When we are in the grips of an anxious pattern, it dominates our brain and nervous system, and we lose our normal body-mind ...

You know that moment when something in your environment just gives you that icky feeling where you want to panic, puke, or just plain run away? We've all get some sensory triggers that just make us a ...

A panic attack feels like an ambush—your heart races, breathing becomes erratic, and a wave of dread washes over you. But while the symptoms are real, the danger is not. Panic attacks occur when the ...

Panic attacks are no joke: They involve overwhelming feelings of fear or anxiety that are often coupled with physical symptoms like chest pains, nausea, sweating, chills, and difficulty breathing.

Priscilla Warner, 70, suffered her first panic attack at the age of 15. Back then, nobody had a word for what she was experiencing, and therapy wasn’t on anyone’s radar. Her doctor prescribed Librium ...

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My pen dragged diligently across my notebook in my undergraduate classes some years ago. "A panic attack usually lasts about fifteen minutes, the body can't sustain that activation for long." Still, ...

Panic attacks can be terrifying − both for the person experiencing them and for people close by witnessing their occurrence. What's more, experiencing panic attacks may be more common than some people ...

Gemma Sicouri receives funding from Australian Rotary Health. Jennie Hudson works for the Black Dog Institute and receives or has received funding from the National Health and Medical Research, the ...

One moment you’re going about your day normally, and the next your heart is pounding like it’s trying to escape your chest while your brain screams that something catastrophic is about to happen. Your ...