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

Personally, sometimes my mind will wonder and start thinking about something in the past that was anxiety-inducing. Sometimes, I also have small things that trigger a train of thought. For example, I see a pencil, which leads me to think about something embarrassing that happened to me in class, and then I start feeling anxious. It's little things like that. Other times, an attack will be triggered because of repressed feelings. I have a tendency to push down feelings, so when something happens that makes me feel those feelings, even if it's just a minuscule amount of feeling, I will have an attack.

When nothing is going on, people are more likely to think about stuff that they've avoided thinking about for a long time. Sometimes the seemingly most harmless things turn into a big problem and source of depression. It is actually really common to always search for something that's wrong. And if there isn't one huge problem your whole life sometimes seems like the biggest mess of all and everything feels wrong. So when you're searching for bad things, you'll probably find some. They mostly aren't even that bad, but in that moment, it feels as if you have been betrayed by the universe because you have been living a lie. At least your mind thinks that.

Sometimes when you experience something that you once experienced and it was bad, bringing back memories creates anxiety as it reminds you of bad experiences. You may not be doing anything but your mind may wander and take you to a different state of mind. It can be one thought after another in which it adds to your anxiety. May we think what could we have done differently? Also, or actions on such events may trigger panic attacks or the way we perceived the situation. Random anxiety attacks and or panic attacks can cause a lot of stress. Learning to cope is good.

Random anxiety and panic attacks without an obvious current cause are usually, a projection of past traumatizing experiences in a similar actual context. This means that, although the present situation is not entirely the same with the past one, it still causes a reaction of fear and potential lack of emotional control. One of the most common approaches to identifying the actual cause of anxiety or a panic attack is exploring the past traumatic experiences of the person experiencing the symptoms, in order to determine what is the actual they are facing, if it has real grounds or is an extension of on emotion that was not acknowledged and dealt with previously, when the traumatic event took place.

I believe the main triggers around anxiety and attacks is over thinking, when I over thing it causes me to become increasingly anxious which leads to a panic attack. Anxiety is very good at convincing you theres some thing wrong, or taking some thing minor and blowing it well out of proportion.

I have dealt with this for over 15 years. From my personal experience it's usually racing thoughts of things that I'm afraid of or situations I'm afraid of happening. Sometimes it can even be that I've had too much caffeine or not enough sleep. I would recommend keeping a journal and writing down everything! That may help you to determine what your anxiety triggers are so that you can avoid them. I personally have to avoid caffeine because it causes me to have panic attacks and anxiety because it makes me feel jittery. It takes a lot of trials and errors, but I promise you can get through this.

For me, it would be when I start to overthink on the littlest of things. This would happen most especially when I am trying to deal with a stressful situation and then I find myself in a space where I am completely isolated with no one to turn to. What happens in my case is that i suddenly have a "feeling" if you will that the world starts to collapse around me and I am unable to control the situation, therefore a random anxiety feeling arises. Most of the time it is controllable given the situations, i guess it comes out to the "uncontrollable" aspect of it. Being the unknown makes me realize that maybe sometimes there are things are beyond my control and that is probably why I kind of panic even when I am not supposed to.

personally, i feel that feeding my negative thoughts just send me into a spiral that inevitably lead me to having anxiety and panic attacks. when i recognize these happening, i find that putting a stop to these destructive patterns by reaching out to loved ones prevent me from going to a darker place. It is important to understand yourself by taking notes on patterns and finding ways to intercept them before it starts getting bad. It's definitely a lengthy process but i believe in the power of being self-aware and how it is able to transcend both self-love and self-care

Triggers can be mysterious and often pass beneath the limit of consciousness. A smell, sensation, or pattern that you don't even notice can start an emotional reaction without conscious thought. Often times, these subconscious triggers are things that have a root in association with a past emotional experience that we are avoiding. If there is a thing or things in your past that you actively avoid thinking about, remembering, or feeling, that focused avoidance leads us to be constantly reminded of that thing. Anything our brains can associate with that averse memory or emotion will, consciously or unconsciously evoke the memory and trigger that fight or flight response. Emotions travel faster than thoughts do- just think about how anger arises before you ever even have the chance to think through the exact situation. Anxiety is even faster, and unlike anger, we tend to panic when we are faced with emotional that we are unable or unwilling to face.

We may not know what triggered us, it could have been something from our past, a conversation or situation we didn't think had such an impact but it shows up later. Trauma or issues can be stored in us and come out when we don't expect it. It helps to know that anxiety is normal and a part of many peoples lives. I would look back at my conversations and environment, where I was and who I might have talked too and take some notes and see if there is a pattern. You may find it was something small or something you didn't expect but knowledge is power and can help you in the future.