News and insights about GAD, depression, phobias, OCD and panic attacks
Panic attacks occur with people because of an irrational fear and certain triggers that stimulate the phenomenon. Panic attacks are both physical (heartbeat, sweating and chills) and mental occasions. One unique feature of panic attacks is their sudden nature. Even though, individuals suffer from panic attacks for different reasons most of the symptoms and effects are …
We’ve all felt anxiety attacks of one level or another, that moment of terror when our heart races, blood drains from our faces and we wonder if we’re going to pass out. For more than ten percent of us these feelings aren’t momentary and don’t pass. Expensive drugs and psychological therapy are one answer, but there are natural anxiety…
The brain is a powerful thing. Panic attacks and anxiety caused by violence, peace of mind, but some people who have to feel as if they have them. What is in the mind can destroy there. Now you can learn more about the major mental techniques that can be used to reduce or prevent these attacks. Meditation is one of the best as you can do is just to get …
Lying there tossing and turning all night because you can’t sleep is one of the most frustrating aspects of our lives. Usually, this inability to sleep is caused by one of two factors; worry, or you simply can’t find comfort. The worry may be caused by something adverse happening at work, or it may be that …
Anxiety attacks are abnormal and irrational panic over trivial things, small incidents or accidents or for no reason. Attacks usually occur without warning and a person can simply explode into fear. There uncountable triggers that can cause these situations – getting stuck in an elevator or standing in front of a class – but in all other cases, attacks come out of nothing (at least not for the outsider, no one knows the internal triggers). We can say that an anxiety attack is a disproportionate reaction to a situation or a problem at hand, …
There are many natural remedies, herbs, and techniques that you can use in order to help ensure that you will not experience panic/anxiety attacks or any of the nasty symptoms associated with it. By using these natural techniques and many others – you will quickly be able to get rid of your panic attacks…
In life, we have different situations that we need to deal with, problems that we need to take care of, and difficult roads that we need to go through. Panic attacks are a result of these kinds of scenarios. These kinds of attacks may happen once in a while or on a regular basis when we encounter everyday things during the …
Panic Attack. I used to stop yourself from everyday life through fear of a panic Attack or an overwhelming fear of anxiety. Does this sound familiar? You turn yourself from everyday life? You wake up with this feeling of fear? Do you feel stuck in a rut with no way out? These are often feelings of anxiety and depression and can often lead to experience panic attacks. Panic attacks caused by anxiety can be extremely painful and upsetting not only the individual concerned, but also for their friends and family. There…
Panic Attacks happen when we least expect them, they come without warning and without reason. Often triggered by a major and life changing event, a panic attack is the overwhelming influx of indescribable fear. A single attack can last from a few minutes to several hours and can occur when we are filled with anxiety. As this is more often than not stress related, our body’s ability to cope with gargantuan events become evident in our anxiety and can trigger our panic button. One panic …
Panic or anxiety attacks are any sudden wave of fear that overcomes a person often without warning. Panic attacks are typically accompanied by shortness or breath and increased heart rate. Feelings typically associated with panic attacks include dread, desperation, fear, loneliness and may even be as extreme as feeling like dying. Oftentimes, people who suffer from anxiety attacks become so fearful of when and how long their next panic attack could be that the increased anxiety that …
Do you know what to do if you experience panic attacks? Or if you are around someone who is experiencing the same? Unless you are familiar with exactly what panic attacks are or you have been in a situation which involves someone who experiences it – of even if you experience yourself – then most likely you are not going to know what to do…
How to help my spouse with depression, panic attacks and anxiety? If you have been asking that question lately, you are hardly alone. Panic attacks related to, or in addition to depression affects around 20 million Americans at any given time. If you have a husband or wife suffering from these panic attacks, read on to find out some simple ways you could help them. While depression and anxiety are not the same, it seems that they go hand-in-hand in many cases. A person who has had panic attacks…
To the person suffering a panic or anxiety attack they can be seen as an abnormal and irrational panic over something that most people would consider trivial. As an attack can occur for absolutely no reason at all, spotting a trigger can be extremely difficult. It may be that you can identify a particular trigger that causes an anxiety attack – like a job interview or being in a confined space – but in other cases, attacks can come totally out of the blue. An anxiety or panic attack is best described …