The absolute worst thing happens. You are out in public when you feel that old feeling. You know what is about to happen, but in these last few moments before it hits, your only real hope is that no one else sees what is about to happen.
What happens next can not really be described properly to someone who has never been through it. Horrifying, frustrating, no words really seem to cover it. You know you are having an attack. It is obvious to you. But do you know what is happening in your body when this happens?
Do you know how the Panic Disorder Cycle Works?
Before it even strikes, in those moments before you are even aware that the attack is coming, the cycle starts. Many times, this cycle starts in your subconscious mind. The area of your brain that you are not always aware of. Something will cause your subconscious mind to send a signal of distress to your body.
Your body is getting this message that something is wrong, but without knowing what is wrong, it has no way to fix this for you. So your body sends the same distress signal back to your brain.
Basically what is happening is your mind and body feel that something is wrong and they both go into 'panic mode' because neither knows how to help.
While these signals are getting sent back and forth, you start to experience the signs of a panic attack. As the mind and body keep sending these signals to each other, your symptoms increase into a full blown attack.
Once a signal is sent from your subconscious to your body, (or vice versa), that the threat is gone, your symptoms begin to subside.
As scary as panic attacks are, the whole horrifying experience is thanks to your body trying to protect you.
It is hard to describe the feeling of the walls closing in around you. Sometimes it feels like there is nothing lonelier or scarier than a life of panic and anxiety. Your life should not have to be this way.
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