Yesterday i went to the doctor’s and she told me that i had anxiety disorders. What’s it like when you guys have panic attacks?? I would like to hear from people who have had real life experiences with them, because i don’t want to feel alone about this because nobody i know has panics attacks. For me, it’s like i feel very exposed to everything, and i get random chills and i just want to cuddle up in a ball and hide from the world. My heart does not beat very abnormally fast though, but i do feel waves of nervousness rushing through my body, and i get all shaky and tingly and lightheaded and dizzy and i feel helpless, like i am about to die and nobody can save me. Every person’s experience is different right? medication for anxiety and depression

Best reply by Celi:

Mine is like this. Shaking body, extreme heat, sweating, short breaths, fast heart beat and mild nausea. My ears are filled with sound of windy forest, leaves rubbing each others. I feel like I’m going to die, hopeless and alone. Waves of emotions of fear, anxiety, anger and sadness.

I hate it when I have it middle of night, while I’m asleep.

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One of the big problems with panic attacks are they are so scary they always keep the

sufferer on high alert as to when the next one will occur. The fact that one is living on high trigger alert at all times makes them more likely to come. Though trying to fight them off is the most natural thing anyone can do, it is the wrong thing to do as far as stopping panic from reoccurring is concerned. So, what is the right way to approach this problem? In this article we will explain.

Of course, no one wants to experience a panic attack and because of this it is only natural to try to fend one off before it is started. This is what makes panic so complicated because fighting is one of the things we can do to help bring them on.  Trying to ignore them or trying to flee from them is the other normal human response that encourages panic.

Panic’s Diving Force

Why is this so? It is because panic is driven by adrenaline flowing through the bloodstream. When an abnormal amount of adrenaline is flowing in our bodies we will be very nervous. If our nervousness gets to the point where it is controlling our emotions we are likely to have a panic attack.

Therefore, we are led to the ironic conclusion that if you would like to stop a panic attack from occurring you should actually be willing to encourage them to happen rather than to fight them off or run from them. Though at first this may sound ridiculous, it is actually how many people have successfully overcome panic attack syndrome.

Always Let Your Doctor Know

Of course, if you are experiencing panic symptoms, or even worse yet, episodes that you think may be but you are not sure, you should see your doctor about these episodes to make sure he or she tells you that it is in fact, panic you are dealing with and not some physical condition.

Once he or she advises you that you do have panic disorder he or she may recommend a particular course of action. However, if the doctor feels you are not ready for medication or some other medical approach to your problem and you are left on your own to deal with the panic attacks, make sure you understand the nature of your condition. Just a good understanding about what panic is made of helps bring relief from it.

A basic knowledge of panic is very helpful. It makes you able to see that hoping panic attacks do not occur, and being afraid of them, will do you no good in your plight to overcome them. Furthermore, when you understand the fact accepting them has just the opposite effect of trying to fight with them, you will see that accepting panic will, with a little patience, help you become free of it forever.