What is a Panic Attack?

A panic attack is a sudden and intense period of fear and discomfort associated with both physical and psychological symptoms. Anxiety is believed to be the underlying cause of panic attacks among other theories. One theory suggests that it is part of an evolutionary response known as fight or flight that causes the body to flood itself with adrenaline that aids the body in defending itself from danger.

This theory may explain why people suffer from panic attacks when they are faced with imminent danger, but it doesn’t explain fully why people suffer from panic attacks when no danger is present.

Panic attacks also affect people differently than other people. Over time some people can learn to identify that they are simply experiencing only a panic attack and will grown accustomed to the feelings and physical symptoms. Other people can’t handle the symptoms of panic attacks as well and develop severe cases of anxiety disorder such as agoraphobia.

These people usually have a harder time controlling the negative thoughts that arise from the onslaught of a panic attack. The negative thoughts then induce more fear and anxiety which makes the panic attack progress to an even worse case of symptoms.

It’s important to learn to recognize the symptoms for what they truly are. Recognizing the symptoms to be only a panic attack and not some other serious physical or mental malady will help alleviate the intense feelings of fear and anxiety associated with a panic attack and can even help reduce the dreaded feeling of facing another panic attack.

Panic attacks are known by some people to be the scariest experiences of their lives. The symptoms of a panic attack can become so intense that people think they are suffering from a heart attack, going mentally insane, or simply about to die. The panic attack is a very effective trick the body can play over the mind into making you think that you are in serious danger.

In Panic Away there is an effective technique called the One Move that helps people identify the root or real reason why people suffer from panic attacks and then shows how to alleviate the symptoms.