A classic panic attack usually occurs suddenly and unexpectedly, reaches its peak within 10 minutes and ends within 1 hour. What makes panic attacks scary and unbearable is actually the "anticipatory anxiety" between attacks. In other words, the fear of having another attack takes over the person's existence. A constantly tense, restricted, fearful waiting begins. While there are people who have panic attacks many times at the beginning, there are also people who have a panic attack just once and fear that they will have a panic attack for years.
If a panic attack recurs frequently and the person is taken to the emergency room every day or visits doctor to doctor; It is very likely that there is an intense triggering problem. In other words, attacks continue until that problem is solved or a compromise is reached with the problem. There are many panic attack patients who experience attacks repeatedly and become desensitized to them or simply suppress them by using medication and now their attacks decrease or disappear. However, when this group is not fully treated, the fear of having the attack again persists. Even if the attack does not occur, the panic attack continues for years with symptoms such as not being able to be alone for fear of having a panic attack, not being able to leave the house, and not being able to go out without buying symbolic objects such as water.
During panic attacks, the mind goes into "fight or flight" mode. passes. Even after the attacks pass, a state of alarm persists in the brain. This point is very important. If the person stays at this point for a long time and does not receive appropriate therapy; Unfortunately, due to the adaptive process that occurs in the brain, the person always anxiously awaits a panic attack. An enemy that will never come is waited for years and life is shaped according to that enemy. The person begins to live a more insecure, more limited, unhappy life.
In summary, panic attack; It is affected by many factors such as conditions and personality structure. Sometimes it is intense and sometimes it repeats intermittently. If the appropriate approach and correct therapy is not applied, although it may subside, it may last a lifetime. Panic attacks are a disorder that can be cured permanently if early diagnosis and good psychotherapy are applied in time.
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