Panic Attacks

17 Oct Panic Attacks

What is a panic attack?

A panic attack is a sudden rush of intense anxiety or fear together with a surge of frightening physical sensations and thoughts.

Physical sensations can include:

• pounding heart
• dizziness/faintness
• breathlessness
• chest pains
• numbness/tingling
• sweating
• shaking
• nausea

Thoughts can include feeling like you may be:

• out of physical and/or emotional control
• dying
• having a heart attack/stroke
• passing out
• going crazy

Panic attacks are usually brief but may be very scary while they last. They can often seem to come “out of the blue”, which makes them even scarier. While panic sensations are a natural response to danger, panic attacks are usually out of proportion to any actual danger the person may be facing at the time. They seem to have a life of their own.

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