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When Do You Get Agoraphobia?
from:Often agoraphobia starts involuntarily. A person may be riding home as usual or doing a casual activity and then out of nowhere, the initial attack strikes. There is a sudden feeling of terror, surrealism and an overwhelming fear of being out of control. The attack may last for a few seconds to minutes. The panic attack continues for some uncontrollable reason and then just as it started, the attack gradually fades.
In a matter of an hour the fear is gone.
People who have experienced the attacks and often being ignorant of what triggered it and what it meant will usually think that they have been afflicted with another kind of a disease, a very terrifying and a life threatening illness. People who are suddenly attacked with the symptoms of agoraphobia may often think that (since the feeling is being out of control) they are also loosing their minds.
While there are few who developed agoraphobia without suffering onset of the initial panic attacks, the causes that triggered the onset of initial panic attacks have often been pointed out to people who are undergoing too much stress. The person in this situation usually thinks that the demands expected on this person are not enough for his capabilities. Too much work overloads, needing rest badly but not getting enough of it may contribute to the triggering of agoraphobia.
Often people who get agoraphobia are those who have suffered shocks like loss of a loved one, a recent surgery, childbirth or a serious accident. Agoraphobia could also be triggered by excessive consumption of caffeine rich substances like cocaine, drugs and other stimulants including those that are used in the treatment of asthma.
Whatever the causes and the reasons behind, the initial attack will completely take a person by surprise. What makes it very devastating are the suddenness of the grip of the terror and the unpredictability of the attack. While a normal person also feels panic and terror, the difference is that the normal person may describe this as just being nervous or anxious, a feeling that everybody could relate to. To the person that suffers the initial symptoms of agoraphobia and those suffering from it, the terror is very real. They may or may not display some outward signs but the feeling that is being experienced are so overwhelming if not terrifying to the point that they are going to die.
Unbeknownst to some of us, agoraphobia symptoms may already have had its attack. One attack though or a few occasional ones will not be too serious to create a problem. To many though, the attack may continue and lead to many problems and create many complications. The main difficulties lie in developing social problems, work problems, relationship problems and mental problems.
A person having an attack may display a combination of many of the following symptoms.
· Breathlessness
· Chest discomfort
· Chest pain
· Chest pressure
· Chills
· Choking sensation
· Detachment
· Dizziness
· Excessive sweating
· Fear of dying
· Fear of losing control
· Feeling of unreality
· Heart palpitations
· Hot flashes
· Intense fear
· Lightheadedness
· Lump in your throat
· Nausea
· Numbness
· Pounding heartbeat
· Racing heartbeat
· Shaking
· Skipping heartbeat
· Stomach problems
· Terror
· Throat tightness
· Tingling
· Trembling
· Urge to flee
These symptoms are not indicative of all the symptoms that a person may manifest but instead have been gathered from those that are the most common.
People suffering from agoraphobia obviously need help and there are several procedures that have been developed to combating and overcoming the disorder.
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