Anxiety and Panic Attacks

Are you suffering from out-of-control anxiety which is preventing you from enjoying your life and achieving your full potential, if this is how it is for you, whatever your level of anxiety, there are ways to overcome it, and take back control of your life...

Understanding Anxiety

Worry... anxiety ... panic ...

Increasing stress of everyday life in the 21st century means that anxiety has become more prevalent in our society. Anxiety disorders affect at least 10 percent of the population in the UK at some time in their lives.

The anxiety response is hard wired in our neurology, it is an evolutionary adaptive neural alarm system for rapidly alerting us to sources of threat in our environment, it happens pre-thought.

Anxiety and fear are essential and without it the human species would have died out millions of years ago. Our ancestors were surrounded by physical threats and needed to be physically prepared to escape from real danger, they had to be able to run from the chasing lion or sabre- toothed tiger, and they had to do this very quickly. We still have this anxiety response, but what we feel anxious about is more likely to be an upcoming presentation, exam, or work stress, not situations that would be advantageous to run from, but we still respond as if they were physical threats.

The anxiety response is known as the fight-or-flight response:

blood pressure rises- to increase circulation to muscles and heart
heart beats faster- to cope with the extra increased demands expected
breathing rate increases-to enable quicker uptake of oxygen in our blood
sweating- to try to cool ourselves
blood is diverted to the muscles in our limbs ready for action
digestion slowed down- causes saliva to dry up

What is a Panic Attack !

A panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear, accompanied by four or more symptoms from the following list:

Palpitations or rapid heart rate
Breathlessness
Feeling unsteady, dizzy, light-headed or faint
Trembling or shaking
Sweating
Having a hot flush or chills
Chest pain or discomfort
Numbness or tingling sensation
Feeling as if you or surroundings are unreal
Nausea or churning stomach
Choking
Fear of dying
Fear of losing control or going crazy

( DSM-1V

Anxiety Treatment

Anxiety and panic attacks can be overcome effectively and quickly and in a relaxed way, using a wide-range of specific techniques from hypnotherapy, NLP, EFT and CBT

To find out more call Sue on 07956 578858 or email info@londonphobiatherapy.com, or use contact form.

I offer a no-obligation 20 mins phone consultation to discuss any issues you may have and to answer any questions. To schedule a phone consultation use the above contacts.

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