It comes in many forms, and in many situations. You wake up suddenly, your heart is pounding, you’re sweating bullets and, you can hardly breathe. Fear begets fear and panic begets panic and within moments you are convinced that you really are dying.
You are just about to go into a job interview. You heart starts racing, you’re sweating, your whole body is shaking and you get dizzy. You think maybe you’re going crazy or that you’re going to die. Fear begets fear and panic begets panic and within moments you are convinced that you really are dying.
Welcome to your first panic attack. You’ve just experienced some of the most common anxiety panic attack symptoms.
The good news is – you’re not going to die, you’re not going crazy, and you’re definitely not alone.
Anxiety Explained
We all have natural self-preservation instincts that are normal and necessary to survival. This is what triggers the body to release certain chemicals and hormones into the bloodstream that allow us to react to the threat at hand. Think back to the last time you had a scare. Maybe it was a close call with an automobile accident, or maybe you narrowly avoided being hit by a bus. That instant physical reaction that allowed you to react so quickly and instinctively was what we often refer to as the "fight or flight" reaction.
Anxiety and panic attacks happen when that system misfires, causing our bodies to engage the "fight or flight" reaction even when there is no danger. Our panic stems in part from a lack of understanding of the source of the fear, and how we're supposed to react to it. Because we don't know whether to fight or flee, we feel vulnerable to our fear, completely oblivious to the fact that there is no real threat.
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