Anxiety and Panic Attacks

It is often difficult to draw the line between stress and anxiety.

You may experience a constant feeling of unease, your stomach may churn, you may get palpitation, feel dizzy. You may experience depression, feeling worried, sad or low for no good reason. All of us experience these feelings at some time. However if they persist, recur regularly or are with you all the time you may well be experiencing generalised anxiety. The overwhelming problem with this situation is that it wears you down. You know you need to find a solution but as time goes on it gets more and more difficult.

Panic attacks are often quite different. They often arise suddenly and unexpectedly. They can occur apparently at random or can clearly be caused by specific events and situations. There is often little difference between a phobic response, or trauma and a panic attack .

Panic attack symptoms include the following:

Rapid heartbeat or palpitations - sweating - shaking - shortness of breath - chest pain - dizziness - feeling feint - feeling spaced out - numbness - a feeling of losing control  - severe headaches. Some of my clients have asscoiated the severity of the attacks with having a heart attack or a brain tumour - and yet no physical cause can be found.

Despite the severity of condition there is a lot that can be done to treat this condition. I have worked with many clients where significant improvements are achieved within a few sessions.

There is no need to live with this situation. Feel free to contact us at Andrew@NLPTherapy.net