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Q. I
was wondering has anyone ever reported feeling the symptoms of what
they perceived as an oncoming heart attack or stroke or cancer
before starting to panic about it?
Example:
I get pains in my lower back and in the middle of my chest, then
shooting pains down both my arms, and a discomfort in my chest while
breathing. That is when I start to think is there anything wrong
here. Can these be signs of an oncoming heart attack or something
worse.
From what I have read, people have the
thoughts and then they manifest them into symptoms of pain and
discomfort. I'm also wondering if people that suffer from panic
attacks worry about having more than one kind of physical
attack--such as heart attacks this week, and next week worrying
about having cancer, and the following week a brain tumor. I would
really appreciate any information you can send me.
A. People with panic disorder do have various fears which
can swap and change not just week-to-week, but sometimes day-to-day.
These do include fears of having a heart attack, brain tumor, going
insane, etc. What isn't acknowledged is many people do have symptoms
before the actual panic. The symptoms can be so severe they bring on
the panic.
If you go into our website:
- into our research
section there is a study titled 'An Analysis of an uncued
panic attack' you will see the various and common symptoms
people experience before they panic. These symptoms appear to
happen as a result of dissociation, that is people have the
ability to enter into self-induced trance states but don't
recognize that they do so, and as a result, panic at the
sensations.
- If you go into our question and answer section there is a
letter under 'Symptoms'
which is very similar to yours and there is a detailed answer to
the question.
- If you go into 'Panic-Anxiety
Info: Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders go down and click on Dissociation
and this will give you an explanation of this phenomena.
We teach people to learn to see how the dissociative symptoms
happen and we teach people how to work and manage the ensuing panic
and anxiety by managing their thoughts. It is our thoughts which
create 99% of the ongoing problem. When people don't dissociate, it
is their thoughts which trigger the panic, although they may not be
aware of what they are thinking.
Some people do panic at various body sensations. They may be
unwell for whatever reason and worry about what is happening and
this can also result in panic.
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