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Statistics in the past year, indicated between 10 to 12 % people
suffered some form of panic attack. Some the most common related
terms are given in the list below.
- General Anxiety Disorder - Panic Attack Disorder - Anxiety
Panic Disorder - Peformance Anxiety - Anxiety Disorder - Social
Anxiety Disorder
Panic attacks make up the number-one problem facing men and
women and is second only to alcohol and drug-related problem. As
a reponse to stressful situations, like examinations, public
speaking, worry of layoffs, up goes anxiety. Such heightened
disorder, has become a normal occurrence affecting one out of
three persons in the past year.
Symtoms of Anxiety Panic Disorder Panic attack disorder
symptoms include shortness of breath, a choking feeling, heart
palpitations, sweating, shaking and trembling, chest pains,
dizziness, hot flashes or cold chills, feeling of unreality
(such as being in a fog, on the moon, in mid air), and fear of
dying, or losing control.
Panic attacks which can come unexpectedly, with at least six or
seven of the symptoms you have just read, escalates quickly will
subsides within minutes. On the other hand, anxiety panic
disorder builds up gradually and is not sudden and unexpected,
symptoms are fewer and milder.
Anxiety Panic Disorder is an emergency response
In general anxiety disorder is not that bad though. It keeps us
primed, as if it trains us to be always on our toes. It also
keeps us psychologically alert, an emergency response. Proper
exercises can be good to ensure things may start to get nasty.
When we are engulfed in our 'panic room', we have one of two
choices. We can either face it or get away from it. This is
better known as the "fight" or "flight" response. Given a
choice, would you face it and experience its full impact, or
would you rather retreat or run away from it?
If we equate panic to fear (the two are similar in a lot of
ways), the easy way out is to avoid it. But there is always a
great chance (and you can be sure of it) that it will haunt you
again and again. Whatever that fear is, literally speaking, this
will keep you on the run and you will always be checking and
looking behind you, cowering from it. The more you run away from
it, the more it will chase you and make fun of you. It will be
like a ghost running after you!
Given this kind of a situation, it is apparently more logical to
face panic attacks. But do not "fight" the symptoms of any
attack. Try to "flow" with the symptoms and allow yourself to
become calm. Keep reminding yourself that what you are
experiencing is a natural emergency response.
The more experiences you get out of it, the more confident you
become. And when you are confident, what you used to fear will
not make you fearful anymore. You will get immune to it. The
more instances you are able to handle it, the more capable you
will be each time it occurs, like practice. Practice makes
perfect. In the end, you will perfect the art of handling your
condition, from fearing it to handling it remarkably in a
positive way. That's an achievement.
Now, let's go back to the point where you still dread panic
attacks with a question you might raise that goes: "Just how am
I supposed to face a anxiety panic disorder knowing all too well
it might subdue and eat me out of my guts?" The answer: "You
don't do anything about it. Just let it be. Let it run its
entire course and just experience it". But then you may ask:
"What if I don't survive it?" The answer: "You will definitely
survive it.
Keep this in mind. This experience is a state of mind, an
apprehension. It is just imagined. There is no way a person will
experience a brush on something like a heart attack, a coma, or
even death because this condition is not life threatening. There
is never a recorded case of a person who has died as a result of
anxiety. Rest your mind to the fact that this condition is not a
physical ailment, even with the physical manifestations like
sweating, palpitations, stomach cramps, and all that. You will
be able to face and experience its full impact without any
life-threatening effects. Bring it on". This is the attitude you
must adopt the next time you have a bout with it.
Say silently inside your head "I am becoming calm....It's a
matter of minutes only. I can handle it as I have handled it
before. . .I am calm and steady. " Like we must always believe,
"if you think you can - then you can".
Thank you for reading.
About the author:
Ronald Yip has been learning and applying intuitive and creative
processes in personal, business and community life helping
people to change. Visit Self Help Recipe for
more info.
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