The mind is such a powerful thing, so powerful that it does not stop working. Just like the heart, they work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Even if we sleep, there is no sleeping to these two. For this reason, panic attack may even get you while you sleep. One may refuse to believe this fact but they cannot do anything about it. It is the reality of things.
Going back briefly to the basics of panic attack, we can find in books that it is defined as a sudden “period of intense fear and discomfort.” The fear meant here is not any ordinary fear. You have to take note of the word before it; intense. It is not the kind of fear you feel if you think your team in the world cup s loosing, it is a different kind of fear.
There are many symptoms of panic attacks. They include the “racing heart”, trembling, dizziness, nausea, sweating, difficulty in breathing etc. Often, the symptoms associated with panic attack may also be associated with other disease hence it is important to eliminate which is which to keep yourself risk free from a more dangerous or lethal disease.
But what about sleep panic attacks? It may seem hard to believe that they exist, or that they happen even as we sleep. But there is no denying of it. It is always depicted in movies. You see the scenes where they get up suddenly from their beds screaming? As they do they are already full in sweat or sometimes they tremble. When sound effects are added, you could sometimes hear their heart beat running very fast. There you have the symptoms already, trembling, sweating, and the racing heart.
Sometimes, there is a question of how many time sleep panic attacks occur. There is no knowing to this yet. The point is it happens even in our sleep. The question would rather be, “why?”
The reasons for sleep panic attacks are different. For example, during the day, there were some pent up emotions. You had no outlet for this and so it will occur when you sleep. You may have experienced some stressful happening in the morning then it will backfire in the evening. Sometimes, drastic changes in life can also trigger. These changes could be a new job or a new culture, or perhaps a death in the family.
At times, sleep panic attack may not really happen the way it does in movies but instead you will feel very tired upon waking up. This is really bad since it is like a double edge sword; you did not get enough rest which will give you stress which may trigger another attack and you might be afraid of sleeping again.
So be aware that sleep panic attacks exist. Guard yourself from that and sleep better.
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