What are PANIC ATTACKS? Mental Health Help with Kati Morton - Learn How to Stop a Panic Attack Now

What are PANIC ATTACKS? Mental Health Help with Kati Morton




Hey Everybody!
Today I am going to
talk about panic attacks.
What are they?
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So like I said today I want
to talk about panic attacks.
Many of you have asked me
andquot;is this what I am having?andquot;
andquot;Is this a panic attack?andquot;
andquot;People say they have
panic attacks!andquot;
andquot;What does that look like?andquot;
And there are a lot
of misconceptions out there,
like with anything
that we talk about.
Am I right?
Now, panic attacks are
a little different.
The first thing I want to
make sure you understand
is that panic attacks are not
something I can diagnose you with.
andquot;You have panic attacksandquot;
You may have panic attacks

but that is not a diagnostic criteria.
Panic attacks are something that can happen
with any anxiety disorder.
In the DSM, I have my DSM here,
They have what they call specifiers,
or different things you may feel
that will help you better understand
if you are having panic attacks,
and then let you know what
you can say to your physician,
therapist, psychiatrist, whatever to
get the help that you need.
The thing that is
interesting about panic attacks
is that the more they happen,
the more we fear
they are going to happen,
and then
they happen more frequently.
Because they start based
on the fear of having more of them.
So the better and sooner
we get ahold of it
and understand what is happening
the better the outcome for us.
Does that make sense?
the prevalence in the United States,
just so you know,
is panic attacks happen
to 11-12% of people.
That's just in the States.
So we know that these happen a lot.
The sooner we get them
taken care of and under control,
the better off
we all are.
Now some of the specifiers
that they talk about,
things you may notice,
(side note:) before I even get into that,
my clients will say things to me like:
andquot;I felt like I was drowningandquot;
or andquot;I couldn't catch my breath! andquot;
andquot;I was taking all these short little breaths
and then it progressively got worse.andquot;
Panic attacks andquot;peakandquot;,
they call it the peak,
when it reaches the most intense
amount of panic within a few minutes.
So, there aren't things
that go on for a full day.
or a full week.
These are things that peak quickly
and then slowly go down.
Now, everyone's experience is different.
This is just the overall mean
for how long panic attacks last.
Now, panic attacks
can feel like:
palpatations, pounding heart
accelerated heart rate,
some people will say
andquot;I felt like I was having a heart attack.andquot;
sweating, a lot of people's palms
will sweat suddenly,
or their back, and they will be embarassed
because they are somewhere
and they are like,
andquot;Oh no, Oh no!andquot;
Trembling or shaking,
sensations, shortness of breath,
like being smothered.
Some people will feel like I said,
taking short breaths,
like they couldn't catch their breath.
Feelings of choking,
chest pain or discomfort,
which is why a lot of people will report
that it feels like they
are having a heart attack or drowning.
Nausea, or abdominal distress.
Now I dont hear that one
as frequently as others,
but everyone experiences things differently,
so if you feel anxiety in general
in your stomach,
them maybe you feel it
there during a panic attack.
Feeling dizzy, unsteady,
lightheaded, faint
which leads to that fear of
having it,
and feeling like we need to sit down
and catch our breath.
People will feel that a lot.
Chills or heat sensations,
numbness or tingling sensations,
derealization, kind of depersonalization,
I have a video actually
about dissociation.
I have done videos with Melissa
'Idranktheseawater' (youtube name)
about maladaptive daydreaming,
all of those things where we
have an 'out of body' experience.
We can have that happen.
For many of you who struggle
with dissociation,
having panic attacks you will find
you go into that automatically.
And really what that is
is a coping skill for our mind
because it feels like things
are getting a little too intense,
and it needs to take a break.
Fear of losing control,
or going crazy,
A lot of people have
said that to me,
andquot;I feel like I am just going crazy!andquot;
andquot;I don't know whats happening!andquot;
and lastly fear of dying.
A lot of people
because they think
it's a heart attack or they
feel like they are being smothered,
they can't catch their breath.
You can understand why then they
feel like they are dying
and it can be really really scary.
I think that's the most important thing
that I want to make sure you understand
is that panic attacks
happen to a lot of people.
And they can be really scary.
And they feel
completely out of control.
And that fear,
having that fear of them happening,
and then when we have
any kind of sensation,
some of my patients struggle to
go underwater,
they had little swim tests
at this college,
on of my clients had to go underwater
and hold her breath for a certain
amount of time
and made her so anxious,
I had to write her a letter
we were afraid she would
have a panic attack,
which can be dangerous if you
are underwater.
And so it can be
a scary experience.
But the more we know
about our situation,
the more we talk about it,
the better.
I would encourage any of you
if you are worried that you are
having these,
had some,
or you are having them all
the time,
please, please please reach out
to a physician in your area.
It can be your general doctor,
they can refer you to someone
who may specialize in it,
or a lot of medications
are out there
to help with this.
Whether you believe in
medication is completely up to you,
but know that their are options.
And the sooner we reach out,
the sooner we can realize if what
we are having
is panic attacks, and is it
part of our anxiety disorder
that maybe we are not
even aware we have.
Maybe we have PTSD
but we never actually
realized we did
and now we are
having panic attacks.
The sooner we get
a hold of this,
the sooner we talk to someone,
the better!
So I encourage all of you
to reach out for support.
Even hop on my website:
www.katimorton.com
There are chat rooms, forums
and places to talk to
one another about this.
So you can get more information
about what things look like.
I mean I have videos about
what the first appointment looks like,
and all sort of stuff like that,
if that worries you as well.
But know that we are working together.
We are in this together.
Towards a healthy mind
and a healthy body.
As always, don't forget
to subscribe to my channel.
I put out videos all the time
and you don't want to miss them!
and like I said, hop on:
www.katimorton.com
because good stuff is happening there.
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a sample of past video)
andquot;everybody talks about that too,
and that falls under this as well.
Now, Agoraphobia differs from
social anxiety or social phobia...andquot;
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anxiety disorders and phobias or sum up
the hardest disorders to diagnose
there are no chemical tests for blood
tests in is one of those things where
until recently doctors and friends and
family
would you say is all in your head and
you just need to control it better
often family members can even make fun I
love and be pretty cruel to the family
member that has afflicted with this
condition
I saw something very said growing up in
the eighties when my dad would suffer
from anxiety and had no idea how to stop panic attacks
and back then you couldn't really just
call someone up and tell them about your
problem
or even go to your doctor to get help
now my sister would often be the biggest
skeptic my dad she thought he was often
overreacting on letting is anxiety
control when he needed to learn how to stop a panic attack now
that was until we were going to fly down
to Florida for vacation one year
and my sister had always said she had a
phobia when it came to flying
but we never believed her but on the way
to the airport she just could not sit
still
it was getting worse and worse and by
the time we got there we all knew there
was no way we were getting her on that
plane
so we just had to go back home and pack
up the car and drive
it turned a seven day vacation into a
four day vacation
but at least now my sister knew how my
dad felt when it came to anxiety
and from that point on she became more
than allied to my dad that she had been
in the past
defending him when he was having an
anxiety attack to people that didn't
understand it
she also has since gone to counseling to
help deal with her anxiety
and the good news is she is even clone
sense
looking back now I gave my sister a
pretty hard time about her flying
incident
that was until several years later I
went offline something unexpected
happened
I don't know if something changed in my
brain or I just heard in the news a
story of a plane that had just crashed
but I was experiencing the exact same
thing as my sister when I was getting
ready to board that plane
I had never experienced a panic attack
before but now I knew what it felt like
now some up you have had an issue up
trouble with flying
you remember the first time it happened
you know how helpless you feel
you think you're coming unglued in your
skin is crawling
and you feel like you can't breathe in
your heart is racing and if you like the
walls are caving in
you have tunnel vision and your head is
ringing and that you could pass out at
any moment
that's what a panic attack feels like
and that's what I was having that day
actually boarded the plane but as soon
as I got on it felt like I was totally
confined in there
I had to get off everybody there thought
I was crazy
but I didn't care and now I understood
what my sister felt like
and knew I would never make fun of her
again and felt really bad
now that I knew what it was like to
experience a panic attack and had a
flying phobia
I had to figure out a way to get past it
because my job requires me to fly
I tried everything counseling drinking
before the flight
or drugging myself up but I still
couldn't do it but after a year I
finally found a program that helped me
and I'm able to fly again without the
fear and without feeling like I'm going
to pass out
where you are right now you may be
someone who suffers from panic attacks
from your phobia of flying
and you think there's no way I'll ever
be able to fly again
and none of your friends or family can
understand well you're listening to the
voice of someone right now who does
understand
someone that knows what you're going
through and how hard it is
please there's a link on this page
somewhere click to find out about a
program that can help you
if you're watching this video and it's
on YouTube or someplace else
click the link in the Information
section and find out more information
and get started forgive those folks
close to you that don't understand
despite what they may say about you
getting help don't let them stop you
I believe you can no matter what anyone
else thinks
good luck and God bless you

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