Understanding the Difference- Between Anxiety & Panic Attacks
Baat Kijiye
23 October 2023
Baat Kijiye
23 October 2023
Reading Time-10min
Symptoms \ Differences \Control & Management Measures
Symptoms of Anxiety Attack
· Feeling nervous, restless or tense
· A sense of impending danger, panic or doom
· An increased Heart rate
· Breathing rapidly (hyperventilation)
· Sweating
· Trembling
· Feeling weak or tired
· Trouble concentrating
· Thinking about anything other than the present worry
· Trouble sleeping
· Experiencing gastrointestinal (GI) problem
· Difficulty controlling worry
· The urge to avoid things that trigger anxiety
· Heavy Sweating
· Tingling or numbness in your fingers or toes
Both anxiety and panic attacks are accompanied by physical symptoms like rapid heartbeat, sweaty palms, trembling, and muscle tension, but they vary in intensity, with panic attacks having severe symptoms.
Symptoms of Panic Attack
· Chest pain
· Racing heart
· Difficulty breathing, such as
· hyperventilation
· Trembling or shaking
· Chills
· Nausea
How to deal with Anxiety and panic attacks ?
Acceptance & Realization of the Problem
v Ride out the attack
Try to keep doing things. If possible, it's important to try to remain in the situation until the anxiety has subsided.
v Confront your fear.
If you don't run away from it, you're giving yourself a chance to discover that nothing's going to happen.
v Focus
As soon as the attack begins - focus on your surroundings and come to do what you were doing before
v Breathing exercise
· Breathe in as slowly, deeply and gently as you can, through your nose
· Breathe out slowly, deeply and gently through your mouth.
· If possible you can count & Breathe