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    Dealing With Anxiety And Panic Attacks

    By on Thursday, February 16th, 2012 | No Comments

    By Jim Kesel

    In this country many of us have heard of mental disorders, and most of us think that only certain people become afflicted with these conditions. However this is simply not the case. Mental disorders include panic attacks, anxiety disorders and social anxieties as well.

    These anxiety attacks can range from mild discomfort to debilitating agoraphobia and this is a condition that can strike anyone. Your life is going along in its normal day to day fashion when suddenly without any warning terror has you in its grip. You feel weak and helpless. Your hearts pounding and you have trouble breathing. You may even wonder if you’re having a heart attack or if youre about to die. When you finally go to see a doctor, you might even be told theres nothing physically wrong with you.

    At first you are stunned by the attack asking yourself what just happened to me. You are frightened by the experience but now you realize that the fear feeling is still there. About this time you may begin to conclude that you had an anxiety or panic attack. You find yourself feeling very uncomfortable in certain social situations or physical surroundings. The worst part is that you cannot control these feelings.

    You say to yourself what in the world is going on with me. What you have is the beginnings of a serious mental disorder called agoraphobia. As it develops you will find that you find more and more situations that you feel uncomfortable in and begin to avoid them. Agoraphobia has been around for a long time and its very name is rooted back to ancient history. It literally means fear of the crowded public market place.

    Agoraphobia is a condition that develops gradually. In general it occurs after a panic attack. After the first attack you may subconsciously be preparing for another attack and fearing the symptoms that will leave you feeling helpless. This cycle of panic attack and impending panic attack can cause you to change your entire lifestyle just to avoid those feelings of terror. As panic attacks can occur anywhere at anytime, we generally associate the first place that we felt helpless as perhaps the reason for our anxiety attack. A routine of fear and subsequent panic attack dominates your life. People, who have suffered from PTSD associated with a traumatic event, relate this event to everyday life situations. Most of the time agoraphobia starts slow and then grows as you wait for the next attack to commence.

    Anyone suffering from this condition will find that their world is closing in on them. In extreme cases the individual will confine themselves to their house or even to a single room within a home. Just discussing a trip to a public place with people will trigger a racing heart. Frequently the person begins to sweat and experience chest pains similar to a heart attack. It is not uncommon for a person suffering from agoraphobia and panic attacks to stop taking care of their physical needs. They cannot go to a public place to buy clothes or get a haircut and sometimes cannot seek medical attention because of the fear of a crowded doctors office.

    It is critical for the patient to see a medical specialist that treats this disorder prior to it becoming serious. Failure to do so may prevent the individual from getting needed assistance outside of a medical inpatient facility. This is very serious and debilitating disease that affects many people. Seeking treatment early allows for more treatment options. New effective medications are available that will assist in recovery. Anxiety attacks are a serious mental condition that we all need to be aware of.

    About the Author: James A. Kesel, MS Dealing with Anxiety and Panic Attacks, http://www.stop-anxiety-attacks.net

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    Panic Attack Treatments – Why It’s Not a “mental Health” Issue

    By on Thursday, October 27th, 2011 | No Comments

    By Mary Susan Johnson

    When looking for Panic Attack Treatments it’s a common mistake to think of the problem as a mental health issue.

    The good news is that treating panic attacks successfully is about calming down an overactive mind and not about mental health. Panic attacks can be cured in a matter of hours and certainly don’t require months of therapy.

    To get a better understanding of why this is let’s look at what panic attacks are. That way the treatment will make more sense.

    Two important realizations:

    I’d like to share with you a couple of things that helped me on the road to curing my own panic attacks.

    The first was realizing that I wasn’t alone – that in fact many people suffer panic attacks.

    The second was realizing that having panic attacks did not mean that I was going crazy (even though sometimes that’s just what it felt like).

    One of the most awful things about panic attacks is feeling out of control. I often felt very dizzy and worried I might faint. And my breathing would get tight and my heart would race, which made me fear I’d have a heart attack – of course this made things worse.

    Not being able to control the attacks made them all the more worrying. When would the next one come? Where would I be? Would I be able to cope? These worries helped make the next attack a self-fulfilling prophecy.

    I began to feel that there must really be something wrong with me. Everyone else could get on with their lives, but not me. Perhaps I really was a bit crazy?

    1 in 20:

    The reality is that around 1 person in 20 suffers panic attacks (National Institute of Mental Health figures). This may even be an underestimate, because lots of people either don’t get properly diagnosed or don’t seek treatment.

    It helped just to know that I wasn’t alone, but that was only a first step to treating my panic.

    Not a “mental health” issue:

    The next was to understand that, while it’s hard to believe, panic attacks are a natural response to events in our lives and I wasn’t going mad.

    Panic attacks are the result of the body’s “fight or flight” mechanism being triggered. Usually a person’s first panic attack is caused by something particularly stressful or during a particularly stressful period in their life.

    The problem is that the sub-conscious mind has overreacted to a perceived threat. It triggers the “fight or flight” mechanism to protect us. In the past this might have helped us escape from a saber toothed tiger.

    Unfortunately, our minds aren’t good at telling the difference between a build up of day to day stress in our lives and a life or death situation.

    Once a person has had one panic attack another is more likely, as the mind may react to “triggers” that remind them of the original attack.

    For example, your first attack might have happened while driving. It wasn’t necessarily the driving that was the real cause – more likely the stress had been building for some time. But your mind remembers that you were driving when the attack happened and links the two.

    Now driving has become a “trigger” for the next attack.

    Panic attack treatments:

    Being aware of this certainly helped, but what really turned things around for me was discovering a treatment that broke this cycle of attacks.

    The amazing thing is that the treatment is so simple. It interrupts the “fight or flight” hijacking of your brain while it is actually happening, which immediately puts you back in control.

    Within a few days I was able to use the technique to stop panic attacks before they even began.

    The treatment is called the “One Move” and was pioneered by Joe Barry. For more information on the “One Move” visit my blog at www.OvercomingPanicAttacks.org.uk

    About the Author: Mary Susan Johnson is a former panic attack sufferer. In her blog she writes about Panic Attack Treatments and tells her story of how she finally overcame her own panic attacks. Click here to visit her blog.

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    Anxiety With Depression Can Be Serious

    By on Monday, October 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

    By Sammy Kay

    Anxiety, by definition, is a heightened state of fearful awareness with heart and thoughts racing. Depression, on the other hand, is a dulling of all interest and an inability to concentrate, a lack of energy, and a real sense of not being able to accomplish anything.

    Due to these diverse mood descriptions many may be surprised to learn how often depression presents itself as a secondary disorder in an individual who is already suffering with chronic anxiety. Normal sleep patterns are seriously disrupted for the individual suffering with this combination of mental disorders aggravating the depressive lack of energy, and contributing to more confusing thought patterns.

    Alcohol abuse can quickly become a factor in this combination of disorders, since the sufferer may initially feel they are receiving some relief from their discomfort by drinking to help induce sleep, etc. As in nearly any other instance you can think of, dependency on alcohol never helps a situation in the long run, quite conversely, it adds another dimension to the struggles to overcome.

    Extreme anger is another symptom of this combined disorder, the person may be very quick to rage, and slow to calm down. Many people in both verbally and physically abusive relationships could be helped much sooner if they were able to convince their partner to be tested and then treated for a mental disorder.

    The person with this combination of anxiety and depression is not processing information correctly, and may believe others are against them, and blame especially those closest for their feelings. Unexpected situations are a fact of daily life, but for the individual struggling to make sense out of their uncontrollable apprehensions, in combination with an overwhelming feeling of worthlessness, any change in a routine, or small disappointment may send them into a downward spiral of anger, and aggression with no sensitivity towards the damage they are causing those around them.

    Being anxious and or depressed most of the time makes enjoying life and experiencing any consistent sense of satisfaction unattainable. The obsessive worry and fear, the inability to rationally address any issue at hand, combined with a body that is running at it’s lowest level of productivity, all this magnifies the individual’s feelings of helplessness.

    The all consuming dread and general gloom and doom attitude eat away at any desire to cultivate friendships, appreciate a hobby, or even take a walk. `If only’ can be a prevailing thought, as the unfortunate person struggles to make some sense out of their despair.

    As troubling as these collective disorders are, there is help readily available for those who need it. It would be very wise for the loved one of an individual presenting these behavioral patterns to become as educated as possible in both of these two areas of related disorders.

    Perhaps only then, when the anxious and depressed person is approached in love and concern from a caring person, will they be ready to seek help. If allowed to continue on in the self deprecating and negative life styles these disorders breed, the anguished individual will very possibly go on to add even more disturbing symptoms and phobias to their already distressing repertoire.

    About the Author: For more information on anxiety try visiting http://www.BestAnxietyRelief.com a website that specializes in providing anxiety related tips, advice and resources to include information on anxiety depression.

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    Get a Grip and Control Your Anxiety Panic Attack

    By on Monday, September 12th, 2011 | No Comments

    By Margaret. H

    One of the most important and effective things that you can do is actually take a step back from your situation and start to breathe. Listen to your breathing and try to control it slowly and gradually by breathing in and out slowly and surely. Make sure you get a rhythm going and try to slow down the patterns of your lungs. When you are having an anxiety attack, one of the things that you will sense is that your chest is being crushed and your stomach burns with some sort of acidic fluid. Expel your stomach and fill it with as much air as you can. Once you are able to make your body breathe naturally and gain the same rhythm just before the attack. Actually, one of the great ways to protect yourself is to practice these sort of breathing techniques almost every day and this will come naturally to you.

    You can also try to do a little investigation and try to find out exactly what is the cause of your anxiety. It is not easy to actually find out, because there could be a whole host of reasons why you would be experiencing anxiety attacks. It could be genetics, hereditary or even some of the things that you are exposing yourself to. Once you can root out the very cause of our anxiety attack, you will be able to stop these attacks from happening ever again. What you can do is to visit a doctor, who will do a series of tests to ensure and find out what is the cause of your anxiety. There will be some therapy to get you out of the cycle, but gradually, there will be a marked improvement.

    Last but not least, there is much talk about the mindset of the person. Mental training is one of the most effective ways that you can employ to get rid of anxiety attacks and you can achieve this with some mental training. Knowledge in one of the largely effectual ways to battle nervousness is to teach yourself. When we are acquainted with what we’re up alongside we be inclined to contain a smaller amount of anxiety. No matter if it’s a dread of the dark or the time limit at labour, the most excellent thing you can perhaps do is teach yourself. Interpret about the topic or state of affairs, converse to others who are going through comparable state of affairs etc.

    These are some of the ways that you can employ to overcome anxiety attacks and as you can see they are not too hard to do. Most of these exercises can be done at home and there is a lot of literature that is available on and offline. Anxiety attacks are not fun and when they come at the wrong time, they can be very dangerous and sometimes even fatal. It is up to you to get rid of it and the only person that will help you is .. .you.

    About the Author: MindMatters Psychology Practice provides child development support services for children and young adults. They also provide an IQ Testing for children to pinpoint any possibleasperger’s syndrome.

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