Most people have experienced the symptoms of a panic attack at one time or another, when under extreme stress or in danger: the racing heart beat, sweaty palms, shaky legs or hands, tunnel vision, feeling an overwhelming desire to run away, feeling that something terrible is about to happen. A panic attack is a normal …
Dear Family, Thank you for all that you do for me. I hope this little note will help you understand me a bit better. Please don’t treat me as if I were defective, weak, or “crazy” because of my Panic Disorder. I judge myself this way all the time, and it makes me feel awful. …
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Panic Disorder is hereditary, though studies of identical twins show that not everyone who inherits a predisposition for it will go on to develop symptoms. This means that heredity is not the only cause of the disorder. Childhood Circumstances and Parenting Styles can Contribute Certain childhood circumstances are usually present in people who eventually develop …
Doctors and therapists who do not specialize in panic treatment and who don’t properly explain the causes of troubling symptoms, often do not earn enough credibility to convince their Panic Disorder patients that they are not “going crazy” or dying. Feelings of dying and going crazy are symptoms, not outcomes of panic attacks. But the …
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