Panic Symptoms

Why are nerves so sensitive that cause panic attacks, like irration and muscle tension??

[Agora1]

Some of us were born with an over-sensitized nervous system. We tend to react

more readily to any kind of stress which produces irritation and muscle tension.

But we don't have to live this way. Finding ways to reduce those feelings with

meditation, massage, relaxation techniques, breathing etc will help reduce the

tension within your body as well as calm the mind. xx

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Thanks for the knowledge

[JustMeA]

Hi there🙂 Since i started having panick attacks and anxiety, i have been reading quite a lot about phisiology in the body while having anxiety or panick attacks and it seems the amygdala in the brain activates through external stimuli/ thoughts , and so the body thinks it s in danger, and so a huge amount of adrenaline is pomped through the body so that the body is ready to run ( fight or flight response) . It s the adrenaline that creates the tension. It ussualy lasts up to one hour in the body. But it is not dangerous. Our thoughts make it dangerous.

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Interesting knowledge

[Jeff1943]

The nervous system can put up with stress and worry for quite awhile but eventually the release of anxiety hormones can cause our nervous system to become over-sensitised.

This can cause all kinds of symptoms (such as health anxiety where our body mimics all kinds of medical complaints) but can also cause panic attacks and muscular tension.

The best way to treat these episodes is to overcome our stress, anxiety and worry. When we successfully recover the panic attacks and muscular tension resolve.

[car103]

My left eye twitches. Asked the eye doctor; I thought there was something wrong with my eye. He said anxiety/stress.

[Mightily564 in reply to car103]

I get that and asked an optician about it, they said they didn’t know what it was.

[SCC1 in reply to car103]

My eye twitches every now and then, too. For me, I think it is when I'm OVERstressed, and my eye is the part that is affected at that time. I hadn't known what that was either. I thought something was wrong, but my eyes are fine.

Honestly, as I am writing this, it just started twitching. I don't know what I'm anxious about, other than having a 3 second encounter w/ my mom to say goodnite. I have issues w/ her a lot of times; maybe that's the stress I'm feeling now. Once, when I was in a therapy session, my eye (also my left), started twitching, and tbh, it was embarrassing BC I knew my therapist had to see it. I had tried to make it stop but couldn't, and the twitching eventually went away, about 30 seconds to a minute later, I think.

[Since my eye had been twitching just before, when I was in the process of replying, it must've been from anxiety. It had only started this time when I had talked briefly to my mom- (although it has been doing that on and off throughout this reply). I think when I'm finished typing, it will go away. I think I'm a little anxious too, BC anxiety affects me so much, and I really want to reply to/post things that I'm affected by, and try to make sure I'm being accurate. Getting help with and understanding my anxiety is so important to me. I am glad to be on this forum, knowing I share some of the same things with others. So thank you!].