Anxiety attack symptoms are physiologically, psychological and emotional, and they often appear simultaneously although the suffer is not fully aware of the mechanism. Under the command of the mind, dominated by extreme fear, the body shows the so-called fight-or-flight reactions.
PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
The heart beat accelerates so that more blood is pumped towards the extremities to support the need or urge to run. As a consequence of this blood 'drainage', the panic attack sufferer grows pale in the face.
Panting or difficulty breathing is often counted among anxiety attack symptoms as the body needs more oxygen to support the fight-or-flight situation.
Pounding temples and limb shaking are common.
Digestive upset with vomiting and diarrhea have been frequently reported. The body clears away the extra weight in the system in preparation of the flight.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS
Intense, gripping fear dominates among other anxiety attack symptoms. The fear is not logically explained although there is usually a trigger or stressor that allows for the feeling to escalate.
The growing fear is accompanied by fear of going crazy or losing control.
The urge to run and escape becomes dominant, particularly since the person also feels the imminence of death.
Feeling unreal like in a dream, the panic attack sufferer could also experience a sort of depersonalization, like it's all happening to someone else.
EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS
Emotional panic attack symptoms are subtler and they usually reveal themselves to the sufferer when under therapeutic scrutiny, with the specialist trying to make the patient aware of the mechanisms that accompany the panic attack. Emotional triggers are often to blame for the panic attack, however, it is possible to anticipate and even prevent a feat of anxiety by recognizing the symptoms in advance and acting against them.
There is no way to enumerate all the anxiety attack symptoms in an exhaustive list, since reactions differ from individual to individual. While in some sufferers the attacks are violent and debilitating, in others they sometimes pass unrecognized, with only minor manifestations. The real problem with anxiety attacks is that once you have one, you start fearing the next and thus you are most likely to trigger it yourself.
Therapy usually focuses on breaking the vicious circle that fear generates in such a way that the patient becomes in control of the condition and eliminates panic from his/her life for ever. You don't have to live with panic attacks, you just need to learn what to do against them.
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