Panic Attacks Support Group
A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. Symptoms include trembling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, and sensations of choking or smothering. Panic attacks can be very sudden, appear to be unprovoked, and are often...
So I know that for some of us (maybe a lot of us) anxiety and panic runs in our family. On my mother's side, my mum, my grandmother, my aunt, and my great aunt all have had issues with anxiety. It's no surprise that I also have issues.
But what about the world we live in? I ask this because I've spent quite a bit of time in corporate America, and wow. Talk about an environment that encourages anxiety. I worked for a beverage company and people were literally having heart attacks over pop. SUGAR WATER for God's sake. We were expected to treat work like it was the most important thing in our lives.
And then look at what we do to our children. Kids have to do well in elementary school so they can get into the advanced classes in middle school. They have to do well in middle school so they can get into the college-track classes in high school. They have to do well in high school so they can get into a good college. And "doing well" doesn't just mean getting good grades. They have to join extracurricular acitivities, hold down a job, and do community service--all of it so they can put it down on their college application (which kind of negates the idea of community service--it's not done out of a sense of charity but of a desire to look good for prospecitve colleges).
And it doesn't end there. Once their in college, they have to do well so they get a good job, and then they have to perform well so they can get promotions, and so on and so on. Where does it end?
It just seems to me that we should have MORE people with panic attacks, given the environment we live in.
But what about the world we live in? I ask this because I've spent quite a bit of time in corporate America, and wow. Talk about an environment that encourages anxiety. I worked for a beverage company and people were literally having heart attacks over pop. SUGAR WATER for God's sake. We were expected to treat work like it was the most important thing in our lives.
And then look at what we do to our children. Kids have to do well in elementary school so they can get into the advanced classes in middle school. They have to do well in middle school so they can get into the college-track classes in high school. They have to do well in high school so they can get into a good college. And "doing well" doesn't just mean getting good grades. They have to join extracurricular acitivities, hold down a job, and do community service--all of it so they can put it down on their college application (which kind of negates the idea of community service--it's not done out of a sense of charity but of a desire to look good for prospecitve colleges).
And it doesn't end there. Once their in college, they have to do well so they get a good job, and then they have to perform well so they can get promotions, and so on and so on. Where does it end?
It just seems to me that we should have MORE people with panic attacks, given the environment we live in.
No wonder we have so many health issues in this age...
I agree that alot of it starts with our conception. Anxiety/panic disorder runs in my family as well. I have been like this since I can remember.
I also was one to strive for everything thru school, college, career, etc. I always want to look better than everyone else.
Stress is powerful and can lead to so many issues.