Was I Creating My Own Panic Attacks?
When I first came across the suggestion that I was creating my own Panic Attacks, I thought it was ludicrous. “Why on earth would I want to create my own attacks?” But as I was studying the nature of Anxiety and Panic Attacks during my recovery, the sobering — somewhat bitter — truth was starring me right in my face. Unpleasant as it may be to acknowledge, it is a fact: I Was creating my own attacks.
Panic attacks manifest as a result of our distorted thinking, even though to us they may seem to appear out of nowhere. When we understand how panic attacks are born it becomes clear that the attack itself is actually a normal emotional response to a barrage of physical symptoms, caused by anxiety. And although those bodily sensations are never dangerous, it is our belief and conviction to the contrary that hasten and bring about the attacks.
Anxiety produces different bodily symptoms — all of which are associated with the fight and flight response — like:
• Racing heart
• Feeling weak, faint or light headed
• Tingling or numbness in the hands and fingers
• Sweaty or having chills
• Chest pains
• Breathing difficulties and others
None of these symptoms is ever dangerous when experienced by a person who is prone to panic attacks: A very well documented fact is that Panic sufferers never get heart attacks, faint, lose control, suffocate, or go crazy as a result of their panic attacks. Never!
The Problem lies in the sufferer’s impaired Perception and Interpretation.
What differentiates between a normal reaction, by a person who doesn’t’ suffer from panic attacks, to that of a sufferer is that the first, when experiencing any of the anxiety symptoms described above, knows that these are only temporary bodily sensations that will not cause him or her any harm. However, the latter perceives, on a very deep level, the bodily sensations to be life threatening. Hence the first will panic, the second will not.
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Summary:
Whether we like to hear it or not, the fact is that our flawed perception and misinterpretation of the bodily sensations we experience when anxious, are the cause for our panic attacks.
D. More
Anxiety Panic Free Zone