Anxiety Panic Disorders – What Does An Anxiety Attack Feel Like?

Most of ask ourselves “what does an anxiety attack feel like?” It’s virtually impossible to do justice in describing the terror and fear involved in a panic attack; if you’ve had one, you know what its like; if you haven’t and you can’t imagine it.

Panic Anxiety is a sudden episode of uncomfortable fear and anxiety. And it’s accompanied by at least four of the following little helpmates:

• Racing heart rate (palpitations)
• Sweating
• Trembling
• Feeling of imminent doom
• Feeling of choking
• Inability to breathe (smothering)
• Chest pain (often mistaken for a heart attack)
• Nausea
• Dizziness
• A feeling that things are unreal
• A fear of dying
• Feeling out of control; “going crazy”
• Tingling
• Chills or hot flashes

Given this bombardment of physical sensations, no wonder a panic attack can make someone feel as if the world is exploding. And it can happen anywhere. Some panic sufferers suffer an attack out of the blue.

Others will have attacks every time a specific series of events occur (for example, at restaurants). Others are likely to have panic attacks under certain circumstances, but don’t every time.

Not all panic attacks develop into panic disorder. Some people have one panic attack and never experience another one. Some have a few that get better or worse as life stressors change.

When a person has suffered at least two unexpected panic attacks – and at least a month of fear and worry over having another one – a clinical diagnosis is likely. Even then, a sufferer may develop coping routines to avoid extreme stress – getting help from family or friends.

For some people, particularly when such support isn’t available, the only option is to withdraw from society – which is called agoraphobia. The quicker a person gets treatment for an anxiety disorder, the better the odds of getting better.

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