Stress & Anxiety Control

There are many reasons why people suffer from anxiety attacks. However, it is important to remember that some stress is actually good for our bodies. We need stress in order to motivate us, get our adrenalin pumping, and to invigorate our nervous system. Nevertheless, when stress and anxiety become too severe, and our bodies go into defense mode, mild to severe anxiety attacks can occur.

A mild anxiety attack can occur when our bodies think that we are in danger and begin preparing for defense. This is an illusion, however, since there is generally not any danger present. In fact, most anxiety attacks are caused by an underlying fear that a situation represents to us, not the actual situation itself. With a severe anxiety attack, you can experience a feeling of doom and even impending death. A mild anxiety attack, however, might just increase your alertness. There are many symptoms of mild anxiety attacks and some of them can still feel quite serious.

The most common mild anxiety attack symptoms are physical. You may begin to sweat, have shortness of breath, or feel a little bit dizzy. You might even tremble or shake a little bit, but it shouldn’t be severe. Afterwards, you might feel lightheaded, as if you just stood up too quickly. Occasionally, there is also a tingling sensation in your feet, hands, and face. This should feel similar to the feeling you get when part of your body falls asleep.

Other mild anxiety attack symptoms might not be physical at all. You might find yourself having difficulty thinking straightly. Or, you might want to withdraw from social situations. In some cases, your mind might seem to race and you may have trouble focusing on one specific thing because you feel as though your mind is “jumping” around.

When this occurs, you might feel the need to get away. Being around other people might make you physically nervous and anxious due to the amount of people or the loud noises that they could be producing, or you could feel as though you can’t control your actions and behavior and you need to get away. Either way, it’s important to remember that you are okay and that more than likely everything you are experiencing is internal and not something that people are going to notice.

The important thing to do during a mild anxiety attack is to try to ride it out and not try to fight it. Mild anxiety attacks are generally not long-lasting and are over quickly. If you try to fight it, it might even lead you to feeling more stressed and more anxious, thus enhancing the attack itself.

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An anxiety attack is a frightening experience. The attack can literally come out of nowhere. There you are sitting on the beach enjoying a great day with your buddies or your family. The sun is shinning, the water is perfect and the waves are swishing on to the shore. How much more relaxing can it get?

Then all of the sudden your heart starts to race, you feel a tinge of pain in your chest. Your finger or toes start to get that numb pins and needles sensation. You quickly become short of breath and you’re getting dizzy. You feel like you’re dieing! You think you’re dieing and rightfully so. That is what an anxiety attack can feel like.

Everyone is different so some of the symptoms above you may feel more severely than someone else and vise versa. Those are the most common symptoms of an anxiety attack.

There are plenty more which include.

• Feeling that something terrible is about to happen.
• Feeling like you’re losing control or have lost control.
• Numbness in your extremities which can include your arms, legs, fingers, toes and even in some case your whole body, all at once.
• Dizziness is very common and is caused from hyperventilating, your taking shallow breaths, so you body is not receiving enough oxygen. This certainly will not kill you or even harm you.
• Many times when a person is experiencing an anxiety attack they think they are having a heart attack and rush to the emergency room. If it is your first An anxiety attack then that’s not a bad idea just to make sure. Often times an anxiety attack does mimic a heart attack.

While any of these symptoms of an anxiety attack alone can make anyone fearful, when you combine even a few of them they become terrifying. Thousands of people of all ages show up at emergency rooms all across the world every year fearing for their lives. After hours of testing and a large chunk of change later, they are diagnosed with having an anxiety attack. It certainly is a relief for most to know that it was “just” an anxiety attack, but none the less the damage is done and the fear of having another one becomes the new problem.

By practicing relaxation techniques, lower your stress level and learning all you can about anxiety hopefully you can prevent future trips to the emergency room. I always live by one rule – When in doubt off I go. You can never be to careful with your life, so if you have an anxiety attack even if it’s your 2^nd or 100^th if something doesn’t feel right or your gut tells you something is wrong it’s better to be safe than sorry.

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