Panic Disorder - You Feel like You're Going to Die

Panic Disorder - You Feel like You're Going to Die

Panic disorder is a real illness that can be successfully treated when accurately diagnosed. The problem with panic, as with many anxiety disorders, is that the symptoms can be part mental, part physical and even a symptom itself of an even more complex condition. Panic is described by many as a feeling of heart pounding terror.

The symptoms of a panic attack can vary from person to person but are typically characterized as

Profuse Sweating

Rapid Breathing or Hyperventilation

Pounding Heart, Heart Palpitations

Stomach And/or Intestinal Pain

Lightheadedness or Dizziness

Unlike many general anxiety disorder types, panic attacks have definite physical symptoms that can be felt and measured.

The reason is that panic attacks are physical!

There are caused buy a release of hormones that are used by the body to prepare us for survival in a dangerous situation. Humans have developed the capacity when in a perceived dangerous situation to be ready to either fight off the danger or run away from it. This fight or flight tendency is driven by the release of the hormones adrenaline and epinephrine.

Panic is part of the dymanic of mental disorders as are anxiety disorders. While there are many avenues and treatment options. Care must be taken to find the right mix of the various anxiety treatments available and this is where a talented counselor can really help.

The result is that you breathe deeper and faster to fully oxygenate your blood in your heart starts pumping faster and preparation for a fight or flight. With the panic attack, because neither of these two situations will occur, someone with the disorder can hyperventilate and be much more aware of our heart pounding. This in turn causes the other symptoms.

Although these reactions in an emergency situation are quite normal, a person with panic disorder mental illness can experience these symptoms at any time or anyplace.

Rarely dangerous, panic attacks can be related to a variety of anxiety disorders and should be considered serious. Many physical symptoms can also indicate some very serious physical diseases and illnesses

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