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Psychologist's Explanation: What is a Panic Attack
27.08.2023 00:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:23
Panic attacks (episodic paroxysmal anxiety) - attacks of severe anxiety (panic) or fear (most often - fear of death, less often - fear of losing consciousness, loss of control, helplessness or fear of "going crazy"), accompanied by a rapid heartbeat and a feeling of "suffocation" , "lack of air."
How to know if it's a panic attack
How do you know if you're having a panic attack? Sudden feelings of anxiety and fear, rapid heartbeat, trembling, nausea, dizziness, a “lump” in the throat are all signs of approaching panic.
What can cause a panic attack
The causes of panic attacks can be stress, increased anxiety, depression, general exhaustion of the body. Sometimes they can be caused by hormonal disorders, pathologies of the central nervous system, and some somatic diseases.
How do you feel during a panic attack
A panic attack is a case of an attack of fear with a sense of imminent death or anxiety, accompanied by certain symptoms.
Most often, these include: rapid heartbeat and pulse, sweating, chills or a feeling of heat, tremors, shortness of breath and suffocation, dizziness, fainting, fear of death, and others.
Panic attacks can cause you to experience the horror of losing control of yourself or death, a feeling of loss of consciousness, disorientation. Panic attacks can also have physical symptoms such as tremors, nausea, rapid and irregular heartbeat, dry mouth, shortness of breath, sweating, and dizziness.
