Everyone Experiences Anxiety And It's Symptoms Anxiety and panic stress disorders seem to be plaguing more and more persons in the world today.
One may feel helpless, frightened and as if they are in serious danger.
There are many physical symptoms that accompany these episodes.
Some of these can be feeling one's heart pounding, feeling out of breath, sweating, and many other symptoms.
This can cause a person to feel as if something is physically wrong with them and that they are in real physical danger.
All of this contributes to the anxiety and panic that one is feeling.
Your Body's "Fight or Flight" Response Is Out Of Wack For those who have never been through such an experience it can be hard to understand how a person with anxiety or panic stress disorders can feel.
These disorders are usually triggered by some event or situation that the unconscious mind misreads.
This misreading can be due to the stress and overwork a person may be dealing with or it can be due to other reasons.
Whatever causes the misreading, the fact is that the unconscious mind has misinterpreted the situation and now has sent a "fight or flee" signal to the body.
This can cause the physical symptoms and the feelings of being helpless or in danger.
Identify The Feeling, Label It, Don't Fight It And Move On When this occurs it can be difficult to know exactly what to do.
Our natural inclination is to find safety in such a situation, but because we do not really understand what is going on it may be difficult to find a place that is safe.
The truth of the matter is that in such situations we need to be able to think in a more logical manner.
This can be difficult when one is feeling the effects of panic stress.
For some people in this situation concentrating on their breathing or something else can sometimes provide a distraction until the fear subsides.
Others may find it more beneficial to examine what they are really thinking.
Neutralize Your Thinking In such situations, a person is generally reading the wrong things into a situation.
If one can consciously rethink what is going on and try to think of the situation in a neutral tone rather than the negative way they perceive it, this can help them gain control of their thoughts.
Sometimes it is too hard for a person in a panic stress situation to move from negative thoughts to positive thoughts, thus going to a neutral thought can help them in gradually moving away from the distress they are feeling.
This is an important step as once a person starts having these feelings of anxiety and panic, it be hard to break free of the cycle.
Conclusions On Panic, Stress and Fear You should take a certain amount of comfort in the fact that you're not alone in experiencing these attacks.
Nearly everyone experiences panic and anxiety at some point in their lives.
The important thing to learn is to not beat yourself up about it.
In addition, it's very helpful to be able to take a step back and identify the attacks when they happen and try to neutralize your thinking.
Identifying the feelings coming to grips with the idea you're having an attack, the fact that these attacks can't hurt you, and these attacks are going to come and go, in many cases take the "power" away from your panic and help you regain control.
One may feel helpless, frightened and as if they are in serious danger.
There are many physical symptoms that accompany these episodes.
Some of these can be feeling one's heart pounding, feeling out of breath, sweating, and many other symptoms.
This can cause a person to feel as if something is physically wrong with them and that they are in real physical danger.
All of this contributes to the anxiety and panic that one is feeling.
Your Body's "Fight or Flight" Response Is Out Of Wack For those who have never been through such an experience it can be hard to understand how a person with anxiety or panic stress disorders can feel.
These disorders are usually triggered by some event or situation that the unconscious mind misreads.
This misreading can be due to the stress and overwork a person may be dealing with or it can be due to other reasons.
Whatever causes the misreading, the fact is that the unconscious mind has misinterpreted the situation and now has sent a "fight or flee" signal to the body.
This can cause the physical symptoms and the feelings of being helpless or in danger.
Identify The Feeling, Label It, Don't Fight It And Move On When this occurs it can be difficult to know exactly what to do.
Our natural inclination is to find safety in such a situation, but because we do not really understand what is going on it may be difficult to find a place that is safe.
The truth of the matter is that in such situations we need to be able to think in a more logical manner.
This can be difficult when one is feeling the effects of panic stress.
For some people in this situation concentrating on their breathing or something else can sometimes provide a distraction until the fear subsides.
Others may find it more beneficial to examine what they are really thinking.
Neutralize Your Thinking In such situations, a person is generally reading the wrong things into a situation.
If one can consciously rethink what is going on and try to think of the situation in a neutral tone rather than the negative way they perceive it, this can help them gain control of their thoughts.
Sometimes it is too hard for a person in a panic stress situation to move from negative thoughts to positive thoughts, thus going to a neutral thought can help them in gradually moving away from the distress they are feeling.
This is an important step as once a person starts having these feelings of anxiety and panic, it be hard to break free of the cycle.
Conclusions On Panic, Stress and Fear You should take a certain amount of comfort in the fact that you're not alone in experiencing these attacks.
Nearly everyone experiences panic and anxiety at some point in their lives.
The important thing to learn is to not beat yourself up about it.
In addition, it's very helpful to be able to take a step back and identify the attacks when they happen and try to neutralize your thinking.
Identifying the feelings coming to grips with the idea you're having an attack, the fact that these attacks can't hurt you, and these attacks are going to come and go, in many cases take the "power" away from your panic and help you regain control.