Anxiety Panic Attacks and Fear

For people whoever had anxiety panic attacks in their life, they have known mortal fear. I certainly not recognized how critical an anxiety panic attack was until I had my very first. I have no idea if anxiety attacks run in families, but in my very own they sure do. My mom used to have them on a regular basis. By on a regular basis, of course, I mean once per month, however it seemed often enough. After one of her anxiety attacks, things were different for several weeks. It could take place anywhere, and her responses were unpredictable. From time to time, she would begin screaming at us hysterically. Sometimes, she would get bewildered and disoriented. The worst of which, oddly enough, were the times when she just simply broke down in sobs. She would get so upset, and practically nothing we can say or do would change it.

Growing up, I thought she was simply crazy. To tell you the truth, I sort of resented her for her anxiety panic disorder attacks. I felt like she had been emotionally keeping my family hostage. I failed to recognize that anxiety panic attacks were beyond her control, or if I did understand it, I didn’t look closely at that fact.

So when, around the age of 25 I developed anxiety panic attacks, it absolutely was a scary experience. All of a sudden, I realized what mortal terror was. If you have an anxiety panic attack, you cannot do anything whatsoever. You cannot think, you can’t act, you can’t control your thoughts and emotions. At times, you are so entirely overwhelmed that you can lose control of your own behavior. Losing that kind of control is a truly terrifying experience.

Fortunately, there are more treatments for anxiety panic attacks than there were when my mother first got her symptoms. First of all, of course, there are anxiety support groups. These are a great way of dealing with the difficulty that anxiety panic attacks place on your life. People in your support group are really the only people who can surely understand you. Aside from that, the drugs have gotten much better. Anxiety treatment is better than it has ever been before, and every year they seem to be coming out with new drugs.

Aside from drugs, however, there are some pretty interesting and novel treatments. There is therapy of course, and there is also hypnosis. You hear very different things about the effectiveness of hypnosis in treating anxiety panic attacks. Some people swear by it, but others aren’t so sure. So far, I have had some positive results with it, but it is too soon to tell.