Panic Disorder - Recognising the Feeling
Panic is a terrifying feeling of intense fear during which you may feel that a terrible event is going to occur e.
g.
losing control of a situation, dying, or losing your mind.
A panic attack will generally last about 15 minutes, though at the time it can feel endless.
It is totally reasonable to feel exceptionally disturbed if you believe that you are about to die, which is a very common occurrence during an episode of panic.
Also, you lose your ability to reason logically during these attacks, making you feel totally helpless, or not being able to think straight.
Information that would usually indicate safety to you are hard to recall, or they do not provide the reassurance that they normally would.
An example of this is if you feel pain or tightness in the chest area, you automatically identify this as a sign of an impending heart attack, despite the fact that medical tests in the past have shown their cardiac system to be perfectly normal.
People can become convinced that their heart is about to give in, even when they have recently been given a clean bill of health.
A few of the common thoughts that are experienced during episodes of panic are: I am going to pass out I am going to scream I will be paralysed with fear I am going to be sick I am going to act foolish I am losing my mind I am having heart failure I am going to embarrass myself Many types of physical sensations can be associated with panic disorder.
The extremely intense bodily sensations experienced during a panic attack include sweating, chest pain, choking, faintness, rapid heart beat, dizziness and shaking, all of which are very common signs of anxiety and panic.
Sometimes, the sensation of a pounding heart can make it feel like it is going to burst right out of your body, such is the intensity of this feeling.
It is not unusual to see your heart beats to increase to more than 20 per minute during a panic situation, and as these situations continue, people can experience quite a few of the different sensations listed above.
In an especially bad episode, you can feel overwhelmed by the flood of bodily sensations, adding to the feeling that you are about to lose all control.
These sensations can be very intrusive, blocking out all rational feeling about the actual threat, if there is any at all.
After being buffeted by these frightening thoughts, you can be left shaken, anxious and exhausted for up to quite a few hours.
These occurrences can leave a residue of anxiety for a long time after the attack has finished.
g.
losing control of a situation, dying, or losing your mind.
A panic attack will generally last about 15 minutes, though at the time it can feel endless.
It is totally reasonable to feel exceptionally disturbed if you believe that you are about to die, which is a very common occurrence during an episode of panic.
Also, you lose your ability to reason logically during these attacks, making you feel totally helpless, or not being able to think straight.
Information that would usually indicate safety to you are hard to recall, or they do not provide the reassurance that they normally would.
An example of this is if you feel pain or tightness in the chest area, you automatically identify this as a sign of an impending heart attack, despite the fact that medical tests in the past have shown their cardiac system to be perfectly normal.
People can become convinced that their heart is about to give in, even when they have recently been given a clean bill of health.
A few of the common thoughts that are experienced during episodes of panic are: I am going to pass out I am going to scream I will be paralysed with fear I am going to be sick I am going to act foolish I am losing my mind I am having heart failure I am going to embarrass myself Many types of physical sensations can be associated with panic disorder.
The extremely intense bodily sensations experienced during a panic attack include sweating, chest pain, choking, faintness, rapid heart beat, dizziness and shaking, all of which are very common signs of anxiety and panic.
Sometimes, the sensation of a pounding heart can make it feel like it is going to burst right out of your body, such is the intensity of this feeling.
It is not unusual to see your heart beats to increase to more than 20 per minute during a panic situation, and as these situations continue, people can experience quite a few of the different sensations listed above.
In an especially bad episode, you can feel overwhelmed by the flood of bodily sensations, adding to the feeling that you are about to lose all control.
These sensations can be very intrusive, blocking out all rational feeling about the actual threat, if there is any at all.
After being buffeted by these frightening thoughts, you can be left shaken, anxious and exhausted for up to quite a few hours.
These occurrences can leave a residue of anxiety for a long time after the attack has finished.
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