Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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can you die from an anxiety attack?

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deleted_user
because when i get it my breathing is all messed up and then i pannic even more so0o can you?
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I don't think so. You may pass out if you hyperventilate too long. But anxiety is awful, no matter what.

When an attack is coming my first sign is usually an impending sense of doom! Scares the crap out of me and then starts all the fears spirally upward. I am not yet at that place where I can control it myself. Mine seems to be perimenopausal hormonally related.
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deleted_user
No you can't die from an anxiety attack and fainting is extremely rare during an anxiety attack.
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deleted_user
As far as I have heard, no one has ever died directly from an anxiety attack. A life of anxiety, however, will lead to chronic high blood pressure. Other than that, it just feels really really bad.
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I dont think so, If that was the case I would of been gone a long time ago. dont worry.
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deleted_user
You just have to try to breathe through it. You won't die, even if it feels like it or you want to. *hug* It's hard but you can do it!
4tomorrow
4tomorrow
I don't think you can die from anxiety attacks. I know what you mean by your breathing gets all messed. when I have anxiety attacks I tell myself to breathe slowly because I do feel like I was losing control over my breathing. You need to find a way to relax your body or distract yorself from the attack.
deleted_user
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you cannot die from anxiety attacks.but you can pass out from hyperventalation. this has never happened to me but my doctor says as soon as you pass out, your breathing will return to normal.ive had anxiety for 30 yrs and lived to tell about it. lol
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