panic
Panic affects everyone at one time or another in their lives. You could be driving in a car, at work, in a crowded room, or even in the comfort of your own home when it strikes. Panic is not an easy emotion to live with and can even cause a person to obtain certain phobias.
More than 60 million people in the United States alone live with panic attacks. Typically a person who has a panic attack finds themselves having one quite often.
Here are some typical symptoms that arise from having one:
- A very weak or faint feeling
- A sensation of losing control
- Brief or minor chest pains, although in some people can be presented as a heart attack
- A sensation of terror
- Sweating unusually
- Racing heart beat
- A numbing sensation in hands or fingers
- Having a hard time breathing
- A fear of dying
In life, we all have bouts of panic. Sometimes we have an extreme episode of panic and then never feel anything like it again. Other times, panic attacks can develop into something called a panic disorder.
Generally, people who have a panic disorder usually obtain it from a genetic background while in other cases it is caused by abnormalities in the brain. However, substance abuse and stress are also two things that can lead a person to develop strong panic attacks.
A panic attack can leave you very winded, you can hear your heart beating in your ears, it can leave a very dark and depressed cloud over your head making you feel unordinary in today’s society. However, you are not alone many people have dealt and are dealing with panic attacks and there are ways to help prevent them. The first step to prevention however, is to find out what exactly caused it in the first place.