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How do you personally recognise a panic attack?

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Anonymous on Jun 8, 2015
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I personally recognize a panic attack when my thoughts first start racing and I can't seem to think about one thing for very long. My breathing gets faster and I feel like I've just run a marathon. My head feels like it's going to explode because of everything that I am thinking about and I can't seem to stop it but I realize at the end that there is no need to panic. I bring myself down by realizing that I have a place to go and let all of my fears and worries go.
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Anonymous on Apr 7, 2015
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I think it's different for each person to an extent. It can be very difficult to recognize someone else having an ANXIETY attack because a lot of people are good at hiding their anxiety or sometimes you may just think they are behaving 'oddly' like repeatedly leaving a crowded room for some air or disappearing off to the bathroom for a very long amount of time. From what i know panic attacks are different, they're not very easy to hide most of the time because you literally feel like something is catastrophically wrong and that you're dying. Recognizing it will start with the normal anxiety, dry mouth, mild palpitations etc but can end with someone feeling like they can't breathe with a sense of doom and are unable to calm themselves down for a good few minutes at least. They might go pale and be shaky and emotional and be unable to express what they're feeling. It changes from individual to individual though.
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MonkeyPineMarten on Apr 25, 2015
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For each person the symptoms are different, and it takes time to really know yourself and what your body feels like during a panic attack. It can help to talk to a doctor or therapist and keep track of when you have them to recognize patterns. Some common possible symptoms are; racing heart, sweating, dizziness, trembling, rapid breathing, thoughts of panic, or that the world is ending.
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Anonymous on Jul 28, 2015
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My heart beats faster, My breathing becomes faster, My head spins, I start to sweat profusely, I become shaky, and I think my world is ending.
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Nighttlight on Aug 25, 2015
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While panic attack symptoms differ from situation to situation common signs are: Difficulty breathing consistently, feeling of no control, general thoughts of panic.
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Anonymous on Sep 14, 2015
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Panic attacks involve sudden feelings of terror that strike without warning. Feeling weak, faint, or dizzy. Just Face it :) to show to our self, that panic/worried is wrong and meaningless
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Athena86 on Sep 15, 2015
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My panic attacks would always make me feel like I was dying. The first time it happened, I thought I was having a heart attack. My heart raced. I could actually hear my heartbeat. I felt dizzy. My feet and fingers tingled. I couldn't help but to breathe quickly. After a long time, I started being able to feel the "edginess" creep up, and I would know one was coming.
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Rossewen078 on Sep 28, 2015
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When somebody is breathing hard, tembling and sweating cold. When I had one I felt like my legs couldn't hold me anymore, I was panting and I couldn't see. Controling my respiration was what it helped me to control myself
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rose164 on Jan 19, 2016
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A panic attack makes my breathing quicken, I cry and maybe scream, I shake and some people get a quickened heart rate.
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Anonymous on Jan 26, 2016
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for me personally I feel several things such as: hyperventilation, racing heart rate, shaking, blurry vision and feeling faint.
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