It's Janeya!

Hi, my name is Janeya, but I generally go by "Ney." I'm sixteen years old and I attend King College Prep. Between school, school, more school, and merely two hours of sleep a day,  I'm constantly trying to find a happy medium. I'm always researching for what something is or why something is, and lately journalism has been one of my favorite things to do. One of my many inquiries is the awareness of teenage depression/anxiety. Many of our youth suffer from this disorder and fall through the cracks, primarily because we simply are oblivious. It'll be my goal to educate myself and my peers about this issue through my weeks in ASM.

I have a passion for health science, specifically mental health and epidemiology. Mental health is significant to me because I have more than one anxiety disorder. The most common types of anxiety come in the form of '-phobias', and I have social phobias and agoraphobia. This affects the way I am able to interact with other people and also how I react in certain situations. Often times mental health is taken for granted, however, on this blog it won't be. I hope to further my education within the health medical field. I'll be sharing blogs periodically, so please keep up with my posts. You'll have as much fun reading them as I do writing them!

The Panic

by Ahja H.

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            Have you or a person you know ever had the feeling of going out-of-control or a fear of dying out the blue? Well, that is a symptom of a panic attack. A panic attack is "a sudden surge of overwhelming anxiety and fear" (Panic Attacks Panic Disorder par.1.) During a panic attack, a person can feel their heart rate increase, lack of breath, feeling unable to escape, and a feeling of dying or going crazy. Usually, when a panic attack occurs one assumes it is a heart attack because they feel similar to one another. Nevertheless, panic attacks are controlled by the brain and heart attacks are controlled by the blood vessels. A panic attack can last anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour or even longer. However no one really knows when an attack will happen.



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Panic attack are caused by low blood sugar, medication withdrawal, overly worried about life situations, and it can run in the family. Usually, panic attacks are a side effect of a panic disorder, social phobia, or depression. Social phobia is "intense fear of becoming extremely anxious and possibly humiliated in social situation," (Social Anxiety Phobia Symptom par.1). Basically, a person who have this is scared of embarrassing themselves in front of people. Nevertheless, there are symptoms too. The symptoms are shortness of breath, racing heart, chest pain, choking feeling, feeling uncomfortable to surrounding, sweating, upset stomach, feeling dizzy/light-head/faint, numbness sensation, hot/cold flashes, and fear of dying/crazy/out of control.



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            There is no cure for panic attacks, the person has to manage their mental state. The person is the cure.  As it was spoken in the first paragraph, panic attacks are controlled in the brain, which means the person can control it but not panicking and relaxing their body and calming down. There are also other options of therapy and medicines that can be taken to help cope with panic attacks.

         Clearly, panic attacks are a scary thing that can happen to anybody. Therefore, the only thing to do is to learn how to control your body and actions in order to prevent another panic attack.

To learn more about controlling panic attacks visit:

http://psychcentral.com/lib/tips-to-cope-with-a-panic-attack/000971

Work Cited

“Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder.” February 2014. Help Guide. Web. 20 July 2014.

“Panic disorder.” 09 July 2014. Medlineplus.Web. 20 July 2014.