Panic disorder is, in a sense, a thought disorder that occurs due to anxiety. In fact, it is a disorder based on panic attacks. The underlying thoughts are "panic may come at any time, a disaster may happen a little later and I cannot handle this situation, I cannot cope." These are thoughts with negative content such as: The most important symptom is the constant expectation of a panic attack that can happen at any time. The person is worried not about the moment of panic, but about the intense anxiety that will be experienced during the panic moment. This situation is accompanied by the thought of lack of endurance. The fact that the mind constantly gives negative messages means that the person is worried about life. It prevents the person from experiencing the attacks. The person begins to take precautions on his own to avoid experiencing attacks. For example, not being alone at home, not taking the elevator alone. During the day, he often feels anxious, tense, restless, angry for no reason, and the exaggerated high perception in the body that accompanies these moods is intensely experienced. Pressure in the chest, sweating, tremors, tingling, nausea, feeling of weakness, dizziness, feeling of unreality, which is reflected in the thoughts that the person is about to die, thoughts that he/she has lost control and will be disgraced, and due to all these, the person avoids places, times and situations. Then, the person cannot, for example, swim alone, cannot take the subway, and feels intense anxiety while crossing the bridge. In other words, agorophobia occurs simultaneously with panic disorder.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PANIC ATTACKS AND PANIC DISORDER?
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Although most people consider panic attack and panic disorder in the same category, the two concepts are actually similar, but they are differentiated from each other in a clinical sense.
Panic attacks also accompany other psychiatric disorders. For example, OCD( obsessive compulsive disorder), anxiety (anxiety disorders), t.s.s.b (post-traumatic stress disorder); pan Panic disorder is seen when the panic attack becomes chronic. Panic attack starts suddenly and the time is unknown. Symptoms are; breathlessness, abdominal pain, tingling, numbness, sweating, tremors, feeling of strangeness, feeling of having a heart attack, thoughts that the person is losing control, headache. Fear of death, dizziness, fear and thoughts of going crazy. In panic disorder, these symptoms are experienced more intensely and at any time.
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF PANIC DISORDER?
It may be due to hereditary and physical predispositions. .Environmental events can prepare the ground for panic disorder. The constant pessimism of the parents in front of the child also prepares the ground for the child.
WHICH PERSONALITY STRUCTURE SHOWS PANIC DISORDER?
Perfectionist, attention to detail, meticulous. It is more common in women and people who think about everything and are preoccupied with events or events that they think about for days.
WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF PANIC DISORDER?
3 or 4 out of 100 people suffer from panic disorder. It is thought to be.
TREATMENT
Psychotherapy along with medication will lead to a 90% success rate in the treatment of panic disorder. Only the psychotherapy (behavioral, dynamic, cognitive) method has recently produced very successful results. Breathing exercises (correct and controlled breathing) are a very successful and helpful method. Finally, with the exposure method, a list of specific places that the person is extremely anxious about going to and afraid of doing is made, and the person is exposed to events and situations in order, starting from the situation in which he or she feels the least anxiety and fear. This is a very successful method for treatment, but it should be applied under the control of experts.
People showing symptoms of panic disorder can use hearsay methods. e amulet teachers, transcendental meditations, hypnosis applied in unauthorized places, etc. Asking for help from psychologists and psychiatrists before applying will help them find a solution in a short time.
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