Types of Panic Attack
Anxiety Disorders can be grouped by type into categories based upon fears of what may happen and fears of the occurrence of past events reoccurring. A panic attack that can be linked to an extreme fear of something yet to be experienced is much different than a post-traumatic stress disorder which is based on things that have actually occurred and fear that they may happen again.
The Primary Categories of anxiety disorder are as follows:
1. Generalized anxiety disorder
Sufferers of this type of anxiety disorder find themselves worried constantly about non-specific troubles or events that may occur in their lives at any time, People with this type of disorder typically experience both physical symptoms – rapid heart rate, sweating, chest pains, lightheadedness – as well as psychological and/or emotional symptoms – extreme fear and loathing, the need to escape or flee, the feeling that they are not in control of themselves. Many of these sufferers can be helped with a combination of physical and lifestyle changes – such as controlled breathing, meditation, relaxation techniques – as well as reduced experience of network news and engagement in debate, argument, or competitive sports.
2. Social anxiety disorder
Sufferers of this type of anxiety disorder are afflicted with the belief that they will fail or be seen as failing in social settings, especially with the opposite sex. This condition is often mistaken for simple shyness but it has been seen that shyness is society’s handle for the disorder-when-minor while a much more specific and clinical definition regards shyness as common and natural, while the anxiety associated with this type of behavior goes much deeper and is much more serious. It can also be recognized as “stage fright” or other lock-up evidence of anxiety.
3. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Sufferers of this type of anxiety disorder are often afraid that a specific even will occur even when no evidence of its possibility exists. The more prevalent example of the existence of this type of anxiety attack, however, is the irresistible need to do or not do something. It may be as simple and harmless as extreme cleanliness to as destructive as high-risk or self-destructive behavior such as engaging in unsafe sex or sky-diving.
4. Phobia disorder
Phobias are exaggerated or unrealistic fears of objects, activities or life-functions. These include confinement, fear of heights, fear of flying, fear of snakes or spiders, to things as ridiculous as fear of metal to a fear of clowns.
5. Post-traumatic stress disorder
This type of disorder is typically associated with a past event or series of similar events that while low in probability of recurrence nonetheless represent an extreme panic event if the expectation or even remote probability arises. A typical example of this type of disorder includes men exposed to life-threatening environments for long periods of time, to rape victims, to those confined in buildings after an earthquake. These types of disorder almost always are accompanied and exacerbated by nightmares and flashbacks.
