For millions of people, worry disrupts everyday life, restricting it to some degree or even overshadowing it entirely. An estimated 15 percent of Americans suffer from one or another of the anxiety disorders. These include generalized anxiety, specific phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder and ... Views: 987
Panic attack is manifested with the typical attack syndromes such as a faster heart rate as though you have come from a tiring run, unstoppable trembling, and difficulty in breathing. However, stress is one of the major causes of panic attacks. Sometimes major life changes can trigger panic ... Views: 1343
Panic attack can come on very suddenly and have no obvious triggers. Although a panic attack episode may appear at random, they come from our evolutionary response to danger. Generally, a panic attack happens as a result of extremely heightened anxiety. Any of us have the potential of ... Views: 1307
Depersonalization is the state of not feeling like one-self or feeling alienated from one's own behavior, which is a mental disorder that distorts a person's sense of reality. It creates a sense of being outside the body, and a feeling of watching oneself act, while having no control over a ... Views: 2361
Derealization is a feeling of unreality or altered reality, to which panic attack patients are subject. According to the American Psychological Association, "Derealization is an alteration in the perception or experience of the external world so that it seems strange or unreal. Other symptoms ... Views: 2819
According to Handbook of emotions, "anxiety is a generalized mood condition that occurs without an identifiable triggering stimulus" , so "anxiety is considered to be a normal reaction to stress". However, it is important to remember that a panic attack is a discrete, contained episode of ... Views: 1335
Panic attacks are one of those things that are a lot of people are a victim of. Feelings of panic can be very scary, but the feelings you have are your body telling you to fight or run away from the potential danger. Most panic attacks suffers have the feeling like running away when panic ... Views: 4392
Different people have different causes for their panic attacks, and researchers are still unsure what causes panic attacks. Because these causes are often unclear, most believe that they have no choice but to live with it. However if other family members have suffered from them, there is a ... Views: 1438