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Panic Attacks Symptoms
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Panic attack symptoms affect every sufferer in different ways; however,
there is a small group of symptoms which are common to most sufferers.
Panic attacks symptoms and the degree to which they affect the sufferer are dependent on a number of factors, the most important of which being age, genetic makeup and fitness level.
Common panic attacks symptoms include:
- Shortness of breath or smothering sensations
- Chest pain
- Palpitations and/or racing heart
- Sweating
- Shaking
- Dizziness
- Muscle pains or tingling
- Upset stomach
- Urgency to urinate
- Tinnitus
- Visual disturbances
- Dry mouth
- Sense of impending doom
- Fear of dying or losing consciousness
- Fear of going mad
- Facial numbness
- Generalised anxiety
- Agoraphobia or social phobia
- Low self esteem
- Concerns about health and constant worrying that there is 'something else' wrong
Whilst all of these panic attacks symptoms are intense, to say the least, they are all perfectly harmless and are simply the extreme manifestation of high anxiety, a response which has developed in all animals as part of their 'fight or flight' defence mechanism.
Many people find the physical panic attacks symptoms more difficult to manage than the psychological issues, whilst many people find the psychological symptoms more disturbing.
Psychological panic attacks symptoms can cause the sufferer to feel very low indeed, however, it must be remembered that constant symptoms and the restrictions which sufferers place on themselves in order to try to control their symptoms can be very frustrating.
Depression is not a symptom of panic attacks, so the sadness, frustration or desperation you are feeling is a perfectly appropriate response to your disorder.
How are panic attacks symptoms formed?
Initial panic attacks symptoms are caused mostly by the release of the hormone adrenalin by the adrenal glands. This hormone helps to prepare the body to either fight or run from danger, but in the case of panic attacks and panic disorder, this response happens even when there is no danger present and as the adrenalin in the blood is not 'used up' appropriately by running or fighting, it starts to cause a build up of intense panic attack symptoms.
As these panic attack symptoms grow, the body goes through a number of physiological changes in the circulatory, digestive and respiratory systems in the body which also produce unusual and sometimes frightening symptoms.
These panic attacks symptoms cause the sufferer to become more scared on a subconscious level as the mind determines that the symptoms are the risk, which causes more adrenalin to be released and the cycle starts over again.
A panic attack happens in order to release or 'use up' adrenalin - panic attacks symptoms are like a release valve on a pressure cooker.
It is not difficult to see how the initial catalyst for high anxiety which causes panic attacks, can become irrelevant once the cycle of fear, panic, panic attack symptoms, fear... and so on is formed. At this point, a 'one off' panic attack becomes panic disorder and the behaviours which fuel it cause an endless cycle of panic attack symptoms and high anxiety.
Jemma Kidd on ITV's The Lorraine Kelly Show talking about her Anxiety & Panic Attacks Recovery and How The Linden Method worked for her
Is there a treatment for panic attacks symptoms?
Yes. Panic attack symptoms can be cured by eliminating the cycle of panic which fuels them which is caused by the anxious cycle in which a sufferer becomes trapped.
Panic attack symptoms are dependent on the body producing adrenalin and the release of adrenalin is dependent on the sufferer perceiving danger and creating high anxiety.
A structured programme which undoes and removes these behaviours and beliefs will remove the inappropriate anxious reaction and provide a complete solution to panic attacks and all the symptoms they carry with them.
Panic attacks symptoms can be cured simply and naturally using a programme that has been used by every single recovered sufferer since the dawn of time; it's the body's own anxiety reduction mechanism.
The anxiety reduction system in your mind is temporarily 'stuck on' but by following this simple technique, we can show you how to force it to switch off - switching off all of you panic attacks symptoms, permanently.
Read or watch testimonials form other sufferers here.
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