Symptoms of panic attacks

From a clinical point of view, to talk about panic attack, the individual must express fear or discomfort, accompanied by four or more of the physical sensations that we explain below. They start so suddenly and sharply, reaching its highest expression in the first ten minutes of attack. Once a person knows his problem, he suffers psychological characteristics presented here.

PHYSICAL SENSATIONS
• Palpitations.
• Sweating.
• Tremors or shaking.
• Feeling of choking.
• Tightness in the chest.
• Nausea or abdominal discomfort.
• Instability, dizziness or fainting.
Feeling of unreality (fiction) or be separated from oneself (depersonalization).
• Fear of losing control and going crazy.
• Fear of dying.
• tingling or numbness (paresthesia).
• Chills or hot flushes.

PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
• The person is afraid of suffering another attack of terror (fear of fear ").
• Leave aside the pleasant situations because you fear a new crisis.
• Stop off alone. The person seeking permanent containment.
• She was a tendency to seclusion and the patient becomes a true prisoner of fear.
• When you try to hide their problem from others, the person develops a social silence, which leads to further isolation and loneliness.
• You feel a deep guilt for suffering from this fear and involving the people we want in this nightmare.
• Depression occurs and attempt to end life.