We can say that panic attacks are attacks of fear that recur from time to time and at the same time terrify the person at the moment they occur. Panic attacks occur unexpectedly and make the person feel helpless. Patients generally define this situation as "Crisis". This attack, which starts suddenly, increases its intensity within 10 minutes and reaches the highest level, and then disappears on its own.
So, what are the complaints during a panic attack?
The person experiences an accelerated heartbeat. , palpitations, shortness of breath, feeling like the soul is leaving the body, tremors or numbness in the arms and legs, dizziness, fainting
sweating, tension, feeling of numbness in different parts of the body are among the most common complaints.
But patients They typically misinterpret these physical complaints. How? Oops!! I'm having a heart attack, my heart will stop, I'm dying. My breathing will stop, I'm suffocating. I'm going crazy, I'm losing my mind, I'm losing control. I will be paralyzed. I feel like I'm going to faint, fall, pass out. Most people feel the above symptoms and think the same things, but it does not mean that everyone is having a panic attack or panic disorder. Why? Because generally, before this situation occurs, we question whether the person has experienced an event that upset him or not before having an attack. In fact, it is not a single event, that event that caused this is just the last straw. And in fact, the glass is your personality and it is impossible to change it completely.. In this case, What actually affects people is not those events, but how the person interprets the event within the situation. And these interpretations actually consist of people's schemas. Schemas are about how we look and see the world. Therefore, the events we experience and our perspective and reactions to these events are actually related to which schema we look at the world with.
What is the main purpose of psychotherapy in treatment?
To help the person gain individual maturity and increase awareness. Correcting behavioral disorders, emotional relief, overcoming emotional confusion, teaching coping methods, enabling the child to re-examine events, attitude change, restructuring thoughts, interpretations. and most importantly, to enable them to know themselves and their inner world better. Cognitive behavioral therapy aims to make the person's maladaptive thoughts and behaviors more compatible.
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