Help with Panic Attacks (Anxiety Attacks)

Article by Paul and Denise Douglass

Help for Overcoming Panic Attacks.

Everybody gets anxious from time to time and this is perfectly normal.

However, when a panic attack strikes, it feels anything but normal.

A panic attack can happen completely 'out of the blue', and often occur for little or no apparent reason.

The onset of a panic attack is usually very sudden, and typically, a panic attack will last usually between 20 and 30 minutes.

A panic attack is usually defined as a period of intense fear, accompanied by a series of psychological or bodily symptoms.

The symptoms of a panic attack.

• Shaking
• Difficulty in breathing, or shortness of breath (Dyspnoea)
• Abnormally rapid heartbeat (Tachycardia)
• Excessive sweating (Hyperhydrosis)
• Chest tightness
• Chest pain
• Abnormal sensations of the skin (Paraesthesia)
• Raised blood pressure (Hypertension)
• Tension and apprehension
• The feeling that 'something terrible' is going to happen.
• A specific fear of death
  

How to overcome panic attacks

The one thing we'd like to say right from the start, is don't worry, you CAN overcome panic attacks when you know how.

What we've found over the years, is that there are a few simple techniques that you can use to overcome panic attacks.

Sometimes, people who have panic attacks can often feel quite out of control and negative about things, because it can sometimes feel like they're stuck with it, and there's nothing that can be done about it (which of course there is!).

So the first thing to understand if you're looking to get over your panic attacks, is that that there IS something that can be done, and even that in itself can help you feel a bit more in control right from the start.

Sometimes, it might feel like people are judging you negatively because of your panic attacks, and so overcoming panic attacks can also have the added bonus of feeling less judged.

So, as we say, don't worry... we've found over the years, that there are a few simple techniques that you can use to overcome panic attacks... you CAN overcome panic attacks when you know how... it just might be that you need someone to show you how!

Next: What techniques can you use to overcome panic attacks?

I do thank you for all the help that you have given me over the sessions that we had. you have helped me regain my strength to be the person im on the track to be.

When i first came to you i was lost felt like i was no one and that no one could help me. i thought i was going to be like this for ever. in time its shown that you can get through the ruff patches in life

Thank you, i will keep in touch

Paul x
Paul from Cambridgeshire... an client who had been suffering with panic attacks and depression

 

Related Pages:

• Anxiety
• Social Phobia / Social Anxiety

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