Causes of Panic Attacks - Are there Any Physical Factors?

By Garyl Hany

You just saw someone having a panic attack and now you ponder in your room thinking what cause such a scary experience. If you ask your parents, they might tell you that fear or phobia triggers panic attack and to prevent it, you need to conquer your fear or phobia. However, everyone has his or her fear and even you have one. Is this means you can't avoid panic attacks? Panic attacks also have physical factors and by identifying them, you might realize that you might reduce your chances of having a panic attack.

Your body goes through different physical changes: it lengthens, expands, grows big or shortens. The changes may cause psychological problems and usually the body will feel threatened due to this change. If your body continues to feel threatened, it will reach to a point that it will have a panic attack. Yes, there seems no real fear in this situation. The fear that the body feels is irrational and it is in the mind. This is why most people can't understand people with panic attacks.

Since your body suffers from lack of nutrients, it may also trigger panic attacks. Vitamins and minerals are essential for you to survive and if your survival rate is threatened due to insufficiency, you will have panic attacks. Apparently, you need nutrients to perform your tasks efficiently and if you force your body to do heavy tasks without essential nutrients, your risk to panic attack is very high.

There are a lot of negative effects from lack of nutrition. If the effect is too severe, there is a high chance that your body will experience a post traumatic stress disorder. In this condition, your body will trigger another panic attack if it is threatened again by lack of nutrition.

Some medications can also cause panic attacks. The body has different reactions to different medications. Without proper prescription, the body may not recognize the medication and may view it as a threat. As a protective measure, the body will have panic attack. There is another factor that causes panic attack and is related to medication. Obviously, panic attack may occur during withdrawal state.

During withdrawal state, the body will be in the state of shock due to changes. It will hyperventilate and then trigger a panic attack. Other than medications, too much alcohol and drugs can also cause panic attacks. If you think that you will have a panic attack, seek medical help immediately before things get worse. - 32513

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