Category: Articles
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Meeting Strangers In The Grocery Line Should Not Cause Panic Attacks
Sleep should be restful, shopping should be relaxing and meeting strangers in the grocery line shouldn’t cause panic attacks. What causes pent up anxiety to become overly unbearable or out of control in seemingly normal circumstances? Panic attacks can occur unexpectedly without warning and can disrupt daily routines to the point of withdrawal. Have you…
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Dealing With Anxiety
Dealing with anxiety doesn’t have to be debilitating to your overall health. There are ways to deal with “panic attacks” or anxiety attacks without allowing it to take control of you. Most of the general population have phobias of one sort or another whether they will admit it or not, but we do not have…
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Reasonable and Unreasonable Fear
Panic is defined as “a sudden fear which dominates or replaces thinking”. There is such a thing as reasonable panic, that is panic based on tangible reasons. Let’s say you are hiking through the woods on a nice late spring day, and hear something behind you, it’s a large bear running full speed, you panic,…
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Anxiety Attack Symptoms In Women
Stress and tension are two of the main causes of anxiety attack symptoms in women. Women are commonly thought to be the “keeper of the home” and what a task that can be! Family issues with children or spouses, and the relationships shared among them can be stressful while leading to higher levels of anxiety…
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Panic Attack Symptoms Women Suffer
There are some panic attack symptoms women don’t recognize as such and mistake as symptoms related to other, more serious physical problems. They may ask, “What could possibly be causing the symptoms I am experiencing besides my heart, or cancer?” The horrible feeling of the heart racing, followed by sweating, nausea, or vomiting can be…
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Agoraphobia and Panic Attacks
There is phobia that is linked to the experience of panic attacks, and that is agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is the fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places such as shopping markets. It is a fear associated with leaving a safe zone, such as the home. Because of a feeling of being vulnerable,…
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Public Speaking and Panic Attacks
It is often observed that many people’s top ranking fear is not death but having to speak in public. The joke is that these people would rather be lying in the casket at the funeral than giving the eulogy. Public speaking for people who suffer from panic attacks or general anxiety often becomes a major…
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Causes of Panic Attacks
The short and obvious answer: panic attacks are caused by high anxiety. But, what exactly is anxiety? Understanding how anxiety crops up will help you defeat panic attacks. One of the biggest myths surrounding anxiety is that it is harmful and can lead to a number of various life-threatening conditions. Definition of Anxiety Anxiety is…