subject: Anxiety/Panic Attack Symptom: Fear [print this page] Fear is associated with every panic attackFear is associated with every panic attack. Sudden feelings of terror strike without warning and often leave lasting irrational fears. Panic attacks create a vicious cycle that can seem impossible to overcome. Every new panic attack builds on the fear and soon you find yourself avoiding things you once enjoyed. People who suffer from panic attacks not only experience fear during the actual attack, but also experience fear as a symptom prior to the attack and as a lasting effect of the attack itself.
Fear as a symptom
The initial fear prior to a panic attack can start off as small as a sense of nervousness that something is going to happen that will be embarrassing to you; to something as large as an overwhelming sense of terror that something horrible is going to happen which you will have no control over. This sense of fear happens suddenly and without warning. Additional symptoms that can be associated as fear related include: racing heartbeat, difficulty breathing, chest tightening and pains, hot flashes or chills, trembling and shaking. These feelings will quickly intensify and you will experience a variety of the symptoms during the panic attacks. Panic attacks vary greatly on duration and can last longer than ten minutes.
Fearing another panic attack
Unquestionably, a panic attack can be one of the scariest things to ever happen to someone. Unfortunately, if you have experienced one panic attack, you have a great chance of having another. That fact alone is enough to create a pattern of fear and avoidance in many sufferers of panic attacks. For example, if you have experienced a panic attack while driving, you may find yourself fearing to drive. This cycle of fear creates a loop of anxiety that will eventually lead to an increased number of panic attacks.
Breaking the cycle
The key to overcoming panic attacks and gaining complete panic attack relief starts when you address the fear. Medications will only mask things and leave you in a fog. Only when you have learned how to properly deal with the anxiety and panic attack symptom of fear will you be able to regain your life as you knew it before. The techniques that are taught atPanic Attacks Fast Help are easy to implement into your everyday life. Regain your freedom and quality of life free from panic attacks!
