Anxiety And Panic Attacks

People may suffer from anxiety and panic attacks and not even know what they are dealing with. Not knowing what you are dealing with adds so much more fear to an already overwhelming experience. The common symptoms of anxiety are: a constant overall sense of fear, tightness in the chest, difficulty focusing, inability to concentrate or retain information, a sense of dread that something bad is going to happen, feeling scared, restlessness, irritability, difficulty sleeping, an urge to run away, feeling tired all the time, a dry mouth, sighing, an inability to feel relaxed, keyed up, and possibly a dizzy feeling.

A panic attack is a very strong fearful feeling that may seem to come from nowhere with a tight grip on your chest. It may be accompanied by an odd sense of disconnection from the rest of the world. Your thoughts may be spinning very fast and the more you try to figure out what is going wrong and trying to fix it, the worse it gets.

Very often people obsessively fear the feelings returning, and they begin to avoid certain places and situations mistakenly believing these locations/events somehow brought about the oppressing feelings. Little by little the person’s world may become smaller and smaller with fewer and fewer places they feel comfortable.

People commonly fear that these feelings are a sign that they are going “crazy”, and they doubt ever having a normal life again.

I teach people how to identify anxiety and panic and the root of those feelings. Understanding the physiological aspect of anxiety and panic clears up a lot of misunderstandings about what is really occurring. I help clients change how they perceive their anxious feelings and provide them with the tools necessary to begin to feel relief. This is an issue that people can recover from completely if they are willing to do what it takes to apply the skills. Not only can and do people return to a normal life; they can realize a better life with more peace and serenity.