anxiety

Treating Anxiety

Sleep Panic Attacks Behind sleep panic attacks is some form of anxiety disorder. As I’ve said in other posts, understanding anxiety is an important part of conquering panic attacks. Anxiety disorders affect millions of people across the world and include disorders like social phobia, specific phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. The first step [...]

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Anxiety Causes Insomnia

Sleep Panic Attacks – Anxiety? What comes first – sleep panic attacks or sleep problems with stress or  anxiety at their root.  Whilst this blog focusses on panic attacks, it is worth considering how frequently stress triggers sleep problems in general. For example, you wake up in the middle of the night to go to [...]

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Getting to Sleep and Panic Attacks at Night

Below is another article by Barry Joe McDonagh, the creator of the PanicAway method for dealing with panic attacks.  I’m delighted to say that he focusses on sleep panic attacks in this article:- Getting to Sleep and Panic Attacks at Night As most doctors will tell you, there are two things that disturb sleep: physical [...]

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Sleep Panic Attacks – Cure Panic Attacks in the Night

Below is another guest article.  I will seek out any I find that have something original to say.  This, has an interesting take on when sleep panic attacks occur:- …  occur during the early stage of REM (Rapid Eye Movement) and hence it is not triggered by dream as dreams occur in much later stage [...]

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Sleep Panic Attacks Why?

Panicky feelings when you are half asleep are particularly unpleasant – everything seems magnified in the night. However like all anxiety symptoms they run their course and move on. Just make bedtime as relaxed as you can. We have a very limited understanding as to what causes a panic attack at night. It could well [...]

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Sleep Panic Attacks and Anxiety

Sleep Panic Attacks The article below is by Barry Joe McDonagh, creator of the Panic Away system. It gives a lot more depth into why we get sleep panic attacks, and anxiety attacks in general. I hope you find it useful:- Causes of Panic Attacks The short and obvious answer: panic attacks are caused by [...]

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Review of Panic Away

As I have an advert for Panic Away on my site I thought I’d better explain why I’m endorsing it as effective  help for sleep panic attacks. What is it? Its a concise, 60 page ebook (a book you download electronically and either print off or read on your computer). You also get the information presented [...]

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Panic Attacks that become Phobias

A phobia is a state of high anxiety (not just a panic attack) that is linked to some trigger. Its usually defined as an “intense, irrational fear of an object, situation or person.” The fear leads to avoidance, or minimal contact, with whatever causes the fear. It’s not uncommon to have fears, such as of [...]

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Anxiety Panic Attack Symptoms part 2

In the last post we touched on some of the symptoms experienced by panic attack sufferers, and why we suffer from anxiety in the first place. Remember, the root of anxiety symptoms is the fight or flight response. Heart & Breathing So in anticipation of increased exertion, the heart beats faster to pump blood – [...]

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Anxiety Panic Attack Symptoms

The phrases “panic attack” and “anxiety attack” are virtually interchangeable. Whilst the word panic sums up more vividly what people experience, the word anxiety is a more accurate reflection of what is happening to our body. Unfortunately, as everyone get anxious at times, to say you’re having an anxiety attack isn’t going to get much sympathy! [...]

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