What causes panic attacks?
One question that made all those who suffer panic attacks, also known as anxiety attacks or panic attack is what causes them? What causes panic attacks? What are the triggers of panic attacks? What produces them?
Triggers and most common causes of panic attacks:
Phobias: people who are exposed to certain objects or situations that excessive fear of an irrational manner may experience a panic attack when in contact with those elements.
Passivity is natural to think that inaction in the form of excessive courtesy, respect and shyness can be positive factors and it is normal to have these features. However, a growing body of evidence supports the idea that inaction resulting from fear or fear (sometimes unexplained), low self-esteem and low self-confidence are characteristics that are very often in people who experience episodes of attack panic.
Hyperventilation syndrome; Breathing through the mouth, excessive exhalation of breath or more of carbon dioxide with respect to the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream can lead to symptoms such as dizziness, lightheadedness, and palpitations. These symptoms may be caused by a panic attack.
Biological causes, biological causes: generalized anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorders, post-traumatic stress, hypoglycemia, hyperthyroidism, Wilson’s disease, mitral valve prolapse, pheochromocytoma, inner ear disturbances and deficiency of vitamin B “are biological factors, and can be treated.
Phobias are these intense fears that come from exposure to certain factors.
Causes short-term triggers, significant personal loss, profound changes in our daily lives, excessive consumption of caffeine, nicotine, marijuana or other drugs can be triggers.
Persistent causes: they may be environmental causes, constant negative thoughts, have a poor image of ourselves, to have constant doubts or negative beliefs and feelings held or lack of assertiveness.
Lack of assertiveness: when we have our senses acuity usually have a passive communication style and avoid confrontation.
Drugs: the Panic Away most common are Ritalin (drugs to treat hyperactivity), the fluoroquinolone class antibiotics, and certain antidepressants, among others.
Withdrawal: both legal and illegal substances (drugs, alcohol, prescription and nonprescription).
Pharmacological triggers: caused by certain chemicals, both stimulant and depressant (including caffeine, amphetamines and alcohol among many others).
Any of these factors may be sufficient to produce a panic attack in someone who has lived hitherto free from them. In some cases the attack may be a unique event, without ever being repeated, but in other cases can get more attacks.
The subtle mysteries of the human mind not yet fully understood, particularly when it comes to explaining how the subconscious.
Other factors may exacerbate the relationship between panic disorder and the circumstances of our daily lives so that we choose as we are imposed. The stress of modern existence, whether related to finances, work, relationships, health, gaps and absences or anything else, can have a huge impact on any of us, and we should all do everything possible to reduce physical and emotional demands that we expose ourselves to. This is especially important if you suffer from panic disorder, and that high levels of stress and anxiety make it very difficult to keep under control the panic attacks or have the fear of having one.
Fear is a warning with which we have to keep us safe. It is responsible for identifying those objects, people, situations, or anything that poses a threat to our security and integrity, and his presence in our lives is essential to avoid exposure to unnecessary danger. However, when fear comes in forms and routines that are beyond normal limits, may represent a real obstacle to our normal social development, becoming phobias.
The anxiety or fear prior to meeting new people or reconnect with friends and acquaintances, even to the anguish that causes the person to maintain a conversation or eye contact with another, have been categorized into a particular type of phobia, called social phobia.
General social phobia characterized by fear of attracting attention and the constant concern about being observed. Who suffers, avoid social interaction, even abstain from eating or drinking in public, to maintain a dialogue, go to public places such as clubs, beaches, bars and others. At work, the general social phobia is one of the main reasons for staying in the current job, without the benefit of salary increases or advancement in position, for fear that causes this person confrontation with officers and colleagues. Within this group is agoraphobia, social phobia, a type of very common today.
