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Common Anxiety and Panic Attack Symptoms

Racing heart, difficulty breathing, tingling hands and feet, feeling like you're about to faint, lose control, or die? The intense sense of impending doom and suffocation makes you feel like life is ending; or perhaps unexplained dizziness, numbness, mental confusion, with that terrifying thought constantly circling in your mind—"Am I going crazy?" or "Am I about to lose control?"

local_hospitalMedical Examination and Diagnosis

You may have visited countless hospitals, undergone numerous heart and brain tests, with doctors telling you "everything is normal," but this only makes you feel more helpless because the pain is so real.

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You are not going crazy, you don't have a terminal illness, and you will not die from a panic attack.

psychologyScientific Explanation and Treatment of Anxiety

Everything you're experiencing has a medical explanation—your nervous system is temporarily "exhausted" (in a sensitized state), and it's simply sounding the alarm at the wrong time. By understanding anxiety, continuously practicing facing and acceptance, and rebuilding inner strength in fear, all of this can be completely self-healed.