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Anxiety

When sudden feelings of tenseness, terror and pains pop up suddenly, it can feel paralyzing. Panic Attacks are can have a large effect on the lives of those they visit. Creative Living Center is here to help those who have been affected by, or have a historyof anxious feeling and/or behaviors including Panic Attacks.

 

Signs of a panic attack:

• Sudden excessive “racing” heartbeat
• Feeling weak  dizzy or faint
• Feeling a sense of terror, sometimes feelings of impending doom or death
• Chills or sweat
• Chest pains
• Breathing difficulties
• Numbness or tingling in the hands and fingers
• Feeling as if all control has been lost

What to know about panic attacks:

• Panic attacks strike without warning
• They can occur during sleep
• People experiencing panic attacks may believe they are having a heart attack, or going crazy
• Levels of fear during a panic attack may be unrelated and out of proportion to the situation
• Panic attacks usually last less than 10 minutes, though symptoms may last for a longer time
• Those who have had one panic attack are at greater risk for having other panic attacks than those who have never had a panic attack
• People who have had repeated panic attacks and fear repeated panic attacks in the future may have panic disorder
• Panic disorder often develops in early adulthood
• Woman are twice as likely as men to develop panic disorder 
• The fear and terror that a person experiences during a panic attack are not in proportion to the true situation and may be unrelated to what is happening