by Kathy Nelson

Love is meant to be a happy emotion, yet it can also be one of the prime drivers behind a persons anxiety attack. You may see your ex love at a social event and it would be perfectly normal to have some level of anxiety in that situation but when that anxiety builds up and up until it makes you worry over every detail of your evening then it is time to realize that it has become a problem.

When a person experiences panic, then usually the panic has a trigger. For people who experience chronic panic attacks the trigger is the same thing. Agoraphobics have an anxiety panic attack anytime they travel out beyond their safe distance and for some people this can be just outside of their doorstep.

Your body is programmed to protect you, and for all of our years of education, rules and regulations when faced with situations that our mind considers to be dangerous it will try and force us to either stand and fight or run. This is called fight or flight and has managed to keep the human race alive for millions of years. The problem is that the high levels of chemicals released at this time can cause you to have an anxiety attack if you are unprepared for it.

We are all scared of different things, a situation that causes one person to have high levels of fear will not make another person blink an eye. It is true that no two people are alike. How do you know you are feeling fear? Usually your heart rate will increase, you will sweat and you may have feelings of nausea.

We are all different and we all deal with panic differently, most people will find that fear and panic breed anxiety. We are usually able to control our feelings of fear and panic, we try to get them under control before they take over our very being. If you are unable to control these feelings then you will often end up suffering from a anxiety attack.

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