Symptoms Of Anxiety
How to Identify and Stop the Physical Symptoms of Anxiety Attacks
Here, you'll learn how to identify the physical symptoms of anxiety attacks and how to stop them naturally without drugs. Anxiety attack symptoms are horrifying, but once you know them for what they are, and what causes them, you'll be better placed to deal with them.
What Causes Anxiety Attacks?
Anxiety attack, or panic attack, are the names given to the condition where a sufferer experiences a set of symptoms that appear suddenly from nowhere. These are extremely frightening symptoms that are actually the result of your body's natural, in-build protective response to a 'perceived' threat.
For example, many thousands of years ago, when a human was confronted with physical danger, the body reacted by triggering extremely rapid chemical changes to occur in the brain, that caused numerous physical changes in the body, in order to give the person as much chance to survive as possible.
Heart rate, blood flow, vision, hearing, muscles, etc. were all rapidly enhanced to allow humans to fight or run away to their maximum ability. This is called the body's flight or flight response.
How to Identify the Physical Symptoms Of Anxiety Attacks
Now, in the present day you're highly unlikely to be faced with wild animals or other tribes trying to kill you, etc. So how come your body reacts in the way it does?
Remember, your body only needs to 'perceive' there is danger; it doesn't actually need to confirm it. Your body doesn't want to react too slowly, nor does it want to take a chance with your well-being, so it 'assumes' the worst case scenario, and triggers the response.
All this takes is for your anxiety levels to rise beyond a certain level. An anxiety or panic attack can occur in a person who already has higher than normal levels of anxiety or stress.
For example, if you're in a period of your life where you're under daily stress and / or suffering from general anxiety. All it takes is for you to be faced with an everyday stressful event, e.g. being stuck in rush hour traffic, for that additional spike of stress to add to your already high anxiety levels and push your anxiety 'over the top' thus triggering your body's response.
Your body is preparing you to fight or run away. But, because you aren't aware of any physical danger, the chemical and physical changes happening rapidly to you, manifest themselves in the symptoms of an anxiety attack.
Typical symptoms are tightness across chest or throat, racing heart, trembling, tingling extremities, nausea, rapid and shallow breathing, hot and cold flashes, a 'detached from reality' feeling, a feeling of imminent doom, etc. I can testify to just how terrifying these symptoms can be.
How to Stop the Physical Symptoms Of Anxiety Attacks
(1) Remember that they cannot harm you. They are only your body's natural reaction to a threat that doesn't even exist! Bear this in mind at the onset of the symptoms.
(2) During an anxiety attack, your body's oxygen / carbon dioxide ratio is out of balance, partly due to your shallow, rapid breathing. Re-balance this by regaining controlled breathing. Breath slowly and rhythmically in through your nose and out through you mouth. Re-breathing into a paper bag can help too.
(3) Distraction is another technique that can help. You need to distract your mind from worrying about your symptoms as this only adds to your overall anxiety. Talk to your friend or partner, focus on an object and get as much information out of it as you can.
The Fear Factor Holding Your Recovery Back
There are many techniques for handling anxiety and anxiety attacks. But there is one critical issue that is often overlooked. And that is your in-built fear, since your last attack, of having another. And no wonder, anxiety attacks are so distressing. You can recognise this fear for what it is or, it can be in your subconscious.
But this fear adds to your already high anxiety and stress, so can push you over the edge once more into another anxiety attack. You need to break out of this cycle of anxiety / anxiety attack / fear / anxiety / anxiety attack, etc. in order to prevent anxiety attacks and eliminate your general anxiety.
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The author constantly researches health issues then writes reports on his findings so that you are perhaps more aware of the facts, and then, better able to make an informed decision on your choice of treatment and cure. Remember to always consult your doctor first.
Is this normal to feel like this?
So for about 4 months been dealing with having anxiety, had first anxiety attack around late November had more after that to the point where ended up on A&E twice, they did blood tests and everything was fine, went to doctors and basically said i have to learn to deal with it and it will go, and i have which has helped a lot, like i can't really tell if i'm back to myself because i cant remember what it feels like to feel normal as i had it for long time, but anyway i haven't had proper anxiety attack fully since December, but i still have other symptoms of anxiety? like i have really bad brain fog and stuff and i have a ringing in my ears constantly that sometimes i don't notice and it goes but still there, does this mean i am near recovery i have literally worked so hard to get over this and tried everything and dedicated myself to it, but sometimes i feel like i am going crazy is this normal?
Prefer to have people who actually been through this or have knowledge of it answer rather that people who don't no nothing about it
Thank you
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Depersonalization as a symptom of anxiety episode?
About 3 months ago I experienced an episode of severe anxiety due to life changes. I had extreme heart palpitations and difficulty breathing 24/7. I felt scared and cried everyday. Also, I had panic attacks very frequently. All of these things lasted full force for about one month. Then, at the end of that month, one night I suddenly felt like I had no idea who I was and did not recognize myself in the mirror. Thus, the depersonalization began. This made all of the previous anxiety symptoms come back. This all lasted full force for about 2 or 3 months. Now, I am having panic attacks less often and the anxiety symptoms have faded BUT I STILL HAVE DEPERSONALIZATION. It no longer leads to panic attacks or makes me cry but I just don't feel like myself. I do NOT have an established anxiety disorder and this has never happened to me before. This episode of anxiety was the first time anything like this has ever happened to me. What I want to know is: has anyone gone through this before? Will the depersonalization fade away? I am very scared and just want to go back to my normal self. I would also like to add that I have NEVER smoked or done any kinds of drugs and have never drank alcohol so I know that my anxiety episode is definitely the cause.
Thank you for your answers. I definitely relate to Rebecca's answer and that made me feel very comforted. Moonzombie, you are right I should have been more specific. I believe that we have very different levels of depersonalization and very different needs in treating them. My depersonalization simply stemmed from a bout of anxiety due to beginning college for the first time. i do not have post traumatic stress disorder. In fact, the change that occurred was not traumatic, just different. I do not plan on beginning medication.
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