From stress to anxiety and panic attacks

From stress to anxiety

and panic attacks

From stress to anxiety what you might feel

Anxiety may to varying degrees cause of the following symptoms :

¨ irregular heart beat
¨ tensed/painful muscles
¨ clammy hands, sweating
¨ dizziness/light-headedness
¨ trembling/shaking
¨ irritability and angry outbursts
¨ stomach upsets
¨ sense of panic
¨ general fears and phobias

You may feel on 'hyper-alert' most of the time and the above symptoms of stress and anxiety may become increasingly debilitating. You may be worrying a lot, have sleep problems and feel exhausted most of the time. The ringing of the telephone, post dropping through the letterbox, excited children, crowds, can all feel too much, with you just wanting to run away or explode with anger. You may also feel depressed.

From anxiety to panic the symptoms of panic attacks

¨ pounding heart, chest pain
¨ difficulty breathing
¨ feelings of unreality
¨ feeling detached from yourself
¨ fear of losing control or going crazy
¨ fear of dying

What you need to know

It makes sense to have a check-up by your family doctor if only to exclude a medical condition. However, although the symptoms of a panic attack can be very frightening indeed, it is unlikely that there is anything seriously wrong with you. Panic attacks are very common and can often be easily treated.

Human Givens Therapy for stress, anxiety and panic

Symptoms of stress and anxiety, frequently linked with depression, respond very well to Human Givens Therapy, sometimes in a few sessions. A Human Givens therapist uses a wide approach, which includes helping you to meet your essential emotional needs and making the most of your innate resources, and hypnotherapy.

In my practice

I frequently see people who worry, very understandably, that they are going to have to be 'carted off' to a psychiatric hospital and who fear that they are never going to be 'normal' again.

I reassure them that their body/mind is reacting entirely normal under for them abnormal circumstances and/or through a gradual build-up of stresses and strains.

Complete recovery is very likely.

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The speed of recovery may depend on whether or not you are taking tranquillisers and/or antidepressants. If you have been prescribed such medication by your family doctor or specialist, it is not advisable to stop taking any such medication without their advice. Under no circumstances should you suddenly stop taking this kind of medication, as you may suffer unnecessarily from symptoms alike those you had when you first went on them.

A Human Givens Therapist is well equipped to help you decide on the best course of action and will be happy to liase with your GP or specialist if necessary.

The material on these pages is intended as information only,

and not as medical advice.