The terms panic attack and anxiety attack are oftentimes used interchangeably by those unfamiliar with them, but it’s important to know that they aren’t actually the same, although, they might feel ...

Not everyone is armed with the knowledge of how to deal with anxiety and calm down. But recognizing anxiety symptoms and ...

If you do not suffer from panic or anxiety attacks, it is hard to understand the feelings that overtake a person when an attack occurs. I suffer from panic and anxiety attacks. The worst thing about ...

An attack can come crashing in like a storm on a clear spring day. In an instant, your heart pounds, sweat soaks you and you struggle to breathe. Agonizing minutes tick past, and then, quick as they ...

It happened as I was walking home from class during my sophomore year of college. Seemingly out of nowhere, my heart started racing, I felt like I couldn't breathe, and I began sweating, even though ...

Carson Daly opened up about his longtime struggle with anxiety and panic attacks on the Today show Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the NFL to tennis to ...

I assumed they were a fluke. I ignored them until my mid-30s, when I started waking up with intense chest pain several nights ...

A few years ago, I found myself in the emergency department with an IV sticking out of my arm, absolutely convinced I was having a cardiac event. Eventually, I was sent home with a few reassuring ...

It used to be thought that, as we age, we become less anxious, but we now know that anxiety is just as common in old age as it is in younger age groups. Indeed, it’s likely that many older people with ...

Researchers found that people with anxiety disorders consistently show lower choline levels in key brain regions that regulate thinking and emotions. This biochemical difference may help explain why ...

"Try not to panic." This is probably the worst phrase someone can say to you when you're already in the middle of a severe panic attack. Nobody quite understands what it is like to suffer from an ...

Panic attacks and anxiety attacks are often used interchangeably, but they actually describe two different events. A panic attack is an intense, debilitating surge of anxiety that may come on ...