One of the characteristics of an anxiety attack is a
conviction in the person experiencing the anxiety that they
are facing some sort of imminent health emergency. A person
having an anxiety or panic attack will often rush
themselves to a medical care facility, an emergency room in
many cases, in the belief that they are on the verge of
death or severe incapacitation. People who suffer anxiety
attacks will also often become defensive at any suggestion
that the symptoms they're experiencing aren't serious.
It's not entirely unreasonable that someone having an
anxiety attack would believe they're in the midst of a
serious health crisis. The symptoms of an anxiety attack
can be similar to some serious health conditions. Symptoms
of an anxiety attack can be similar to heart attack
symptoms, for instance. Some of the symptoms of a heart
attack are chest tightness and tingling in the extremities.
During an anxiety attack, a person's chest can feel tight,
and their extremities can feel numb and tingly.
A person suffering a stroke can feel a sense of
disorientation and can have balance difficulty. During an
anxiety attack, it's not uncommon for a person to feel
disoriented and dizzy, and to feel unstable on their feet.
Of course, obviously, an anxiety attack is not a stroke,
and an anxiety attack is not a heart attack. There is mix
up between anxiety attacks and heart attacks and anxiety
attacks and stroke however. At any given moment, there is
someone in an emergency room somewhere who is having an
anxiety attack and nothing more, but who believes they're
having a heart attack or stroke or both.
One method for determining whether symptoms are actually an
anxiety attack is to consider what was happening before
symptoms began. If symptoms followed a sense of
apprehension or feeling agitated, then an anxiety attack
may be what's actually going on. A person can additionally
consider their own physical background. It's highly
unlikely that someone in their twenties or thirties is
going to have a heart attack or stroke, unless they are
severely overweight or have been using narcotics. On the
flip side, a person in their fifties who is not physically
fit should take chest pains or feelings of disorientation
very seriously.
As a general rule, it's a good idea to have irregular
physical symptoms checked out. What is not healthy however
is to be physically cleared yet continue to seek medical
care because of perceived symptoms. Thinking oneself to be
ill when evidence suggests otherwise is a classic
indication of an anxious condition, or of some other form
of psychological dysfunction.
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Zinn Jeremiah is an online author. To find help with
anxiety, visit
http://www.hubonline.biz/feel-better-today.htm or
http://www.hubonline.biz/healthy-mood.htm .
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