Anxiety attacks are our body's normal coping mechanisms against different stressors and distressing predicaments. In other words, these are chemical, physical and emotional reactions that are elicited by fear, apprehension, or shock. These reactions also cause a fight or flight response. Based on scientific studies, people automatically react to stress or stress inducing activities by either making a confrontational stance or making a decision to avoid the stress. Pressure can come from an emotional problem in a relationship at home, demanding tasks and deadlines at the office, the dread of a forthcoming test, or the clamor for a game winning performance in a championship game. All these can produce constant anguish and even anxiety attacks if a person is not able to cope effectively with the stress. A person that is undergoing an anxiety attack often experiences a feeling of numbness or tingling, shortness of breath, dizziness, heightened palpitations, chronic sweati...
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