Anxiety Attacks
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Anxiety again is a perfectly normal human response, maybe you are waiting for an exam result, a letter following a job interview, or maybe anxiety is with you all the time following a unpleasant experience, whatever the reason relaxation and self help can make a difference, again don't forget your G.P they can help you and if they can't they will know a person who can.
By taking your time and reading these articles you will be one the first step to helping reduce your anxiety, however your anxiety may be causing bigger problems and manifesting itself physically this is know as a panic attack.
This one is a little bit random but I think it was Pike in Dads Army "don't panic Mr Mannering" 
well he could of done with some relaxation.
So what is a panic attack
A Panic attack is a sudden episode of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, sweating, heart pounding, shortness of breath, want to leave a situation, the symptoms are very uncomfortable for the individual, however the response actually dates back to human evolution the fight or flight response when your adrenaline kicks in it is a response built into use for survival, but it is a different type of survival in the modern world. If you suffer these symptoms try some of the relaxation methods and contact your G.P there is loads of help available.
Find a list of some common and not so common symptoms of a panic attack.
Physical
- A sensation of adrenaline going through your entire body
- Sweating
- Shortness of breath (dyspnea)
- Stomach problems (spastic colon)
- Racing or pounding heartbeat or palpitations
- Chest pain
- Dizziness or vertigo
- Headache
- Lightheadedness
- Nausea / stomach pains
- Hyperventilation
- Choking or smothering sensations
- Hot flashes
- Cold flashes
- Tingling or numbness in the hands, face, feet or mouth (paresthesia)
- Feelings of "crawly," "itchy," or "cringy" skin sensations.
- Burning sensations
- Trembling or shaking
- Feeling of claustrophobia
- Feeling like the body is shutting down/ dying
- Tremors in the legs/shaking legs/thighs
- Tingling spine
- Feeling like one is experiencing a heart attack
- Exhaustion
- Muscle spasms
- Feeling of physical weakness or limpness of the body
- Grinding teeth or tensing other muscles repeatedly or for prolonged periods of time
- Temporary blindness
- Sizzling/ringing in ears/head
- Drying of the mouth (xerostomia)
- Throat tightening
Perceptual
- Tunnel vision
- Heightened senses
- The apparent slowing down or speeding up of time
- Dream-like sensation or perceptual distortion (derealization)
- Dissociation, or the perception that one is not connected to the body or is disconnected from space and time (depersonalization)
- Feeling of loss of free will, as if acting entirely automatically without control
Mental
- Intense and/or frightening realizations of reality
- Loss of the ability to react logically to stimuli
- Loss of cognitive ability in general
- Racing thoughts (often based on fear)
- Irrational thoughts
- Loud internal dialogue
- Feeling like nothing is real
- Feeling of impending doom
- Feeling of "going crazy" or becoming insane
- Feeling out of control
- Feeling like no one understands what is happening
- Vision is somewhat impaired (eyes may feel like they are shaking.)
- Feeling that death will come any second
- Avoidance behavior
- Agoraphobia
- Feeling like nobody else is feeling like you
Emotional
- Terror, or a sense that something unimaginably horrible is about to occur and one is powerless to prevent it
- Fear that the panic is a symptom of a serious illness
- Fear that the panic will not subside
- Fear of losing control
- Fear of death
- Fear of living
- Fear of going crazy
- Flashbacks to earlier panic trigger
- Intense "scared" feeling
- Fear of failure