Everybody gets anxious from time to time and this is perfectly normal. However, panic attacks (sometimes called anxiety attacks) are very frightening and unpleasant. They can happen very suddenly, a period of intense fear accompanied by a range of panic attack symptoms. They usually last for about 20 or 30 minutes, but can last longer.

Left untreated sufferers can go on to develop agoraphobia or social phobia. The good news is that they can be helped really easily with hypnotherapy.

Further down this page you can read about:

Panic Attack Causes

Panic Attack Symptoms

Panic Attack Treatment

Panic Attack Causes & Anxiety Attack Causes

For whatever reason, your subconscious mind considers you life is in danger and is reacting accordingly!
Our cavemen ancestors were not only hunters but also the hunted. We were the potential prey of many wild animals. It is a function of our brain to make all resources available to us in times of great danger and to make them available instantly.

The parts of our brains responsible for this are the amygdala and the hypothalamus. It was necessary in those times to be able to fight quite ferociously or to be able to run very fast to escape. It is called the fight or flight response. For us to be able to do this, large amounts of adrenaline are released into our bodies.
Nowadays though we do not need to run or fight, yet we have all this adrenalin surging through our bodies and we are unlikely to use it up by running or fighting. It is the unused adrenalin in our bodies which creates all the very unpleasant physical symptoms.

Panic Attack Symptoms & Anxiety Attack Symptoms

The symptoms of panic or anxiety attacks can be crippling. They can include any of these:

Increased heart rate, sometimes racing or palpitations
Sweating
Shaking visibly or shaking inside
Choking sensations
Chest pain or discomfort
Nausea or abdominal discomfort or diarrhoea
Dizziness
Feeling light-headed or about to faint
Feeling detached or unreal
Fear of going crazy/losing control
Feelings of impending doom
Numbness or tingling sensations
Chills or hot flushes
Feelings of tightness/pain in the head
Neck and shoulder pain or numbness in the face and head
Nightmares
Waking in a panic

If you experience at least four of the panic attack symptoms listed means that you are most probably having a panic attack, less than four and it is more likely to be generalised anxiety. Panic attacks can happen with any of the anxiety-related disorders.

These physical panic attacks symptoms are really unpleasant but it is important to realise that no-one has ever died of these symptoms – they are just feelings.

Fear upon Fear and the Fear of Fear

What has happened is that the minute you experience one or more of the symptoms of anxiety, your immediate reaction is to panic and as you panic so more of the symptoms are felt and the more you panic. So, a vicious cycle is set – you fear the attacks and because you fear them, you start to feel anxious, as you feel anxious, you panic.

No Hiding Place

Some people become very good at avoiding situations in which they fear they might panic. I have helped many sufferers who don’t tell family or friends what is troubling them and take on a life of making excuses. They often find themselves cutting and running when they fear an attack is imminent and this puts a tremendous strain on them and their friendships/relationships and they can even develop a commitment phobia.

Panic Attacks Treatment & Anxiety Attacks Treatment

There is a very special form of hypnotherapy called Pure Hypnoanalysis which has helped many thousands of people over the years with anxiety. The aim of Pure Hypnoanalysis is not symptom control or trying to manage the problem, the aim is to resolve in COMPLETELY!
Anxiety attacks and panic attacks respond very well to pure Hypnoanalysis.

Come and See Me for a Chat

To find out more about how hypnotherapy can help you, come along and meet me for a FREE, no obligation, initial consultation and we can have a chat about the problems you’re having. It’s easy to book by phone or e-mail and very informal. Or you may have some questions you would like to ask first.

Please be assured, there is never any pressure to make a decision then and there; you can go away and have a think about it and make an informed choice.

By Phone 01392 420740 or 01803 859471: I am often with clients and so if you get the answerphone, please do leave a message with a good time for me to come back to you. I return calls as promptly as possible, alternatively ..

By E-Mail penny@baytherapy.co.uk: I check my e-mails regularly throughout the day and will come back to you with answers to any of your questions and, if you have indicated you would like to book an initial consultation, with potential dates/times for you to choose from.

E-Mail penny@baytherapy.co.uk

Tel: 01392 420740 or 01803 859471

Hypnotherapy & Hypnotherapist in Exeter, Torquay & Brixham

fast, effective help for panic & anxiety attacks