{"id":63001,"date":"2018-08-14T04:18:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T04:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revamp.wellvyl.com\/death-abs-smoothies\/?p=63001"},"modified":"2020-06-09T07:55:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T07:55:05","slug":"nyc-panic-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/nyc-panic-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC PANIC ATTACKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>New York Can Be A Stressful Place<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Panic attacks are scary and leave you feeling like you\u2019re powerless. \u00a0It seems like, with all that\u2019s happening in our world nowadays, a lot of us suffer from panic attacks. \u00a0There\u2019s increased uncertainty about what\u2019s going to happen next. For many New Yorkers, just getting around this crowded city has the potential to make you feel nervous or unsettled. \u00a0You never know whether your train is going to be randomly rerouted to a different line or what the traffic is going to be like. We are constantly gathering in small spaces, cramped apartments, crowded bars, busses, subways, elevators, escalators and tiny office spaces. \u00a0As a result, sometimes we get anxious, and other times we experience a panic <a href=\"http:\/\/cognitive-behavior-therapy.com\/anxiety-and-panic-living-in-new-york-city\/\">attack<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>But when are you really having a panic attack?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You may hear people say that they have anxiety and get panic attacks as if the two go hand in hand. \u00a0However, medically speaking, panic attacks and anxiety have different features, and behavioral health professionals use the terms to identify particular symptoms and disorders.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unlike a panic attack, the symptoms of anxiety may be continuous and last for days, weeks, or even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellmind.com\/anxiety-attacks-versus-panic-attacks-2584396\">months<\/a>. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c[A]nxiety<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> generally intensifies over a period of time and is highly correlated to excessive worry about some potential &#8220;danger&#8221;\u2014whether real or perceived.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Panic attacks, on the other hand, can happen anytime and anywhere, like when you\u2019re riding the subway, taking a walk on your lunch break, or even in the shower. \u00a0They can come out of nowhere when you didn\u2019t even feel anxious about something in particular. A panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear that triggers severe physical reactions when there is no real danger or apparent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/panic-attacks\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20376021\">cause<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Panic attack symptoms typically peak within minutes. \u00a0While symptoms may vary from person to person, at the onset of an attack you may feel your heart rapidly pounding, you start to sweat, tremble or shake, and your throat may feel like it\u2019s about to close up as you feel more and more detached from reality with chest pain, dizziness or lightheadedness. \u00a0Panic attacks can be associated with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses, including generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, phobias, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and substance use disorders.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 But it is possible to have a panic attack without also having another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manhattancbt.com\/panic-attacks\/\">disorder<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One important, helpful concept to keep in mind is that panic attacks are not dangerous. Some research suggests that having a panic attack is the same as your body&#8217;s natural fight-or-flight response. Your heart rate and breathing speed up as your body prepares for a life-threatening situation, like a deadly animal running towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/panic-attacks\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20376021\">you<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>I\u2019m panicking! Now what?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While not dangerous, if you don\u2019t treat or deal with a panic attack, panic attacks can happen more frequently causing you to withdraw from your normal activities. Dr. Naomi Simon, director of the Anxiety and Complicated Grief Program at N.Y.U. Langone, suggests adding things back into your life that makes you feel in control. \u00a0For example, a regular meditation practice can help you feel more empowered. According to Dr. Simon, \u201cSpending time with people who you find supportive is one of the most protective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/12\/21\/smarter-living\/how-to-combat-your-anxiety-one-step-at-a-time.html\">things<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt is important that you get off the devices and try to spend time with people you care about and not only be interacting around these topics.\u201d \u00a0So, it seems that at least one of the solutions to less anxiety and fewer panic attacks comes from creating valuable human connections and meaningful relationships.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/zaymyi-next.html\">http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/zaymyi-next.html<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/zaymyi-next.html\">http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/zaymyi-next.html<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/zaymyi-next.html\">http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/zaymyi-next.html<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/zaymyi-next.html\">http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/zaymyi-next.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Can Be A Stressful Place Panic attacks are scary and leave you feeling like you\u2019re powerless. \u00a0It seems like, with all that\u2019s happening in our world nowadays, a lot of us suffer from panic attacks. \u00a0There\u2019s increased uncertainty about what\u2019s going to happen&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":63002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63001"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69875,"href":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63001\/revisions\/69875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}