occur during the sleep. So the patients are always anxious about the beginning of the attack at any time. They are anxious not only regarding the pain and discomfort at the time of attack but also about their extreme behavior which may startle other people. Their constant fear of getting a panic attack leads to agoraphobia - the fear of public places. It is not particularly known that what causes panic attacks.
The events closely related to a panic attack that might be taken as its causes are encountering an unlikely event. The transitions in life might also be the causes. Important events like graduating, starting a new job, getting married or having a baby might cause panic attacks if you are not able to adjust with new things easily. In case of severe stress or shock like the death of a loved one, getting divorced or just losing your job might trigger an attack. The happening of anything that you fear might trigger a panic attack that would last as low as ten minutes and as high as an hour.
As important as it is to get to know about the cause of panic attacks, you must know how to get rid of them too. If you would just ignore the situation or avoid it, it would intensify rather than stopping. Simple things like talking to a friend on the onset of a panic attack, thinking of happy memories during a panic attack would make its duration shorter. As for decreasing the intensity and the frequency of the attacks, you might start relaxing a lot, take short deep breaths, exercise a lot, give yourself a lot of time and enjoy every moment of your life. Even facing your fears once would make you strong enough to let go of them and stop a possible panic attack. Whatever it is, apart from doctor's treatment it is up to you to get rid of them.
What Causes Panic Attacks and How to Get Rid of Them?
