Anxiety and Panic Attacks, Who Gets it and Why

By Gordon Dalwood

People that have either anxiety or panic attacks can have them for various reasons. There is not just one specific cause for these things to happen with people. It can be many different things together or one particular thing that triggers the anxiety or panic. Let's delve more into this subject to see what we can learn.

You could actually have it in your genetics to be more sensitive to anxiety than other people are. Society often refers to people like this as being naturally high strung. If you are one of these people you know what this means. You are more nervous in all situations.

Tough situations in life are normal reasons to feel tensed and pressured. Among these every daly tensions are the worries about money matters, especially when it comes to paying bills. For some people, they know how to calm down during these tough situations, but for some people, they tend to become anxious and panic will attack them at this time.

Another common problem is depression. People who are depressed normally feel worried, stressed, and anxious. This factor will even make the person to think irrationally, especially in situations where correct thinking is expected. Anxiety due to factors like this could lead to panic attacks.

Also anything that makes you have altered thinking such as taking certain drugs (legal or illegal) or imbibing in alcoholic beverages. These can distort your thinking and rationing abilities so you may not be able to keep yourself calm when needed. When your going into anxiety mode in your mind there is always a possibility of a panic attack occurring.

If you have ever had one panic attack you can always get another. Many times the fear from having one attack can make you be on the alert for another one, therefore you are in a state of anxiety. This in turn leads to another panic attack.

The cycle of anxiety and panic attack can be destructive to your wellbeing. If you just leave anxiety to go untreated, you will continue to have panic attacks for the rest of your life. Your life will never be normal again if you do not treat your anxiety right away.

When you have been in a traumatic situation in your life, where you have feared for your life this can cause you after effects. These can include a high level of fear that stays with you, which brings on anxiety. If this level of fear is too high it may turn into panic. This in another very normal thing to suffer anxiety and even panic attacks over.

What is taken in this article is the fact that every one of us can be affected by anxiety, fear, and stress at some point in our lives. Although it's true that not all of us are attacked by extreme anxiety, there is still the possibility that it will happen, especially if we do not know how to control our feelings and emotions. To help yourself prevent this from happening, research information about the traditional therapies, and alternative medications that you can use to free yourself from worries and anxiety before it ruins your life. - 31856

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