Panic Attacks: How Do I Deal With Panic Attacks - Why Are Some People Claustrophobic?

Panic Attacks: How Do I Deal With Panic Attacks




Dealing with panic attacks
One of the few solutions when trying to deal
with panic attacks is to take into consideration
the thoughts that are going through your mind
at that point in time.
Some of the best solutions are to give yourself
positive energy.
It is very easy to fall into a depression
and let the negative emotions take over.
However, by motiviating yourself with positive
ideas you will soon be on the road to recovery.
Why not try following these very simple steps
when trying to deal with panic attacks on
the spot.
Try breathing in a slow, deep breath.
Inhale and exhale at least ten times. Your
mind will feel much clearer and you will feel
more
relaxed.
If you think you are on the verge of a panic
attack, try and focus on something positive.
Remain positive and keep repeating in your
head that you are feeling fine and everything
is great.
Your mind will start believing and you will
feel a lot better.
Inform someone close to you that understands
your condition. By telling them, you are releasing
your pent up panic and it will soon start
to pass naturally.
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Why Are Some People Claustrophobic?




When I was a kid, we got a new twisty tube-slide
at the elementary school. Kids liked to clog
it up on purpose, with the kid at the bottom
stopping and holding everyone else in the
pipe. Some kids thought it was a riot, but
I felt trapped and immediately had a sense
of dread. I screamed, the kids unclogged,
and I was instantly uncool. Was that claustrophobia?
Or something else?
In 1879, physician Dr. Benjamin Ball observed
two patients in Paris who, curiously, couldn't
stay in their apartment with the doors closed
without anxiety, and a third who was climbing
Saint-Jacques Tower, and felt an overwhelming
urge to flee. She ran to the exit, andquot;dashing
her headandquot; in the process. Apparently, the
urge immediately vanished upon reaching the
open air.
Ball dubbed this bizarre feeling andquot;claustrophobia,andquot;
and the 1881 American Journal of Insanity
called it andquot;a special form of delirium, characterized
by a 'fear of closed spaces;'andquot; today they
include narrow spaces with enclosed ones.
The list of spaces is long, including subways,
elevators, rooms without windows, public bathrooms,
tunnels, cars, hotel rooms, planes and so
on. And even THINKING about it can trigger
an attack… sorry. Most people who live with
it don't get it formally diagnosed, because
there's no need to do so, their own fear causes
those affected to spend much of their lives
avoiding trigger spaces.
The National Health Service in the UK says
10-percent of the population is affected by
claustrophobia, though studies find only about
four percent will suffer from full-blown attacks.
I call it an attack, because psychologists
and psychiatrists connect it to anxiety disorders,
believing it's essentially a short-lived panic
attack. It might be caused by some kind of
childhood trauma. For example, losing one's
parents in a crowded place, getting stuck
in a hole (or a slide?)... it's really hard
to say.
Since the late 19th century, researchers have
been digging into this crazy fear, and found
very little solid ground. A 2007 study in
the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
found women were far more likely than men
to experience claustrophobia, and a study
in the journal Cognition in 2011, found it
may have to do with the invisible bubble of
andquot;personal spaceandquot; we all project around us.
Most people's personal space extends only
as far as we can reach, but people with claustrophobia
may be projecting their personal space beyond
their reach! Thus, when someone violates that
territorial bubble, the person experiences
a panic attack! Researchers think this disorder
may have a connection to acrophobia, or a
fear of heights; as people with claustrophobia
seem to underestimate horizontal distances
the way acrophobics do with vertical ones.
Essentially, they believe the room is smaller
than it really is. This study is about as
far as we've come to understanding the disorder.
Perhaps it's a defense mechanism, and some
are simply more sensitive to it…
There does seem to be a genetic component
as well. A 2013 study in Translational Psychiatry
found a single mutation on gene Gpm6a causes
andquot;claustrophobia-likeandquot; behavior in mice. Plus,
a study in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
found people with panic disorders had significantly
smaller amygdalae: the section of the brain
that processes fear!
In the end, they're still trying to figure
out WHY some people experience claustrophobia.
As with most anxiety disorders, there's no
true andquot;cure.andquot; Symptoms can be managed, but
if the phobia is severe, specialists will
recommend exposure therapy -- where the claustrophobic
person would be walked through imagining,
and then experiencing the things that cause
the fear until they, essentially, get over
it. It's rough, but so far, is the best we
have. More research is, for sure, needed.
What do you think? Have
you experienced claustrophobia?

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