Author name: Carolyn Miller

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.

It is surprising to know that the number one health concern in America is neither heart attack nor cancer; it is what we call anxiety disorder. In time it has gotten so severe that it has already affected 3% of the total adult population in the country. Thinking that it’s 3%, you would probably think that it is not much but if take the percentage off and put the real number amount, 3% would constitute about 4 million individuals. Perhaps there is no question whether 4 million is big or small.

Panic attack is one of the worst things that could befall a person. Once he or she is diagnosed to have this disorder, life would be tantamount to misery if neglected and not treated. Nobody ever wants to have panic attack. If you happen to have a friend or anybody you know who has this disorder, you will most likely see how hard it is for them.

Medical books define panic attack as “a period of intense pain and discomfort.” This period always come in a person by surprise since there is no warning as to when an attack would occur. Once an attack is experienced, anxiety of when the next attack will happen is one thing that will make it worse, thereby making this disorder one of the most feared.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, these are just three of the many in the list that would fall under anxiety disorder. It is therefore the number health problem in America affecting about 25% of the total populations of adults. Statistics of how many children it affects is yet unknown but it is evident that anxiety disorder children faces are real.

Over four million Americans suffer from this disorder and yet many are still not very well aware about it. This disorder is what you call Panic attack; one among the many disorders that is dreaded so much. Sufferers of panic attacks say that it is like a life half lived due to the many things that will irritate you for sure when it occurs.