Stress and anxiety Attack

Summary: Anxiety attack may impact your quality of life if not offered treatment immediately

As a human being, it is normal that we feel anxious, worried, and worries from time to time due to the things that our complex lives bring. Stress and anxiety is simply a part of life. It helps us deal with the stresses we may come across. If you remain in a state of anxiety, it is most likely that you experience anxiety attack.

Stress and anxiety attack is an abrupt rise of overwhelming worry that comes without warning and without any evident reason and this would generally last for no more than 10 minutes. It is much more intense than having anxiety or the sensation of being stressed out. One in every 75 individuals worldwide will experience an anxiety attack at one point in his/her life.

Most anxiety patients report worry of dying, going bananas or losing control of emotions as well as habits. The events typically provoke a strong desire to get away or run away from the place where the attack starts, and they are associated with chest pain or shortness of breath, and sensation of impending doom

A person with a phobia will frequently experience an anxiety attack as a direct result to the hung-up trigger. These anxiety attacks are quick and rapidly relieved once the trigger is escaped. In the conditions of persistent anxiety, one anxiety attack can generally develop into another one, leading to an anxious fatigue over a period of days.

A stress and anxiety attack has symptoms that frequently happen unexpectedly without any evident cause. The symptoms can be as follows”

§ Pounding heartbeat, typically much faster in nature
§ Increased sweating
§ Dizziness, lightheadedness, queasiness
§ Difficulty breathing
§ Tingling and/or feeling numb in the face
§ Perceptual distortions or dreamlike sensations (de-realization).
§ Disassociation, the understanding that one is not linked to the body and time.
§ Fear of losing control and doing something awkward.
§ Fear of dying.
§ Feeling of impending doom.
§ Crying, associated to the above symptoms.

Stress and anxiety attack generally last for several minutes and is considered among the most troubling condition that anyone can endure in daily life. The way to understand the various symptoms of anxiety attack is: first, comes the abrupt shock of worry with less or no triggering inspiration, and then this will cause a release of adrenaline (epinephrine), which triggers the supposed fight-or-flight response, where the individual’s body gets ready for significant exercise. This results to an increased heart rate, labored breathing or hyperventilation, and sweating. The diaphragm, involved in the action of the lungs, is likewise a muscle and it can become extremely tight. When there is continuous, inferior anxiety, a person often works too tough when breathing. However, if there is hyperanxiety or an anxiety attack, there is overwhelming enjoyment, and a person may hyperventilate.

Because exhausting activity hardly ever emerges, the hyperventilation leads to carbon dioxide levels lowering in the lungs and then the blood, resulting to the shift in the pH of the blood, which will then cause much of the other symptoms, such as tingling or feeling numb, lightheadedness, and lightheadedness.

Stress and anxiety attack is a serious condition, however before you start thinking if you have this condition and go running to see a doctor, stop and take a deep breath! Unwind before you start having an anxiety attack, even if you really don’t have it. Do not take things too hard for it may cause something severe and may impact your everyday routine. Take things gently. In any case, if you think you have this condition, the very first thing you should do is see a doctor. , if you are identified with anxiety attack condition, proper medication and great counseling can bring your life to normal once again.. Otherwise, tell yourself to relax and continue to live your life to the fullest.

If you are in a state of anxiety, it is most likely that you experience anxiety attack.

One in every 75 individuals worldwide will experience an anxiety attack at one point in his/her life.

In the conditions of persistent anxiety, one anxiety attack can generally turn into another one, leading to an anxious fatigue over a period of days.

Stress and anxiety attack generally last for several minutes and is considered one of the most troubling condition that anyone can live through in daily life. If you are identified with anxiety attack condition, proper medication and great counseling can bring your life to normal once again.

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Susan Campbell
Susan is a freelance writer covering hypnotherapy, hypnosis and general health and wellbeing topics. Susan also writes about NLP and PSYCH-K.
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