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