Panic attacks can be frightening, for the person experiencing them and for you, the one who wants to help. A panic attack feels overwhelming, like everything is spinning out of control. The heart ...
First aid and safety are often lessons taught in schools or discussed at home, with many learning basic responses to cuts and bruises from their parents. Mental health, however, is rarely part of such ...
Having a panic attack? You're not alone. Learn how to ride it out with kind, practical steps—like grounding, breathing, and support. Help is here, right now.
As both an anxiety therapist and someone who has personally experienced Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), panic disorder, OCD, and agoraphobia, I’ve heard countless descriptions of anxiety and panic ...
A racing heart from anxiety is your body's fight-or-flight system doing its job — it's trying to protect you, not harm you.
One moment you’re going about your day normally, and the next your heart is pounding like it’s trying to escape your chest while your brain screams that something catastrophic is about to happen. Your ...
The building's maintenance man struggles with panic attacks and anxiety. The apartment building is falling apart, and its superintendent, Maintenance Mike, is nowhere to be found! The group learns ...
People report that panic attacks make you feel like your going to die. Your heart races, chest tightens, hands tingle, and overwhelming dread convinces you something catastrophic is happening. Yet ...
I am a healthy older woman living alone in a building for seniors. I’ve known some of my neighbors most of my life. I consider us like a family. My problem is, my 49-year-old daughter, “Jasmine,” has ...