Do We Really Create Our Panic Attacks?

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Not long from now you will realize that it is you who bring about your own panic attacks, he said to me.
Why on earth would I need to create my own attacks? I wondered. But while learning about the nature of Anxiety and Panic Attacks, at some point in my treatment, the sobering, somewhat shocking, truth was starring me straight in my face. And disagreeable as it may be to assimilate, I could now clearly see: I Was causing my own attacks.
Panic attacks manifest as a result of our distorted thinking, in spite of the fact that to us they seem like they appear out of the blue. When we gain insight to the nature of the attacks it becomes obvious that attack itself is in fact a normal emotional knee jerk to a torrent of physical symptoms, caused by anxiety. And although those physical sensations are by no means perilous, it is our deep belief and conviction to the contrary that speeds up and brings about the attacks.
Anxiety produces different bodily discomforts, all of which are associated with the fight and flight response:
Racing heart
Feeling weak, faint or light headed
Tingling or numbness in the hands and fingers
perspiring or having chills
Chest pains
Breathing difficulties and others
None of these symptoms is ever dangerous when felt by a person prone to panic attacks: Well documented is the fact that those who suffer from panic attacks do not get heart attacks, faint, lose control, suffocate, or go crazy as a result of their panic attacks. Never!
Confusing what would otherwise be harmless symptoms to be life threatening is where the problem lies:
The only difference between a person who is not prone to panic attacks and the person who is, is that the first, when experiencing any of the anxiety symptoms described above, knows that these are only temporary physical sensations that will not cause him or her any harm, while the latter perceives the physical sensations to be life threatening. Consequently the first will get over them and move on, the second will panic.

About the Author:
Discovering how we take part in creating our panic attacks is the key to recovery. Great places to visit are: http//AnxietyPanicFreeZone.com and
http://www.apfreeblog.anxietypanicfreezone.com/



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