46 years
I have panic attack. I couldnt leave home for the past 2 years. help me plz somebody
Aug 21, 2014
When they don’t hear that they’ve had a life-threatening condition (such as a heart attack), this news may actually increase their anxiety and frustration: "...if I am physically OK, what happened to me? I experienced something so dreadful I can’t even explain it. So what’s happening to me?"
Because the symptoms of panic are very real, the anxiety is so traumatizing, and the whole experience is new and strange, a panic attack is one of the worst experiences a person can have.
On top of the attack, there is always the nagging fear, "When will this happen to me again?"
A panic attack can only be described as a comprehensive emotional nightmare. Some people with panic feel like they are in an escalating cycle of catastrophe and doom and that something bad is going to happen to them "right now this very moment."
Others feel as if they are having a heart attack as their heart races. The heart palpitations convince them that they are about to have an attack. Other people feel that they are going to "lose control" of themselves and will do something embarrassing in front of other people. Others breathe so quickly, taking rapid short breaths and gasping for air, that they hyperventilate and feel like they will suffocate from lack of oxygen.
Sadly, many people do not seek help for panic attacks, agoraphobia, and other anxiety-related difficulties. This is especially tragic because panic and other anxiety disorders are treatable conditions that respond well to relatively short-term therapy.
Cognitive/behavioral therapy is a relatively new treatment for panic and agoraphobia that has been shown to be successful. Instead of using old-fashioned analysis-based techniques, therapists employing new CBT methods and focus on the present problem with panic -- and how to eliminate it.
Thus, CBT has legitimately been called "how to" therapy. That is, the focus is on "how to" eliminate the thoughts and feelings that lead to the vicious cycle of panic and anxiety.
When a person with panic is motivated to practice and try new techniques, that person is literally changing the way their brain responds. When you change the way your brain responds, anxiety and panic will continue to shrink, the strategies you use against it will become stronger, and panic will cease to cause you problems.
Overcoming panic disorder means you no longer have panic attacks, and you no longer have the initial symptoms that lead you to have a panic attack. The underlying symptoms must be gone as well before we say that someone has "overcome" panic disorder.
GO AHEAD ,and knock to a psychiatrist doctor ,tell him your concerns listen to him ,there you will find your survival .
If you experience panic and agoraphobia,you are not "crazy" and do not need to be in therapy for extended periods of time.
Sessions depend on the severity and length of the problem and the willingness of the client to actively participate in treatment and change.
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claustrophobe is apanic from closed places the treatmentof this isthrough behaviour therapy which give good result see your psychiatrist
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