anxiety Attack

Article by Nathalie Fiset

The normal reaction of the human body to stress is anxiety, sometimes even panic. However, this is only a productive mechanism to a certain ideal amount. It can help a person cope with certain circumstance with utmost efficiency and it could help someone adjust to certain experiences. However, once anxiety goes beyond the limit of normalcy, then it is possible that the body is already experiencing signs of abnormal anxiety levels which often result to anxiety attacks.

While many may dismiss simple attacks of panics or nervousness as normal parts of their day, there is a great number of people who are subjected to its excessively dreadful effects at any time of the day. These are the people who have panic or anxiety attacks. Let us give a quick definition between panic and anxiety attacks though so as to prevent the misuse of the terms.

Anxiety attack is a relatively short period of time marked by experiencing extreme fear, panic or terror that has no good or rational basis at all. On the other hand, panic attacks are far worse than anxiety attacks but may show almost similar symptoms observed with that of anxiety attacks. Because of their marked similarities, it is easy to interchange the use of the terms among patients.

Aside from the physical signs that are common with anxiety attacks like shortness of breath, trembling sensation, all sorts of physical discomfort and dizziness OR the symptoms that affect the emotional stability of the person like fear of losing control or of going crazy, there are other indications which may tell you if a person is having an anxiety attack or not. Usually, such signs and symptoms could be directly correlated with the types of psychological or mental disorders affecting the person.

However, aside from knowing what are the instances, or for that matter what disorders are anxiety attacks most likely to occur it is also best to know what are the underlying causes that may trigger the attacks of extreme anxiety.

Brain chemical imbalances- Some researches favor that chemical imbalances may be the root cause of anxiety attacks. However it is not yet certain whether such imbalances are the results or the cause of the attacks. There are right blends and mixtures of brain chemicals that are observed during normal states. However, a person with anxiety attacks might show the inconsistencies of the bran chemical levels that deviate the normalcy.

Build-up of stress- Based on the perspective of the psychoanalytic paradigm, anxiety disorders, and thus anxiety attacks, could be the outcomes of certain stressful experiences in the past that could have resulted to internal tension or conflict. However, as the person develops, he somehow accidentally or willingly chooses to repress the remnants of the traumatic experience so that the internal harmony is achieved. However, there are instances that could drive the internal conflict to surface,

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