Panic attacks, which are widely observed in today's society, negatively affect both business and private life; In panic attacks, it is recommended that the treatment be advanced by expert clinical psychologists.
Egepol Hospital Specialist Clinical Psychologist Ege Ece Birsel said that panic attacks are short-term seizures in which physical symptoms are experienced along with the feeling of fear and restlessness that occur suddenly and unexpectedly.
Stating that panic attack manifests itself with both psychological and physiological symptoms, Dr. Clinical Psychologist Birsel said, “Panic attack symptoms increase in about 15 minutes and reach the peak point and gradually decrease even if the individual does nothing. During a panic attack, some physical symptoms occur and are felt very intensely. These symptoms include heart palpitations, increased heart rate, cold sweats, shortness of breath or feeling of suffocation, irregular breathing, feeling of pain or pressure in the chest, nausea or contractions in the stomach, difficulty perceiving the surrounding environment during a panic attack. or being unfamiliar with his surroundings, feeling cold, shivering, hot flashes, and thinking that he will lose control with these physical symptoms, or experiencing fear of death due to attributing physical symptoms to another ailment. If you experience at least 5 of these symptoms in a time period of about 15 minutes and these attacks come in seizures at intermittent times, we call it a panic attack.
PANIC ATTACK CAN BECOME A TRAUMATIC SITUATION
Noting that not every panic attacker has a panic disorder.
exp. Clinical Psychologist Ege Ece Birsel says, “During a panic attack, the individual creates catastrophic thoughts about the moment he/she experiences together with intense fear and anxiety. For example; interprets the palpitations he experiences during a panic attack as “I am having a heart attack”. These catastrophic comments he brings to the panic attacks he experiences cause an increase in the physical symptoms of the individual during the panic attack, and the increase in the somatic symptoms also causes an increase in the anxiety of the individual. This situation causes intense fear and horror in the individual, and panic attack becomes a traumatic situation for the individual. Not every panic attack you experience means you have panic disorder. Panic disorder is a mental disorder. Panic attacks are not a mental illness per se. Sudden and unexpected panic attacks cause intense anticipatory anxiety in the individual.
In such a case, searching for these symptoms on the internet and avoiding the individual from continuing his daily life due to the fear of having a panic attack will make the situation more problematic. When you experience such a situation, it would be helpful to first go through a doctor's control for your symptoms and then consult a specialist clinical psychologist.
TREATMENT GIVES SUCCESSFUL RESULTS
Noting that the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy method applied in the treatment of panic attacks and panic disorder gave successful results, Uzm. Clinical Psychologist Ege Ece Birsel continued her words as follows: Here, a psychotherapy process that progresses together with psychiatry or a treatment process that is carried out only with psychotherapy is applied, depending on the individual's awareness, compliance with the treatment, and the therapist's ability to apply the recommendations suggested to him/her. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a very effective and very successful method in the treatment of panic disorder. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a method that has a formulation for the person and his symptoms, and we work mostly on behavior and dysfunctional thoughts. This psychotherapy method, which will help the individual to get out of the vicious circle experienced while having a panic attack, is also aimed at preventing panic attacks again. Receiving psychotherapy in the treatment of panic disorder is quite effective and quite successful. You should definitely consult a specialist for panic attack treatment.
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