PANIC ATTACK THERAPY

It feels like out of nowhere that your mind started racing out of control. You feel like you can’t breathe, and your heart is pumping so fast you think it’s going to explode. All of the sudden you just want to leave where you are immediately and get somewhere you feel safe. You look around and start to wonder if other people around you can tell that you’re having a panic attack. You might even worry that you’re going crazy or that you’re going to die.

Have you ever experienced something like what I just described? Then you might be one of the millions of people on this planet that suffer from panic attacks. I have had my practice in Ft. Lauderdale for many years and have seen many clients who suffer with panic attacks. Oftentimes people come in not even knowing what panic attacks actually are. Read on to learn more.

Panic attacks can feel so overwhelming to some people that they end up avoiding doing activities or going to places that they associate their panic attacks with. For example, a person that experiences a panic attack while driving on the highway becomes so worried about it happening again, that they end up avoiding driving on highways completely. Or another person who experiences a panic attack while flying on a plane, develops a fear of flying and avoids traveling. Have you ever avoided going to a place or doing something because you were afraid of having another panic attack?

Panic attacks can be so physically painful and uncomfortable that people who experience them can start to worry that they are a signal that something else is wrong with their health. Panic attacks can snowball into a worry cycle that makes you think there is something wrong with your heart or that you could be suffering from a serious disease. It is very common for people to go to the emergency room the first time they experience a panic attack.