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What Are The Causes Of Panic Attacks?
The short and obvious answer: panic attacks are caused by 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 defined as a state of apprehension of fear resulting from the anticipation of a real or imagined threat, event, or situation. It is one of the most common human emotions experienced by people at some point in their lives.
However most people who have never experienced a panic attack, or extreme anxiety, fail to realize the terrifying nature of the experience. Extreme dizziness, blurred vision, tingling and feelings of breathlessness- and that´s just the tip of the iceberg!
When these sensations occur and people do not understand why, they feel they have conracted an illness, or a serious mental condition. The threat of losing complete control seems verx real and naturally very terrifying.
Fight/Flight Response: One Of The Root Causes Of Panic Attacks?
I am sure most of you have heard of the fight/flight response as an explanation for one of the root causes of panic attacks. Have you made the connection between this response and the unusual sensations you experience during and after a panic attack episode?
Anxiety is a response to danger or threat. It is so named because all of its effects are aimed toward either fighting or feeling or fleeing from the danger. Thus, the sole purpose of anxiety is to protect the individual from harm. Thsi may seem ironic given that you no doubt feel your anxiety is actually causing you great harm... perhaps the most significant of all causes of panic attacks.
However, the anxiety that the fight/flight response created was vital in the daily survival of our ancient ancestors-when faced with some danger, an automatic rsponse would take over that propelled them to take immediate action such as attack or run. Even in today´s hectic world, this is still a necessary mechanism. It comes in useful when you must respond to a real threat within a split second.
Anxiety is a built-in mechanism to protect us from danger. Interstingly, it is a mechanism that protects but does not harm-an important point that will be elaborated upon later.
The Physical Manifestations of a Panic Attack: Other pieces of the puzzle to understand the causes of panic attacks. Nervousness and Chemical Effectss...
When confronted with danger, the brain sends signals to a section of the nervous system. It is this system that is resposile for garing the body up for action and also calms the body down and restores equilibrium. To carry out these two vital functions, the automatic nervous system has two subsections, the sympathisc nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system.
Althought I don´t want to become too "scientific", having a basic understanding of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system will help you understand the causes of panic attacks.
The sympathetic system is resposible for releasing the adrenaline from the adrenal glands on the kidneys. These are small glands located just above the kidneys. Less known, however, is that the adrenal lands also release adrenalin, which functions as the body´s chemical messengers to keep the activit going. When a panic attack begins, it does not switch off as easily as it is turned on. There is always a period of what would seem increased or continued anxiety, as these messengers travel throughout the body. Tink of them as one of the physiological causes of panic attacks, if you will.
After a period of time, the parasmpathetic nervous system gets called into action. Its role is to return the body to normal functioning once the perceived danger is gone. The parasympathetic system is the system we all know and love, because it returns us to a calm relaxed state.
When we engage in a coping strategy that we have learned, for example, a relaxation technique, we are in fact willing the parasympathetic nercous system into action. A good thing to remember is that this system wil be brought into action at some stage whether we will it or not. The body cannot continue in an ever-increasing spiral of anxiety. It reaches a point where it simply must kick in, relaxing the body. This is one of the many built-in protection systems our bodies have for survival.
You can do your best with worrying thoughts, keeping the sympathetic nervous system going, but eventually it stops. In time, it becomes a little smarter than us, and realizes that there really is no danger. Our bodies are incredibly intelligent-modern science is always discovering amazing patterns of intelligence that run throughout the cells of our body. Our body seems to have infinite ways of dealing with the most cmplicated array of functions we take for grated. Rest assured that your bodyßs primary goal is to keep you alive and well.
Not so convinced?
Try holding your breath for as long as you can. No matter how strong your mental will is, it can never override the will of the body. This is good news-no matter how hard you try to convince yourself that you are going to die from a panic attack, you won´t. Your body will override that fear and search for a state of balance. There has never been a reported incident of someone dying from a panic attack.
The burning question is: Why is the fight/flight response activated during a panic attack even when there is apparently nothing to be frightened of?
Upon closer examination of the causes of panic attacks, it would appear that what we are afraid of are the sensations themselves-we are afraid of the body losing control. These unexpected physical symptoms create the fear or panic that something is terribly wrong. Why do you experience the physical symptoms of the fight/flight response if you are not frightened to begin with? There are many ways these symptoms can manifest themselves, not just through fear.
For example, it may be that you have become generally stressed for some reason in your life, and this stress results in an increase in the production of adrenaline and other chemicals, which from time to time, would produce symptoms...and which you perceive as the causes of panic attacks.
This increased adrenaline can be maintained chemically in the body, even aften the stress has long gone. Another possibility is diet, which directly affects our level of stress. Excess caffeine, alcohol, or sugar is known for causing stress in the body , and is believed to be one of the contributing factors of the causes of panic attacks (Chapter 5 gives a full discussion on diet and its importance).
Unresolved emotions are often pointed to as possible trigger of panic attacks, but it is important to point out that eliminating panic attacks from your life does not necessarily mean analyzing your psyche and digging into your subconscious. The "One Move" technique will teach you to deal with the present moment and defuse the attack along with removing the underlying anxiety that sparks the initial anxiety.
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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 defined as a state of apprehension of fear resulting from the anticipation of a real or imagined threat, event, or situation. It is one of the most common human emotions experienced by people at some point in their lives.
However most people who have never experienced a panic attack, or extreme anxiety, fail to realize the terrifying nature of the experience. Extreme dizziness, blurred vision, tingling and feelings of breathlessness- and that´s just the tip of the iceberg!
When these sensations occur and people do not understand why, they feel they have conracted an illness, or a serious mental condition. The threat of losing complete control seems verx real and naturally very terrifying.
Fight/Flight Response: One Of The Root Causes Of Panic Attacks?
I am sure most of you have heard of the fight/flight response as an explanation for one of the root causes of panic attacks. Have you made the connection between this response and the unusual sensations you experience during and after a panic attack episode?
Anxiety is a response to danger or threat. It is so named because all of its effects are aimed toward either fighting or feeling or fleeing from the danger. Thus, the sole purpose of anxiety is to protect the individual from harm. Thsi may seem ironic given that you no doubt feel your anxiety is actually causing you great harm... perhaps the most significant of all causes of panic attacks.
However, the anxiety that the fight/flight response created was vital in the daily survival of our ancient ancestors-when faced with some danger, an automatic rsponse would take over that propelled them to take immediate action such as attack or run. Even in today´s hectic world, this is still a necessary mechanism. It comes in useful when you must respond to a real threat within a split second.
Anxiety is a built-in mechanism to protect us from danger. Interstingly, it is a mechanism that protects but does not harm-an important point that will be elaborated upon later.
The Physical Manifestations of a Panic Attack: Other pieces of the puzzle to understand the causes of panic attacks. Nervousness and Chemical Effectss...
When confronted with danger, the brain sends signals to a section of the nervous system. It is this system that is resposile for garing the body up for action and also calms the body down and restores equilibrium. To carry out these two vital functions, the automatic nervous system has two subsections, the sympathisc nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system.
Althought I don´t want to become too "scientific", having a basic understanding of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system will help you understand the causes of panic attacks.
The sympathetic system is resposible for releasing the adrenaline from the adrenal glands on the kidneys. These are small glands located just above the kidneys. Less known, however, is that the adrenal lands also release adrenalin, which functions as the body´s chemical messengers to keep the activit going. When a panic attack begins, it does not switch off as easily as it is turned on. There is always a period of what would seem increased or continued anxiety, as these messengers travel throughout the body. Tink of them as one of the physiological causes of panic attacks, if you will.
After a period of time, the parasmpathetic nervous system gets called into action. Its role is to return the body to normal functioning once the perceived danger is gone. The parasympathetic system is the system we all know and love, because it returns us to a calm relaxed state.
When we engage in a coping strategy that we have learned, for example, a relaxation technique, we are in fact willing the parasympathetic nercous system into action. A good thing to remember is that this system wil be brought into action at some stage whether we will it or not. The body cannot continue in an ever-increasing spiral of anxiety. It reaches a point where it simply must kick in, relaxing the body. This is one of the many built-in protection systems our bodies have for survival.
You can do your best with worrying thoughts, keeping the sympathetic nervous system going, but eventually it stops. In time, it becomes a little smarter than us, and realizes that there really is no danger. Our bodies are incredibly intelligent-modern science is always discovering amazing patterns of intelligence that run throughout the cells of our body. Our body seems to have infinite ways of dealing with the most cmplicated array of functions we take for grated. Rest assured that your bodyßs primary goal is to keep you alive and well.
Not so convinced?
Try holding your breath for as long as you can. No matter how strong your mental will is, it can never override the will of the body. This is good news-no matter how hard you try to convince yourself that you are going to die from a panic attack, you won´t. Your body will override that fear and search for a state of balance. There has never been a reported incident of someone dying from a panic attack.
The burning question is: Why is the fight/flight response activated during a panic attack even when there is apparently nothing to be frightened of?
Upon closer examination of the causes of panic attacks, it would appear that what we are afraid of are the sensations themselves-we are afraid of the body losing control. These unexpected physical symptoms create the fear or panic that something is terribly wrong. Why do you experience the physical symptoms of the fight/flight response if you are not frightened to begin with? There are many ways these symptoms can manifest themselves, not just through fear.
For example, it may be that you have become generally stressed for some reason in your life, and this stress results in an increase in the production of adrenaline and other chemicals, which from time to time, would produce symptoms...and which you perceive as the causes of panic attacks.
This increased adrenaline can be maintained chemically in the body, even aften the stress has long gone. Another possibility is diet, which directly affects our level of stress. Excess caffeine, alcohol, or sugar is known for causing stress in the body , and is believed to be one of the contributing factors of the causes of panic attacks (Chapter 5 gives a full discussion on diet and its importance).
Unresolved emotions are often pointed to as possible trigger of panic attacks, but it is important to point out that eliminating panic attacks from your life does not necessarily mean analyzing your psyche and digging into your subconscious. The "One Move" technique will teach you to deal with the present moment and defuse the attack along with removing the underlying anxiety that sparks the initial anxiety.
Learn more
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