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Curing Panic Attacks
Everyone who suffers from panic attacks knows how frightening they can be, and you never know when one is going to happen. Some people even go so far as to avoid activities they like to avoid an attack. Doctors are researching ways to cure panic attacks to give these people their freedom back. The classical symptoms of a panic attack include increased heart rate, rapid breathing, sweating, and dizziness. In addition to this, sufferers also report a feeling of impending doom or of dying. The combination of these very physical symptoms with these two common fears results in patients believing that something is physically wrong with them. Commonly, people mistake a panic attack for a heart attack. Even doctors must rule out a heart attack in patients with a severe panic attack; the symptoms are that similar. It is difficult to stop panic attacks once they start as they tend to work in a cycle. Once someone starts experiencing one symptom of anxiety, they tend to lead to other symptoms. This causes even more anxiety and more symptoms follow and the cycle continues to get worse. It is usually a better idea to prevent panic attacks from happening at all rather than trying to stop them. Once the person begins to react to their various symptoms it can be very difficult to stop the attack from progressing and worsening. There is good news, however. Treatments that are designed help stop the cycle and cure panic attacks are available. A method that requires a person to experience the physical symptoms of a panic attack, purposely in a controlled environment is known as Interoceptive Exposure. The patient will try to create the sensations, sometimes by breathing through a small straw for a little while. Many things will occur that help prevent panic attacks from causing a disturbance in your life when the issues are repeatedly and consciously confronted without hesitation. By exposing yourself to these sensations repeatedly, your anxiety will actually decrease in time. The reason this method works so well is that planned exposure allows you to experience your fear in a controlled manner. As you live through the panic, you learn that, despite how scary the attacks are, they are actually not dangerous. Learning this gives you power over the anxiety, and your panic attacks will decrease in both severity and frequency. Over the course of the Interoceptive Exposure therapy, your bouts of anxiety should trouble you less often and with less intensity as well. You'll discover that the physical feelings you experience due to these anxiety attacks are not life threatening and can be managed. This therapy has proven to be highly successful as a means to cure panic attacks, and you will find yourself on the road to controlling and eventually eliminating your panic attacks. The racing heart, dizziness, and shallow breathing that characterize panic attacks mean that people often mistake them for heart attacks. Everyone who suffers has prayed for a way to cure panic attacks, which create a cycle of anxiety. A sufferer may panic when they start to exercise because they feel their heart rate increasing, which triggers anxiety and other symptoms. Thankfully, "Interoceptive Exposure" can stop panic attacks by having sufferers experience their physical symptoms in a safe environment. Living through these symptoms and finding that you can control them gives you control over your fear, which allows you to prevent panic attacks before they start.
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Contributor's Note
This information is from personal research into panic attacks.
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Cure Panic Attacks
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Well written and informative intel, keep up the good work...
This sounds a little scary to me especially since it can appear to be a heart attack.
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