Panic Disorder Symptoms

Panic attacks can be quite scary and the panic disorder symptoms may vary from person to person but generally involved an overwhelming feeling of horror and anxiety. The severity of symptoms may also vary from one person to another with some sufferers only experiencing mild attacks, while others suffer such severe attacks that they become too afraid to leave their own home.

Panic Disorder Symptoms can include:
• Dizziness
• Racing heart
• Chest pain
• Feeling light headed
• Sweating
• Extreme fear
• Breathing difficulty
• Feeling hot or cold
• Shivering or shakiness
• Overwhelming sense of dread

Often when a person experiences a panic attack for the first time they have no idea what is happening to them and many will actually believe that they are having a heart attack. The feelings are very scary and the fear of it happening again is often enough to bring on more attacks.

This can lead to a viscious cycle of fearing another attack and that fear then brings on another attack, which then leads to more fear of attacks. This cycle can be extremely difficult to break and then leads to full panic disorder.

To be able to break free from this cycle you must be able to face that fear and control your fear of having a panic attack. Many people will relate their attack to the situation or circumstance that they were in at the time of the attack. Because they relate their attack to that situation then they become fearful of it happening again in that same situation and therefore will avoid that situation.

You can imagine if your panic attack happened while you were shopping at the supermarket, this can be a very difficult situation to avoid. To overcome this fear of the situation you need to learn to handle your fear differently and learn to face that situation without fear.

The mind is a very powerful thing and unfortunately it is very powerful in a negative way in many cases. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying ‘mind over matter’ well it is quite true and it is a matter of learning to change the way that your mind perceives fear and perceives particular situations so that you can live with them without having a panic attack.

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