What triggers random anxiety and panic attacks when nothing is going on?

Thinking about or remembering past events in your life can trigger anxiety and panic attacks as you relive unpleasant memories. Thinking and worrying about the future can also trigger anxiety and panic attacks as you worry about what's going to happen, whether you'll be successful, the consequences if you fail, inadequacy etc.

A life of a Pacific Islander, Money and family obligation seems to be the culprit that triggers anxiety. Children in this part of the world are investments to our parents and families regardless of how you were raised. You are expected to give back and don't questions your obligations either it is a family or extended family related. Most of these obligations involves money and your time to attend. Please don't get me wrong I love my family and my communities but sometimes their expectations is too much to bear. My anxiety shows in a form of not sleeping due to so many things in my mind or been rude in my words so I could protect myself from being hurt or lashing back in a language that hurts the other person. The pay back is a bitch but at that exact moment there is a relief that they got your message and u could embrassed it for a moment. I wonder if I am the only person in this world with these issues. Vinaka

Your mind is thinking to much about something even if you don't know what it is. Sometimes we overthink things and our body reacts to that.

I guess when you're alone you start thinking and then you start to stress out on the real random stuff in your life and that triggers it.

Sometimes it can be anything. My best opinion would be that your brain has gone into a fight or flight mode, causing you to panic. Panic attacks and anxiety such as these is usually a chemical imbalance in the brain, requiring medication, therapy or relaxation techniques to reduce episodes and to control panicking situations.

Sometimes we dont know the reason for our anxiety or there is not reason at all! I believe the best you can do in that situation is to do things that relaxes you and forget about the cause

Unfortunately for me when I am working and two many people in my store I do not like having so many people in a small place

Mostly Bad experience associated within a certain place, a sound or even a person there must a stimulant that causes the anxiety

The past, and the thought of the future. They scare you into panic attacks. They can cause depression to.

Sometimes, You can end up asking yourself questions to develop a story in your head or to solve a problem then suddenly something will come to you. Perhaps its a question of uncertainty - "Do they talk to me because they like me?" or a realization - "There is going to be a lot of people there", But from that point it begins to spiral out of control, driven by self-doubt or dread leading to an anxious feeling that is too difficult to shake off until the event happens or until you can find some way to distract yourself, or a feeling of dread with a perception such as "It is unavoidable" and mentally pushing yourself into a corner until you end up breaking.

It's mainly through your thoughts or just thinking that there should be something going on that you forgot, even when you are constantly reminded. I always feel the need to be productive and always doing something, and if I'm not, I get really anxious. It just happens.

Sometimes they are triggered when I am going to travel. Other times they come on for no reason at all

triggers can come out of nowhere. I could be looking at someone having fun and be like how are they having so much fun. I could think of my favorite show and start crying because episodes didn't come out. I have lots of existential panic attacks a lot. thinking about life could make me start crying. So i try to just have fun so i don't cry during school.

Chemical inbalance, loud noises and sudden stressful thoughts. Sudden, extreme life changes. Sometimes I can't tell at all.

Sometimes anxiety attacks can be triggered by smell, a sound or even a color. When you are already stressed you are more prone to have a panic attack.

Thoughts about being anxious / having a panic attack and being unable to control it. Thoughts of a future event that might have a negative outcome.

your thoughts. they are pulling the trigger and opening the door to overthinking, which leads to anxiety and panic attack, and also develop your fantasy. you start imagining things that will never happen out of nowhere and it stresses you out and makes you worried, even tho it's unimportant, you get worried and those worries can lead to panic and paranoia as well.

Personally, I may get an anxiety attack when there is noting really happening around me but a thought or many thoughts pop into my head. However, I imagine 'nothing going on' also means cognitively. Random panic attacks can be due to genetic predisposition, early childhood anxiety, persistent stress over a length of time, are all a few invisible, unavoidable factors. Then if you're thinking about stuff, or was thinking about something earlier that was stressful, you may get a panic attack. Too much alone time with your thoughts can bring on attacks, but even a lack of goals in life, no matter how small, can trigger the fight/flight response because you need those emotions to cope with relieving stressors.

The nature of anxiety is that it is not always connected to something that is currently happening that's why it is hard to deal with it.

Literally ANYTHING can trigger anxiety and panic attacks! I didn't realize this for so long, but sites, smells, and everything else can trigger anxiety!

This sounds like generalized anxiety and it can be brought on by nothing in particular. I suggest speaking with a therapist to find what works best for you to fight these attacks.

Just the fear of something is going to go wrong and you getting looked at and people are talking about you

Not everything has a trigger with generalized anxiety disorder nothing has to happen for anxiety to come on it's what you do to be able to cope in that moment is what really matters.

Anything could trigger anxiety, but usually stress is the one property that carries people away, be it momentaneous or due to past events.

Expectancy of something happening. Not knowing what to do now you have some quiet time. any number of factors, its best to just take your time and learn from wat happens and plan accordingly in the future so it doesn't become such a large hurdle.

from my own personal experience what triggers random anxiety are actions caused by other people that we come across whether they are visitors or just complete strangers how they treat their kids or in a relationship on things are going through yelling and screaming the blame when a person walks away I'm more serious situations that do indeed bring back anxieties as well as panic attacks

Maybe you see things that trigger a bad memory. Like seeing someone being bullied you'll remember your experience of being bullied and it'll trigger your anxiety and panic attacks. Maybe you're just remembering too deeply that you remember all those bad times in your life

Loud noises, crowds often cause anxiety or panic for me. When my teacher looks around the room for someone to answer a question, I often look down because of instinct, which causes him to think I'm not paying attention. I go blank and embarrass myself in front of my entire class when that happens.

The slightest things can trigger anxiety, even noises when you are asleep can cause you to wake up in the morning feeling panicked and anxious

This can entirely depends from person to person. Everyone has unique triggers for anxiety, and often only by actively practicing mindfulness are we able to identify them beforehand or during their onset. If you feel random anxiety or a panic attack, try a grounding exercise and then see if you can identify what it was that set you off personally so you can be aware of it for the future!