Anxiety Attacks and Panic Attacks

Panic attacks are horrible experiences. You can feel like you’re going crazy, “losing it,” feel nauseous, out of control, faint, dizzy, light headed, have tunnel vision, hyperventilate, have hot or cold flashes, your breathing can intensify to the point where you feel you’re having a heart attack or that you’re doing.

These kinds of panic attacks are different from anxiety in that they more episodic. They generally have a limited time frame.

Anxiety attacks are no less horrible to experience. They tend to be emotional states where you can’t easily identify the trigger. In the psychological literature anxiety is described as a normal reaction to stress, helping you to deal with life events.

For most people with PTSD, however, anxiety tends to become chronic, turning often to dread.

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