therapy for anxiety and panic attacks

Which Therapy for Anxiety and Panic Attacks?

"I feel my heart beating heart..., I don't know what's happening to me..., my head is fuzzy, foggy, I feel like I’m going to faint.., I feel as a bite in my stomach..., I can't see a future..., I'm scared of fear...". These are some of the uncomfortable feelings that people with anxious distress can experience. But what is anxiety? Is anxiety synonymous with fear? And when is it healthy or unhealthy? Anxiety is a response that involves all the organism caused by a stimulation that can be internal or external. It is an emotion characterized by fear in absence of danger and is accompanied by an increase in alertness and vigilance. It is an instinctive defense reaction, an alarm of the instinct for self-preservation which manifests itself with some physical modifications, such as an increase in blood pressure, tension, sweating, sensations of threat, of worry. There are often recurring and/or obsessive thoughts that trap the person in a vicious circle with no exit. The person feels 'tight', 'closed', 'blocked' (here the origin of the word anxiety from the Latin 'to tighten') with no escape, and in the long run it can happen that the person having fear of fear, avoids situations , places, people, with the risk of isolating himself more and more increasing his suffering. This can take place not only from single or specific episodes, but also from a set of events of different nature. Even moderate stimuli (a look, a slight mishap, a word) can provide a negative contribution. Anxious suffering affects all aspects of our being: bodily, emotional and cognitive.