Panic Attacks: Myths vs Facts

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Hey! Welcome back!

If you guys have been following me since August, you might have seen that a majority of my posts are targeted towards Anxiety and it's repercussions; the main reason is that I see this on a daily basis and its easier to relate. Yet, there's still a lot of misconceptions on various topics that are still prevalent which is why I thought, why not write on this?

So, in today's post I'll be debunking top 5 myths on "Panic Attacks" and replacing them with actual facts :)


NUMBER ONE:


This is one of the most common fallacy that is seen. Panic attacks aren't triggered by certain stressors or situations-they don't always happen before an exam or important event. They can occur when you're having food or watching television or doing literally anything.  

NUMBER TWO:


When panic strikes, it is common to experience a lack of control and be frightened of losing your mind. You may briefly feel disconnected from yourself and the world around you.
 While those signs are uncomfortable, they're not a signal of psychosis.

NUMBER THREE:



People who have panic attacks live grounded in reality. They do not see or pay attention to things that aren't there. Although their emotional response to something can be extreme, it's still a response to something in the actual world. You additionally won’t find that a person having a panic attack speaks in tongues or anything like what takes place when people have mental health crises in television.

NUMBER FOUR:


Some human beings have the signs and signs of a panic attack, however do not believe that’s what occurred because they're not anxious otherwise. If you believe you may have had a panic attack, you may searching for remedy to keep it from taking place again, even in case you do now no longer have other anxiety signs. 

NUMBER FIVE:


So contrary to stigmatizing beliefs, panic attacks aren’t something human beings can control. We don’t know precisely what reasons panic attacks, however we do recognize that they could frequently be caused via way of means of stressful events, mental illness, or unspecified stimuli or changes in the environment.

Nevertheless, one must help out a person going through an attack because they will need that kind of support.

Okay! So that was for today's post. Hope I could help debunk a few unknown myths of Panic attacks.
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Also thank you so so much for the response on my last week's post :))

Signing off,
Kuhu :)






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