We have all heard this buzzword, but many of us still don’t know what a panic attack is. Is it like a killer bee attack? What about an attack of a fifty foot woman, or zombies? Is a panic attack similar to an attack of conscience? The answer to all of the above is yes.
When trying to imagine what are panic attacks, try and picture a thermometer next to your body. Instead of measuring your temperature, though, this device measures your stress level. For most people, your stress level will be at a bearable level. If you get bad news, or someone says something rude to you, your stress level will rise. If you suffer from panic attacks, your stress level will rise sometimes for no reason, and other times it will go up disproportionately to the bad even that happened to you. When that level gets too high, you may experience a panic attack.
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