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

I have no idea what it is for other people, but for me, if I’ve just gotten out of an overwhelming situation, before I even know I was overwhelmed, I get completely numb, and around thirty minutes later all my emotions rush back to me at once. This might just be an introvert thing though. Examples of this is if I’m driving a few someones somewhere, and they start shouting, I get overwhelmed, and the second they get out of the car and I’m alone, I get all numb, and then the panic. Again, I can’t say your trigger, but from personal experience, that’s what usually triggers mine.

That's the nature of panic disorder! Our brains perceive danger when there isn't any so our body reacts as if there is danger, which makes us panic even more. It's a feedback loop. If you can calm your breathing (and then your heart rate will start to slow as well) you can convince your brain that there's no need to panic.

Generally high stress levels, panic or anxiety disorders or triggers that aren't obvious can all set off seemingly random anxiety attacks. A sound, smell, taste or feeling can all trigger memories or bodily responses without us understanding why. However, the response of the body is not random and there is always a reason for it. It could even be as simple as "bad" breathing habits that trick your body into thinking there is something to be anxious about. Sometimes, attacks can also be brought on by things happening in our subconscious. This can be specifically when we repress emotions, and find ourselves suddenly spilling over with "random" responses, manifested in the form of panic or anxiety attacks.

I believe that our bodies have a sense memory. You experience a variety of physical sensations when you're experiencing anxiety and in an "actual" triggering situation. However, when you experience something that is non-triggering, yet it resembles those same physical symptoms, it can trigger anxiety and panic. For example, your heart races when you have a panic attack, yet your heart can also race for a variety of non-panic related reasons, in fact some that are positive. Your body doesn't know that this is different and not a threat. All the more reason to use grounding and mindfulness techniques that enable you to recognize the safety of your current environment and stabilize your symptoms.

sometimes, what triggers random anxiety and panic attack are our own memories, memories live within our mind, the mind that produces thoughts, and we cannot run from our own thoughts. When people intentionally/unintentionally recalls a traumatic memories, how the self responses is inevitable. even though memories is something we cannot see, but the imagery of a traumatic memories can be so vivid that a person can experience the traumatizing moment as intense as the real moment took place back then. these kind of memories triggers anxiety, which gives a huge amount of energy so the 'self' in a tense mode, and can't contain it in a long period of time that it burst in to a panic attacks.

Anxiety and panic attacks can be caused by stress, anxiety disorders, genetics, traumatic events or even environmental factors. There are certain triggers that can cause the anxiety and panic attacks that are being experienced such as health issues, having caffeine that same day, medications, skipping meals, concerns, parties or social events and conflict. Negative thinking and situations that make one nervous are big factors and triggers to endure an anxiety attack or a panic attack. These are completely up to weather you have a diagnosis or not. But what had been mentioned are common triggers for people who get anxiety and panic attacks.

Panic attacks are almost always spontaneous when nothing is going on in your life at that moment. You might of thought about your anxiety and panic attacks, worrying that they would come up again and hence, it happens. It can be a scary moment when you suddenly panic over nothing, but note that this is normal for those suffering with anxiety and panic attacks and this can be treated. While in the attack, find a way to do an activity that calms you down or something that makes you happy, like watching cat videos on YouTube, or playing your guitar. Whatever you feel is best, go for it! We can all beat anxiety and panic attacks, at whatever pace we want to do it in!

I think my mind and endless amounts of thoughts is a really big trigger for anxiety and panic attacks. As my mind races, so does my heart and then causes my stomach to get upset. After my stomach gets upset, I get nauseous. Then further the nausea gets me even more anxious. I think i get more anxious because I do not like throwing up and the feeling of having to really worries me. Overall random anxiety just creates a bad cycle and therefore worries me more. Also I think when nothing is going on then it worries you more when you think about past mistakes or things that could possibly happen in the future.

Just the fact of remembering something, like a fear you have or a traumatic past experience, can lead to random anxiety and panic attacks. It can happen to anyone, anywhere and at any moment of the day and there is not necessarily a reason of why those thoughts are coming back. But for example, low self-esteem can sometimes be responsible of those sudden events. Some details, which may seem innocuous in the first place, the person can notice around them can also remind them of a traumatic event and thus trigger them. There's a lot of factors and it's most of the time related to past or self-esteem.

It could be a number of things. Sometimes our central nervous systems are just faulty and they tell us their is danger when there isn't any. Other times we might not think there is going on, but we actually have triggers we do not realize we have. Triggers do not always have to be bad things. Sometimes feeling safe or happy could be a trigger, because we associate feeling good with their being a crisis right around the corner. So it would be good to keep track of where you are and what you're doing when an attack hits to see if you can notice any patterns. It might also not be a particular event, but rather a time in life overall with increased stress. If that isn't the case, it could just be your brain and central nervous system misfiring. In either case, you can control how you respond how you react when you get anxiety and panic.