One of the most important aspects to fighting back against anxiety is being able to recognize the signs of a panic attack. For many people who suffer, this is one of the hardest things to do. Yet there are still millions more out there who don’t even realize that they suffer from anxiety, simply because they don’t recognize or know the signs of a panic attack. Here are 3 signs that will help you recognize when you are having an attack, or if you are someone who suffers from anxiety.

The first sign is a tightness in the chest. This begins to expand and feels as though it is difficult for you to breath. For many people it feels as though they are having an asthma attack, and is sometimes confused with an asthma attack. You will notice that your breathing becomes much more shallow, picks up in speed and becomes more rapid, and it becomes more difficult to breath normally.

The second sign is a rapid heart rate. Often times people will experience an increase in their heart beat. This happens due to the perceived idea of danger or a threat and the need to escape from danger. Adrenaline is instantly dumped into our system causing our heart rate to increase, and this is often times easily noticeable if you are able to focus for just a second and pay attention to it.

The third sign is rapid, uncontrollable thoughts. You will notice that your thoughts instantly begin to increase in how quickly they jump around and change, and that you no longer have the ability to control them very easily.

These are just a few of the signs of a panic attack, yet there are other obvious physical signs. These signs happen because of a perception of danger. In fact, this is all anxiety is. For some reason, our mind, or at least our subconscious mind perceives danger and the fight or flight mechanism kicks in.

This causes our breathing and heart rate to become more rapid which increases oxygen to the muscles and body. Our mind begins to speed up with thoughts as it attempts to process and take in more information in order to provide solutions and survive the danger. The problem with these types of problems is that the danger isn’t real, and is only a perceived danger. The key is to learn how to deal with these attacks properly, and get to the root causes and provide solutions and cures that fix the underlying problem instead of covering up the symptoms like drugs do.

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