This is true. Actually panic can kill and if you look critically at it, it has killed people many a time.
Panic attacks are caused by high anxiety which is a response to a danger or threat. It is so named because all of its effects are aimed toward either fighting or fleeing from the danger. Thus, the sole purpose of anxiety is to protect the individual from harm. This may seem ironic given that you no doubt feel your anxiety is actually causing you great harm...perhaps the most significant of all the causes of panic attacks.
Upon closer examination of the causes of panic attacks, it would
appear that what we are afraid of are the sensations themselves--we are
afraid of the body losing control. These unexpected physical symptoms
create the fear or panic that something is terribly wrong.
Why do you
experience the physical symptoms of the fight/flight response if you are
not frightened to begin with? There are many ways these symptoms can
manifest themselves, not just through fear. For example, it may be that
you have become generally stressed for some reason in your life, and
this stress results in an increase in the production of adrenaline and
other chemicals, which from time to time, would produce symptoms....and
which you perceive as the causes of panic attacks.
This increased
adrenaline can be maintained chemically in the body, even after the
stress has long gone. Another possibility is diet, which directly
affects our level of stress. Unresolved emotions are often pointed to as
possible trigger of panic attacks, but it is important to point out
that eliminating panic attacks from your life does not necessarily mean
analyzing your psyche and digging into your subconscious.
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