A person tries so hard to hide it even from him/herself. Panic attacks come on like a heart attack without a warning. It is a very similar feeling and hard to detect which makes it even scarier. When a person has a panic attack they are frozen in fear. This is not cowardice. Panic attacks become a private hidden secret inner prison that destroys a person's life and self-esteem. I believe a defective gene causes panic attacks that is inherited, or a chemical imbalance in the brain. Too few people understand panic attacks and anxiety disorders including those who have to live with them. Panic attack disorders turn a person's life into a hidden secret prison of fear causing anger and a lack of understanding, from family, friends and even more from one's self. Panic attacks are not a feeling or a fear that one has control over. This is a fear that freezes a person so that he/she is not always able to get past it. The person that lives with it is the person that hurts the most. They rarely get understanding or emotional support from anyone including themself, and are subject to a lack of compassion and insensitivity. This disorder does not always come from a way of thinking, or a bad past experience, although that could trigger it more. This disorder has not been studied enough to know the true causes of it. The public is not well informed concerning the facts about Panic disorders and anxiety. People who have panic attacks want to live, not just exist They want a fear free normal life, but are locked in a secret inner prison of fear For some there is no escape. People that live with this disorder are braver than anyone knows, for they have to find courage for doing things for every day pleasure. To live a normal life for someone with a panic attack disorder takes extreme courage and is not always possible. Sometime this courage comes and sometime the person is frozen in fear. The chest tightens, there is no way to handle the fear factor, the feeling that is paralyzing and comes from out of nowhere. Medications do not always alleviate the panic attacks, A person does not choose to have panic attacks, Who would choose to live in a prison of fear? A person who lives with panic attacks does not truly live,we merely exist. Panic attacks are I think a abnormal gene just the opposite of those who seek extreme danger and excitement ,which is also a abnormal reaction to the fear factor. More on theory thoughts and feelings about panic attacks I am not a doctor or a professional person, but I am a person that lives with panic attacks and I read information on subjects that interest me, also write my theory,thoughts and feelings concerning them. People give so many varied points of view on how one should deal with them. Persons that have panic attacks not only have to deal with the panic attacks ,they have to deal with people who have a lack of understanding and arguments at the same time. I've had attacks recently on my spirituality and faith, that I should put my panic attacks in God's hands and He will take them away. I do have a strong belief in God but there are some things He doesn't do and I do not question God and why He doesn't do them. Such as bringing a deceased loved one back to life although He did bring Lazarus back it's not a common practice for Him. I don't blame God for my misfortunes and I am slowly learning not to blame myself. God does not always change the natural order of nature or things in nature that go wrong ,such as earth quakes,they happen and He does not stop them. and He does not stop my panic attacks. There are those who say face your fears, just do it any way, But that does not work for me, I can not force these feelings to go away or overcome them, Then there is medication which helps to a point but does not totally end the situation. Than there is knowledge that you are having one,knowing helps to a certain extent,understanding one's self and realizing it is a panic attack that a person is having,but it doesn't totally stop them either. There is a lack of understanding from others. Those that have had them and overcome them can sometime have the least understanding, They feel they overcome their fears why can't I? But not everyone is the same or has the same degree of panic attacks and fears. I have always believed it to be a generic disorder and have read studies about the release of endorphins in the brain some people's brain release too much and some too little,both or disorders,one causing panic attacks the other causing a need for excitement and danger. Panic attacks is a condition very hard to understand or live with, But the good news is those that have panic attacks are afraid to kill themselves and are highly unlikely to commit suicide...smiles. |
