Panic disorder is a mental health condition where is unexpected of intense distress or fear that occur suddenly and recur from time to time. Individuals usually concern that there will be other panic attacks in the intervals between attacks. During panic attacks, there is a belief that there will be consequences such as “having a heart attack and dying”, “getting out of control” or “having a stroke”. Therefore, people usually feel that have constant sadness and misarable. Individuals with panic disorder try to prevent attacks and against bad consequences. These preventions include not going to work, not doing sports or housework, eating food selectively, and carrying various substances such as drugs and alcohol. While these preventions are taken, it becomes inevitable to get out of the course of life.
How Do Panic Attacks Occur?
It starts with an attack first. For no apparent reason, symptoms such as sudden chest pain or chest tightness, palpitations, inability to breathe, sweating and tremors, chills or chills push the individual into bad thoughts and the individual is terrified. People thinks they are having a heart attack at that moment. They afraid of to be paralyzed. Sometimes they feel strange emotions and reflect this to others. They are constantly cautious, fearing that they will be losing control or going crazy and that they will harm themselves and their environment. If left untreated, panic attacks start to recur constantly.
Anxiety (Anxiety) Disorder
Individuals frequently have intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations and they believe that bad incidents will happen. They always feel in a state of panic. They convince themselves that their situation is worse than it is. They think they are in a dangerous situation. In individuals with anxiety disorders, these feelings are extremely strong and the degree of strength can always increase. They start to feel as if they will never leave this situation. However, anxiety disorders can generally be controlled comfortably and easily with cognitive behavioral therapy applications.
The individual with anxiety disorder has a feeling of severe fear and panic. Most individuals may feel fearful and hectic before important events in life, and these feelings are quite natural. Feelings such as fear, panic and rush should end with the end of an expected situation. However, if the individual still feels the feelings of fear and panic after the event has passed and if their quality of life is affected that causes deterioration, it would be possible to say that it is anxiety disorder.
Anxiety disorder has various symptoms. These symptoms include feeling nervous and nervous, heartbeat, rapid breathing, sweating and tremors in the hands, feeling weak and powerless, difficulty in focusing.. Anxiety, difficulty falling asleep, stomach problems, and this affect the qouality life negatively.