Anxiety Attack Symptoms

Anxiety attack can be a very terrifying experience. It is a period of sudden and intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting for no more than 10 minutes. Sometimes a person can experience a panic attack, all of a sudden, without a particular reason. Most people that experience one attack will usually experience another attack. Those who have recurring attacks or feel severe anxiety about having another attack are said to have panic disorder.

Various individuals report different symptoms during an anxiety attack. Some of the common anxiety attack symptoms are:

• Palpitations, a pounding of heart, or an accelerated heart rate
• Increased sweating
• Trembling or shaking
• Shortness of breath
• Chest pain or discomfort
• Nausea or stomach discomfort
• A feeling light-headedness, or faintness
• A feeling of unreality
• Depersonalization or a feeling of being detached from oneself
• Fear of losing control or going crazy
• Fear of dying
• Numbness, or a tingling sensation
• Chills
• Feeling of impending doom

A person may experience one or more of these symptoms from time to time. Experiencing some of these anxiety attack symptoms is considered normal, if you have reasonable explanations for them. However, if you are experiencing them with no apparent reasons, it can be a sign of a more serious condition.

A person with a phobia will usually experience an anxiety attack as a direct result of exposure to the things that trigger the phobia. These anxiety attacks are short- lived and quickly relieved once the trigger is escaped.

Usually an anxiety attack begins with an unusual bodily sensation from the anxiety attack symptoms. A person having an anxiety attack, will react with fear that the symptoms are indicators of a much more serious threat and in turn, react with more fear, which intensifies into a state of intense anxiety and panic. Possible situations where anxiety attack can occur are when driving, on an airplane, crowded areas, or during sleep at night. Sometimes, anxiety attack occurs in a situation where the person cannot exit easily from a social gathering, or in a meeting, but others may experience an incident of anxiety for no reason while in comfortable place or even in sleep.

Anxiety attack symptoms are more or less the same feelings we might experience if we feel danger is about to happen. They are signs of how we usually react if we are triggered by fear, worry, and concern. Fortunately, anxiety attack is not an illness.

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