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Anxiety Attacks

Just wondering what exactly is an anxiety attack. I swear I have suffered them in my exams.

Thanks.

Reply 1

Lidka

13

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety_attack

I get them. :frown:

They're not fun.

Reply 2

imoan

1

Yeah I get them too, and they are ****in horrible. I think you'd know if you'd had one. I would say mine come on for no reason though. They are just absolute feeling of panic with no reason, I can be sitting in a cafe and BOOM panic. I have to leave like there and then or I end up breaking down.

Reply 3

Sarky

18

I have suffered from anxiety attacks for about a year and a half. I find them different to panic attacks, in that they seem less acute but can last longer. I'm currently having cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to try and find different ways of coping instead of getting anxious. At my worst i can start hyperventilating just by thinking about something that upsets me, burst into tears and be inconsolable. Its very hard to deal with because people don't understand.

Reply 4

_Jax_

1

I knew someone once who was too anxious that they would become addicted to anti anxiety pills that they couldn't take them.

Reply 5

Eien

16

Anxiety attacks don't tend to have the extreme symptoms of panic attacks, but can still have serious debilitating effects on daily life. I had a panic attack once, and it was the worst moment in my life as (at its worst) I genuinely believed I was about to die. Positive thing is that panic attacks can't hurt you, although even the thought of a panic attack can cause panic attacks. However an outside perspective on your anxieties can often quell them unless they are deeply rooted, in which case cognitive behaviour therapy may be needed.

Reply 6

imoan

1

Eien

Anxiety attacks don't tend to have the extreme symptoms of panic attacks, but can still have serious debilitating effects on daily life. I had a panic attack once, and it was the worst moment in my life as (at its worst) I genuinely believed I was about to die. Positive thing is that panic attacks can't hurt you, although even the thought of a panic attack can cause panic attacks. However an outside perspective on your anxieties can often quell them unless they are deeply rooted, in which case cognitive behaviour therapy may be needed.

Yeah I too honestly thought I was going to die, in my worst moment, though no one quite understands quite how scary that is. People just seem to look at me blankly as if to say oh yeah i know what you mean. But really, they have no idea. Terrifying. Truley.

Reply 7

MNBStyle

9

Anonymous

Just wondering what exactly is an anxiety attack. I swear I have suffered them in my exams.

Thanks.

I should think you most likely have.
Check this link out see if the symptoms were familiar

http://www.npadnews.com/anxiety-symptoms.asp

Reply 8

Drunk_Kid_Catholic

1

I suffered for a while from anxiety attacks after my grandmother died- I was convinced I ahd cancer cos I was hurt all over and my muscles were tingling. Worrying about it made it more acute- anxiety got worse, it was horrible. I couldn't sleep because my heart was beating so fast, I felt constantly faint, barely ate. I felt terrible. I didn't realize at the time that it was the stress of the bereavement coupled with my GCSEs, both events happened within days. I got better after I took up exercise,though I still get anxious, it's nowhere near as bad.

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