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Information You Need About Anxiety Attacks

By Neil Redfern

When you worry, you can have an anxiety attack. These attacks can come from many areas such as flying, your job, public speaking or arguing with your spouse. As you are having an anxiety attack nothing you do gets rid of the worry and your anxiety builds until it is intolerable.

It is hard to trace anxiety attacks to an identifiable cause. Many of the people who suffer from anxiety attacks often are surprised how they simply pop up out of the blue. Having had anxiety attacks before the thought of having another one it terrifying. Your fear will become intense. Then your natural "fight or flight" response kicks in and this compounds the anxiety.

When the anxiety attack begins, the person may experience a rapid heart rate, shortness of breath, chills, hot flashes, nausea or dizziness. Now the person realizes they are having an anxiety attack. This makes the symptoms increase and may lead to more serious symptoms.

Anxiety attacks occur within minutes and will stop once the person who is having the anxiety attack has found a way to calm down.

People with deep seated issues that are having anxiety attacks will need medical treatment. Traumatic stress syndrome, social phobia and anxiety disorders will need psychiatric therapy.

You can prevent having anxiety attacks by doing the following: * take a deep breath * stop worrying about little things * take it easy * before you worry about something decide if it is worth the time * talk to people * do not drink alcohol * get plenty of sleep * be happy

During an anxiety attack your body feels as though your life is in danger. Your breathing speeds up, you have rapid heart rate and digestion slows down. Once the anxiety attack stops you will feel physically and mentally drained. - 26706

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