Anxiety Attack Symptoms

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Will you recognize and be able to stop anxiety attacks if they strikes you out of the blue? Chances are you won’t know what’s happening. Chest tightness and palpitations are two of the first anxiety attack symptoms, but if experienced separately without any other manifestation they could indicate heart disease. Throat dryness, accelerated sweating, shortness of breath and hyperventilation as well as a feeling of suffocation often accompany the pounding of the heart. You may feel like you are about to die; your limbs may be shaking and dizziness and faintness may overcome you.

The intensity of the anxiety attack symptoms can be pretty high and in anatomical terms it translates as the body’s reaction to imminent danger. There is normally a trigger that unleashes the entire array of feelings and this could be a real-life situation or an internal psychological factor that is apparent or hidden to the sufferer himself/herself. Because of this intense stimulation, the cardiovascular system is the first that leaps into action, starting a first wave of anxiety attack symptoms. The heart pumps blood towards the extremities preparing the body for running or for fighting; plus, the blood vessels get constricted in less used body parts such as the skin.

Skin paleness thus becomes one of the minor anxiety attack symptoms. It is this same blood vessel constriction that causes mouth dryness as well, because the reaction is experienced at the level of the mouth, kidneys and digestive system too. The body needs to get cooled down, which in fact explains why during such a panic episode you sweat a lot. Plus, the nervous system sends the unload message to the digestive track which may result in other anxiety attack symptoms such as upset stomach or rapid bowel movement.

All the other anxiety attack symptoms are characterized as normal body reactions when sensing danger. Breath acceleration is justified by the need to get more oxygen in the blood and thus in the muscles. If you have more air you can scream louder. Then, various physical discomforts and pains will disappear during a panic attack because the brain secrets endorphines, the most powerful pain relievers in nature. More energy is consumed, fat is burned, the pupils dilate and your entire perception system sharpens. Consequently, the anxiety attack symptoms represent the normal preparations of the body when sensing fear.

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