What is the difference between panic and anxiety?
Panic is a sudden and intense response to a normal thought or sensation. It is often accompanied with a feeling of impending doom and multiple physical sensations such as: Rapid Heart Beat, Pounding Heart or Palpitations, Sweating, Shaking Visibly Or Inside, Choking Sensations, Smothering sensations Or shortness of breath, Chest Pain Or Discomfort, Nausea Or Abdominal Discomfort, Dizziness Or Unsteadiness, Feeling Light-Headed, Derealisation (Feeling Unreal), Depersonalisation (Feeling Detached From Oneself), Fear Of Losing Control Or Going Crazy Paraesthesia (Numbness Or Tingling Sensations), Chills Or Hot Flushes. Anxiety is described as a more psychological condition, prolonged by thought processes which perpetuate the condition. Anxiety can cause phobias such as Agoraphobia which is a condition which develops from a “logical” development of self preservation avoidance. By avoiding certain situations the sufferer limits their activities, this forms the start of obsessive behaviour a