How Panic Attacks Happen While You Sleep
Our minds like our hearts never stop working. Even if we are sleeping, the heart still keeps on beating and the mind still keeps on giving off thoughts. This is why even if we sleep, there are still a good chance that panic attacks can happen. You may or may not be aware of this, you may even believe this or not but many times, panic attacks can happen while you sleep.
To recall a little about panic attacks, books define it as a sudden “period of intense fear and discomfort.” Take note that this is not just any ordinary everyday fear that we feel. It is not just the like of fear that you will not catch the bus on time or coffee might spill on your new shirt. Panic attack is one of the many anxiety disorders that is feared so much by people. Who knows, this might even be the “most” feared basing from its definition.
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.
How many panic attacks happen while you sleep is not yet known. But even if it is not yet known, one thing is clear; they happen as we sleep. Now, you may ask why it still happens when we sleep, when there seems to be no reason that would trigger the panic attack.
Sleep panic attacks happen for some reasons. They may be triggered because of too much stress during the day. A person may have experienced something very heavy during the day like losing a sale or failing an examination and there was no outlet for it, then more likely that it will “hunt” him in his sleep. What will happen next is sleep panic attacks. Or it could possibly be caused of a big change in one’s life which will render him huge stress. A loss of a love one or job, or even starting of a new job, these are factors that may affect panic attack even as we sleep.
Even if it does not really happen like in the movies were they jump off their bed screaming, sometime you will get that feeling in the morning that you are still tired. Waking up tired in the morning can sometimes be explained that you had a sleep panic attack. This is really bad because either you will have more attack due to lack of rest or you will be afraid to sleep again because of the fear of an attack.
Sleep panic attacks happen. This is the reality. But even if it does, make it a point that this must not occur to you, or else complication would happen next.
