Do You Recognize These Panic Attack Symptoms
What are the panic attack symptoms you should look for to know if its a panic attack?
Often a panic attack will feel similar to other medical conditions and are very frightening while they occur. Many people have rushed to the hospital thinking they are having a heart attack, only to find out it was only anxiety. It’s always a good idea to have a medical doctor check you to rule out dangerous medical conditions and be sure panic attack symptoms are in fact what you are having.
-heart pounding or racing
-feeling dizzy, spacey or an “unreal sensation”
-stomach nausea or butterflies
-shaky hands and/or legs
-intense fear or sense of dread with no apparent cause
-fear you are having a heart attack or that you could die
Don’t be ashamed if you have suffered from these symptoms and have found them very frightening. A lot of others have suffered from these symptoms too, and they are truly quite common in people with anxiety.
Life is very stressful these days and panic attack symptoms have unfortunately become very common. If your physician has determined that you have not dangerous medical problems and are simply sufferering from anxiety, you can be less anxious when they happen, knowing that your life is not in danger.
While the majority of panic attack symptoms last only a few minutes to about half an hour, they can be confusing because they often happen in places where there is no danger or cause for extreme fear.
Its common for panic attacks to begin in adulthood following a traumatic event such as job loss, death of a family member, or a divorce; however, others begin having anxiety attacks as children.
Since panic attack symptoms can happen without warning, many people become afraid they will suffer another attack.
Panic attack symptoms are often rather unpredictable and can occur at anytime and anyplace. Since the sufferer doesn’t know what is causing the attack, they can’t avoid a future one and this causing a sense of being out of control It’s very common for people with panic attacks to avoid going back to the place where the panic happened, but this is not a good way of coping with anxiety. It does nothing to avoid future attacks, and as more panic episodes occur, there will be more places to avoid. This can close you off from people and places you love, and that’s not how anyone should have to live.
An extreme form of this anxiety avoidance is agoraphobia; an anxiety disorder where a person is truly afraid to leave their home and can become homebound for years. No one should suffer this way because there is help and panic disorders are very treatable!
Even though panic attack symptoms are not life threatening, they can be very upsetting and decrease your life. There is no reason you have to just suffer from anxiety and panic disorders. There is much you can do to help yourself today.