Anxiety Attacks
Anxiety attacks, which can also be termed as panic attacks are an acute feeling of fear and fright. Anxiety attacks are generally unexpected and invade in human life without any warning. Many times it’s a self-created panic which has no authenticity. The patients of anxiety attacks feel that there is some calamity that is going to be fallen on them and they can die any moment. Anxiety is excessively involved in our day to day activities, but when anxiety turns to be colossal and uncontrollable, it makes a room for anxiety attacks.
Anxiety Attacks
Anxiety attacks come without any prior indications and with no palpable reasons. When the person is over stressed or overwhelmed with some intense feelings of work or family matters, he suffers from anxiety attacks. This feeling is usually experienced by everyone. 75% people get anxiety attacks at least once in the whole course of their lives. Many patients get anxiety attacks even for a gigantic number of times. [1] It gives us an inkling that anxiety attacks are more often than any other bipolar disorders or phobias.
Symptoms of an anxiety attacks:
- Breath shortness
- Palpitations or throbbing heart
- Acute pain in chest
- Quivering of body
- Vomiting
Causes of anxiety attacks:
Due to a number of factors anxiety attacks can occur. The causes can be environmental or social. There may be a family quarrel or some heredity effect that can become the reason for anxiety attacks. [1] Additionally, financial problems or even mourning on someone’s death can generate anxiety attacks to a very large extent.
Reference:
Melinda Smith and Jeanne Segal, Ph.D., 2006.