Symptoms of Panic Attack
Symptoms of panic attacks are the expressions or sensations those are either visible on your face or those which can be felt internally when someone is suffering from a panic. Generally the word ‘symptom’ is used to locate the effects of illness. But panic attack is not an illness. This is just a disorder in our nervous system that causes behavioral dysfunction. And it occurs for a while.
These symptoms are unpleasant, but harmless. Whenever one is attacked by a panic he feels that he might have a heart attack as the symptoms are quite similar. But a panic attack never causes any harm like a heart attack. But always remember that these symptoms use to vary from person to person.
Some common symptoms of panic attacks are:
- Faster heartbeats
- Sweating
- Stomach upset
- Dizziness and Nausea
- Difficulty in breathing
- Hot flashes
- Terror: a feeling that something horrible will happen
- A fear to loose control
- Choking in throat
- Feeling dreamy
- Numbness in face
- Paleness and blushing in skin
Social Anxiety- Dangerous, if Severe!
Social anxiety refers to emotional discomfort like apprehension, worry and fear. People who suffer from social anxiety always expect a negative evaluation from other people irrespective of the circumstances. It is a psychopathological form of social phobia which can be present in forms like shyness, public speaking anxiety, performance anxiety, stage fright and many more. According to the medical experts, everyone experiences some form of anxiety in daily life but when it becomes severe then it’s called a disorder. Some of the common symptoms in social anxiety include clammy hands, dry mouth, abundant sweating, trembling and so on.
The good news is that in most of the cases, social anxiety can be manageable. All it needs is some deep breaths and mental relaxation techniques. Social anxiety is all in our mind so we can gain control over it by playing the mind games. However in severe cases, cognitive-behavioral therapy can be undertaken to get relief from this disorder. This method is considered to be the best one because cognitive concepts are simplistic and can be effectively applied by using specific strategies. Your doctor can suggest you the best treatment option after analyzing your social anxiety condition.
What are the Symptoms of Anxiety
There are two types of anxiety symptoms i.e. mental and physical. If you are suffering from that problem then you will have personally good experience of number of physical symptoms. These occur from the bodies’ supposed “fight or flight” reaction. This is induced by the freeing of the stress hormone adrenaline.
Physical Symptoms
There are number of anxiety symptoms; below are major of them.
• Abdominal uncomfortableness (the state of being tense and feeling pain).
• Xerostomia
• Speedy pulse or trembling
• feeling tight or trouble in chest
• Breathlessness
• dizziness
• Regular urination
• Trouble living with
• Over excitement or just excitement.
Mental Symptoms
Mind is actually the place which originates anxiety so mental behavior also changes with it. Below are some of the major mental symptoms indicating anxiety.
• insomnia
• Finding distressed or tense day in and day out
• Feeling bored with job or any work.
• Living sensitive or active to anger
• An inability to focus on work in hand.
• anything that moves you “crazy”
• Depersonalization, or separated from your environment i.e. derealisation.