Panic Attacks

By Michele Bersani

The panic attacks is presented with an intense feeling of fear which occurs suddenly not necessarily caused by exposure to a situation of anxiety, sudden onset and more often within a few minutes to intensify some symptoms typical of an anxiety attack, such as difficulty breathing, tremors, sweating, tachycardia, which lead the subject to believe they are dying or going crazy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: ALVIS International Editions
• Release date: Jun 18, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476415246

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Panic Attacks

Michele Bersani

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INDEX

Introduction

Anxiety and Panic Attacks

Panic and Panic Timor

Panic and Fear

Phenomenology of Disorder

The Fear of News

The Fear of Yourself

Perspective Psychodynamic

The Genesis Psychoanalytic

The Symptoms

The Diagnostic Criteria

The Causes of Disorder

The Consequences of Disorder

Therapeutic Treatments

The Drug Therapy

Psychotherapy

What to Do During a Panic Attack

INTRODUCTION

The panic attack is presented with an intense feeling of fear which occurs suddenly not necessarily caused by exposure to a situation that the subject is usually anxiety, sudden onset and more often within a few minutes to intensify some symptoms typical of an anxiety attack, such as difficulty breathing, tremors, sweating, tachycardia, which lead the subject to believe they are dying or going crazy. Sufferers of panic very often is cultured from a variety of phobias that cannot handle: go out alone from home, but also stand alone in the house turns out to be an undertaking, through an open space, but also being in a confined space like an elevator , or even use public transport such as buses and car can cause a panic attack. The causes that lie behind this way of feeling are never related to the objective facts or hard data, but a very deep psychological motivations. It would seem that those who are afraid of everything that is external, and that is perceived as threatening, but this is the result of a projection: i.e., that we have done on the outside, outside of themselves, the cause of their fear. Anxiety is a state common to all, we all know it, because it takes us on a daily basis in dealing with the commitments and responsibilities of every day, but if you exceed certain limits of anxiety takes over a perceived malaise, discomfort, more or less intense, commonly called stress. In principle, when they appear more or less sudden sensations of this kind, you can always reconnect to a thought, to our self-dialogue, the so-called conscience, to understand or mental images, which at that moment through the mind. Perhaps may be due to the way we are perceiving, interpreting the situation in which we declined. In this thought-conjunction anxiety are not always aware, are phenomena which often proceed automatically, below threshold with respect to consciousness. But this sudden movement that occurs at the emotional level is merely a signal, a vehicle of valuable information with respect to potential hazards that you find around us, but more information about us, how we reason, what we value, what we fear. The symptoms of panic disorder, often the same as physical illnesses, bring the patient to be convinced of being the bearer of cardiac or respiratory crisis, with the feeling of running serious health risks to the fear of impending death. There is a perception, therefore, an entity external to the person who just attacks, disturbing, sometimes out of the blue, in other words without any apparent cause, through his symptoms: somatic symptoms in this way are given concrete that can be touched with the hand. One can say that the person suffering from anxiety and panic experiences suffering through his flesh, his breath choked, the weakness that sometimes leads to fainting senses, the heart races and the chills and hot flashes through the body in waves. A panic attack is defined as a distinct period of intense fear or discomfort, accompanied by at least four somatic or cognitive symptoms such as, among others, palpitations, tremor, tachypnea, sweating and a sense of suffocation. Panic disorder is often accompanied by agoraphobia, i.e. fear of being alone in a public place (e.g., a supermarket), especially in places where it would be impossible for a quick escape if the subject presented a panic attack. The first panic attack is often completely spontaneous, but occasionally can be the result of excitement, exercise, sexual activity or emotional trauma modest to meet the diagnostic criteria for panic disorder, at least the first attacks must be unexpected. Panic attacks often begin with a ten minute period of rapid increase in the severity of symptoms. Patients usually are unable to report the source of their fear, they feel confused and have difficulty concentrating. Patients often try to leave any situation in which you are seeking help. Suffering from panic disorder so it is extremely debilitating, its autonomy is greatly reduced and begins to live, with great difficulty, with the fear of fear, avoiding places and contexts considered off limits because it likely triggers. Avoidance is thus a factor in the maintenance of a panic attack because in the case of critical situations, limits the possibilities of the subject of anxiety and try to find out that this does not lead to catastrophe. You will enter into a vicious circle in which the subject thinks more about their condition, most are sick and hardly able to see a glimmer of recovery. However you can get out of panic and 'agoraphobia: cognitive behavioral therapy is a valuable tool, but there are other perhaps more valid that will be explained in the course of this discussion, through which you can modify dysfunctional thoughts, those that generate fear and avoidance. There are also various techniques to control emotional responses and to modify the responses of escape and avoidance. Likewise, you can learn more functional coping styles, experimenting and increasing their sense of self-efficacy, so that the experience of panic attacks become an outdated page of the book of his life.

ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS

Anxiety and panic attacks are defined by the doctors' fear without its object , because it often appears without a reason: we live as anxiety and can occur even when there is a real and imminent danger. Often occurs with a heartbeat, heavy sweating or a sensation of breathlessness. Suddenly increases, leading to thoughts of excessive concern for the future, fear of not being able or not able to cope with problems and daily life, like work and family responsibilities. Sometimes we send signals to people around us, behaving in a different and unusual as we move faster, gnawing nails, smoking excessively. Do not forget that our body adjusts everything, remembers everything. When it's time, it flashes a signal in the form of pain, a disorder, a muscle contraction. Do not just run to the gym venting with exercises to release tension, or take some pills hoping that everything passes. Sooner or later the body will send back the signal again, forcing us to listen. Anxiety and panic attacks are the body's response to a distress of mind, emotion, a very unpleasant feeling of apprehension, fear, threat to our physical and psychological integrity, often accompanied by bodily changes. There is also a degree of 'anxiety and panic attacks normal, i.e. a body's natural response to situations of stress or danger. And 'when this response becomes excessive that anxiety and panic attacks can become a serious problem, not to be underestimated. A minimum of anxiety is the incentive for our business, allows us to make more, for example stimulates us to study more so in view of an examination. Anxiety and panic attacks normal" are mild and do not last long and are proportionate to the problems we face: it never becomes an obstacle to the activity but it makes us better prepared, attentive, efficient. Anxiety and panic attacks become a problem when they are very intense and unpleasant, you have consistently and continuously for longer periods of time, beginning to affect our everyday activities, such as work and relationships with colleagues and family. When the 'anxiety and panic attacks stop being a stimulus and become a real disorder, it speaks of pathological anxiety.

Schematically, the two types of anxiety and panic attacks (normal and pathological), occur as

Anxiety and panic attacks normal

• normal intensity and proportionate to the difficulties to be faced

• short duration and limited in time

• no feeling of unpleasantness or suffering

• increase the effectiveness and efficiency of our operations, does not compromise the work, nor the relationship with other people.

Pathological anxiety and panic attacks

• an excessive amount compared to the difficulties to be faced

• constant length, repetitive and prolonged

• feelings of discomfort and suffering

• reduced ability to concentrate, memory, personal efficiency

• difficulty in social relationships.

Anxiety and panic attacks by their nature are intense and growing rapidly. Causes a decrease of thoughts, concentration and attention, generating blocks, preventing us from thinking about how to effectively resolve situations. Actually, not really a separate block: when we are in a state of anxiety, as we breathe faster, even faster than we think, the bad thing is that we focus only on the problem, seeing him, reviving, so the only way ' we find out is to escape. Anxious people overestimate the potential harmful and dangerous events and underestimate their ability to confront and resolve them. As the anxious person is led to seek a life out, every time a new attack in the future will be built anxious search for that avoidance behavior that worked in the past will always be stronger. We must not make the mistake of underestimating the destructive thoughts of a highly anxious person. These thoughts can escalate and

Reviews for Panic Attacks

[Cristian Buița · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Overall the book helped, however, the English used was very confusing , quite annoying at some times. Therefore, not sure if the book was translated from another language , but it might end up confusing some people. Other than that it gives a good idea to what panic attacks are.