People report that panic attacks make you feel like your going to die. Your heart races, chest tightens, hands tingle, and overwhelming dread convinces you something catastrophic is happening. Yet ...
You wake up one morning, happy that your life is finally on track. But even under the veil of turning lemons into lemonade, something isn’t right. You don’t feel completely in control, and at times ...
“Your heart is racing, you begin to hyperventilate, every nerve in your body is exploding — it seems you're about to die.” ~Sean Callebs About six million American adults experience panic attacks in a ...
I was 16 the first time I woke up feeling like I was dying. My chest was tight and burning, and I struggled to catch my breath. I looked around the room: Radiohead posters on the walls in the glow of ...
Panic attacks can feel terrifying and sudden, often mimicking a heart attack. A psychiatrist explains what's happening in the body, when to seek medical help, and proven techniques to calm panic ...
I think there is a misapprehension that those of us in the mental-health field who write self-help books do so from a clinical distance and without personal experience with the content that we present ...