Probably, everyone at least once in life felt on himself feeling of panic. Someone was punched by a fever, cold horror, someone could not get it together and convulsively tried to think what to do. And someone was in crowd of the panicking people and, giving in to general mood, felt that he goes crazy. Any feeling of panic, many will agree - it is extremely unpleasant feeling and it is necessary to fight against it before it captures you, depriving of an opportunity to think.
Expression "panic" originates from ancient mythology. God of the nature Pang – the good-natured noisy deity loving fun. However, his appearance leaves much to be desired – on the head of a horn, a leg in the form of hoofs, the nose is flattened out, and on a chin a goatee. When Pang fell asleep dared to intrude upon nobody his leisure. The nature and the wood where Pang lived filled up. However when the deity was awake, the people who are not believing in its existence heard in the forest the noise, a laughter, shouts with horror ran up in the parties. From there were also expressions panic, to panic, and a panic.
What means a panic?
Our fears – natural protective function of mentality. Fear we react to any external threat. However if the mentality is suppressed long time, the condition of alarm can develop into neurosis, and then there is under the threat a capacity of the person. Neurosises usually are followed by despondency and a long depression. In such state the attacks of panic are almost inevitable. A panic – the condition of mentality caused by any danger and aspiration to avoid it even if danger imaginary. The attack of a panic can suddenly begin in public transport, or any place of a big congestion of people. In many cases the panic results of an agoraphobia - fear to be in situations and places an exit from which it is difficult. At many people with this phobia the attacks of panic begin in turn, the stuffy bus filled by people, at metro stations. At the same time panic is followed by symptoms in the form of suffocation, breast pain, rushes of blood in the head up to consciousness loss.
Panic attack
When the condition of uneasiness long time suppresses mentality, the panic attacks can begin. In this state the same symptoms prevail as at pronounced fears phobias - suffocation, high sweating, tachycardia, a shiver in hands and in all body, dryness in a mouth, a fever. Panic reactions are shown in the form of the short periods of the increased uneasiness. The panic attacks at people who are subject to them can last no more than an hour and about two times a week. Depending on neglect of a mental condition of the person, the panic attack and fear arise more often or less often. The second name of the panic attack – vegetative crisis. These two concepts are interchanged and are a consequence of a syndrome of vegetative dystonia. Causes of this disease set: stresses, overfatigue, depression, organism exhaustion. The increased fears, the panic attack, it is more often observed at women as they are more emotional and subject to various stresses. Among the modern population aged people from 20 to 40 years suffer from the panic attacks.
How to get rid of a panic?
It is necessary to remember that the panic attacks caused most often disturbing or a depression will not disappear. Many try "to heal" them alcohol, than only worsen the situation and transfer a disease to a chronic state. Psychologists whom the people subject to the panic attacks address claim that situations in which there can be a condition of a panic extend over time. I.e. the panic can arise not only in those situations or places where the person was more disturbing. If in time not to ask for medical assistance, then the panic attacks will accompany the person literally everywhere.
Before beginning treatment of a panic it is necessary to remember that the panic attacks most often can arise in a condition of a stress. If you began to notice that you already several times had panic attacks, urgently see a doctor. As soon as he confirms that you are really subject to the panic attacks, do not hurry to buy antidepressants and other drugs. They, of course, will be able to remove symptoms overwhelming immunity and mentality. However drugs do not save from fear. In this case for treatment it is better to address the psychotherapist. Psychotherapy courses include relaxation exercises, teach the person to restore the associations and thinking anew. Often psychotherapists accurately enter the person into that situation where there were panic attacks earlier. Gradually attacks will decrease, and then at all will come to naught. Only having worried and having rethought the fears it is possible to get rid of panic forever.
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