Anxiety Attack Ruining Your Life?

Anxiety Attack Ruining Your Life? What is an anxiety attack? It is a sensation of deep fear which you may experience for a time period ranging from fifteen seconds to half an hour in which the whole of your body goes numb and you are unable to respond to... More

Anxiety Attack Ruining Your Life? What is an anxiety attack? It is a sensation of deep fear which you may experience for a time period ranging from fifteen seconds to half an hour in which the whole of your body goes numb and you are unable to respond to the situation. It causes the body to release profuse amounts of adrenalin hormone which prepares the body for fight or flight. Because of such a condition existing in your body, the first response of the sufferer is too fleeing the situation. The sympathetic nervous system has a vital role to play in the anxiety attack; it increases the blood flow to the different tissues of the body and is hence responsible for increased heart beat, breathing in gasps and hot and cold flushes. One may also experience pain in the chest and it is hence sometimes mistaken for a heart attack. Some of the causes for the onset of an anxiety attack are • It may happen because it is in your genes and has been transferred from one generation to the next • Less