Anxiety Attacks. Have I had them, do I have them?
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Anxiety Attacks. Have I had them, do I have them?
What are they like? Are there varying degrees of anxiety attacks?
I read somewhere, actually a few places about the length of time an emotion lasts. It's a chemical thing; it happens in the brain and all over the body and is tied to the endocrine system. Study results (I can't find them at the moment, so I'm guessing) show an emotion last somewhere between 20 seconds or 2 minutes, I don't remember. The thing is, your body responds to stimulus, shoots hormones into to your system, and you have emotional feelings.
It could be one shot and gone, but you don't have to have an obsessive disorder to have emotions that just won't go away. Our sophisticated minds work with our bodies to set up emotional loops that won't quit. So we get obsessions, anxiety, and panic attacks. I agree with Karolanne; it would help to Google anxiety, but I also suggest you look into the science of emotions, and Awareness Meditation. This type of meditation is an excellent practice for breaking the cycle of mind body emotions gone crazy.
It could be one shot and gone, but you don't have to have an obsessive disorder to have emotions that just won't go away. Our sophisticated minds work with our bodies to set up emotional loops that won't quit. So we get obsessions, anxiety, and panic attacks. I agree with Karolanne; it would help to Google anxiety, but I also suggest you look into the science of emotions, and Awareness Meditation. This type of meditation is an excellent practice for breaking the cycle of mind body emotions gone crazy.
This won't give you all the symptoms of an anxiety attack. But it's a short read on the differences between a panic attack and anxiety that aI thought was pretty good when I read it.
Doing a google search is by the far the best way that you will get some answers. There are many, many ways anxiety shows up.
Doing a google search is by the far the best way that you will get some answers. There are many, many ways anxiety shows up.
Hi Greg,
You might as well call me the anxiety/panic attack "expert!"
I currently have Panic Disorder, and used to have
Anxiety Disorder. The difference between the two? With panic attacks, you don't need any type of particular stressor to experience one. In other words, I can be in a fairly calm and good mood, and have one regardless. They're terrible and cause me to want to shut myself in the house most of the time...
I'll write more on this later. Phone needs recharged!
You might as well call me the anxiety/panic attack "expert!"
I currently have Panic Disorder, and used to have
Anxiety Disorder. The difference between the two? With panic attacks, you don't need any type of particular stressor to experience one. In other words, I can be in a fairly calm and good mood, and have one regardless. They're terrible and cause me to want to shut myself in the house most of the time...
I'll write more on this later. Phone needs recharged!
Actually, Greg, would you like to share what it is you experienced?
But like I said, I'll return with more info later. Right now, I'll leave you with one piece of good advice. When you struggle with one of these, don't fight against it; It only heightens your panic/anxiety. You've got to let it run its course.
Be back later.
But like I said, I'll return with more info later. Right now, I'll leave you with one piece of good advice. When you struggle with one of these, don't fight against it; It only heightens your panic/anxiety. You've got to let it run its course.
Be back later.
Actually, Greg, would you like to share what it is you experienced?
But like I said, I'll return with more info later. Right now, I'll leave you with one piece of good advice. When you struggle with one of these, don't fight against it; It only heightens your panic/anxiety. You've got to let it run its course.
Be back later.
But like I said, I'll return with more info later. Right now, I'll leave you with one piece of good advice. When you struggle with one of these, don't fight against it; It only heightens your panic/anxiety. You've got to let it run its course.
Be back later.
Actually, Greg, would you like to share what it is you experienced?
But like I said, I'll return with more info later. Right now, I'll leave you with one piece of good advice. When you struggle with one of these, don't fight against it; It only heightens your panic/anxiety. You've got to let it run its course.
Be back later.
But like I said, I'll return with more info later. Right now, I'll leave you with one piece of good advice. When you struggle with one of these, don't fight against it; It only heightens your panic/anxiety. You've got to let it run its course.
Be back later.
Re: Anxiety Attacks. Have I had them, do I have them?
Greg41 wrote:What are they like? Are there varying degrees of anxiety attacks?
Short answer: They are not nice, they are effectlvey a reduced version of a panic attack, i actually have a mild anxiety disorder which can result me in having an anxiety attack, these are just some of the things that happen to me either before or during an anxiety attack, if it's during, the effects are increased:
Clammy hands
Feeling sick
Fear of being boxed in – kinda like claustrophobia
Shaky hands
Really dry mouth
Can’t string together coherent sentences
Increased sense of panic
Quickened breathes
Heart racing
Over or Under compensating for things
Everything adds to anxiety feeling
When in an anxiety attack, you panic about everything and anything, think of the fear you get when confronting a phobia, now imagine that happening for a few minutes (max you can full on panic for is about 25 minutes, doesn't sound like a lot but, trust me, it seems like an eternity), and there is no way to "escape" it, you have to wait for it to subside
Of course people have different effects and suffer to different sevarities, mine is quite mild, i know some people who have such crippling anxiety that once they have an axniety attack due to a certain event they can no longer do that even for fear of it happening again
I'm back, and I apologize that it took a while.
The above description gives a pretty good overview of what anxiety/panic attacks are like. I'd like to add that they can also cause a sensation of tightening in the upper chest and/or throat. (acid reflux can also produce this symptom, even if the typical 'burning' or acid in the throat is absent). This constricted feeling in the throat can cause us to want to panic, because it's very uncomfortable!
The above description gives a pretty good overview of what anxiety/panic attacks are like. I'd like to add that they can also cause a sensation of tightening in the upper chest and/or throat. (acid reflux can also produce this symptom, even if the typical 'burning' or acid in the throat is absent). This constricted feeling in the throat can cause us to want to panic, because it's very uncomfortable!
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