Almost everyone of us can suffers from panic attacks blame stress. However placing blame on stress may not provide the complete picture. Stress, of course, is an absolute in life. Even if you lived alone in the middle of the woods, you would still have stressors in your life. Some researchers even say that stress can be a great motivator in our lives, causing us to achieve great things and I would agree.
However, when you are distressed, you are constantly resisting and fighting the things that cause you discomfort. Your subconcious will pick up on this thought process and proceed to activate your fight/flight sequence. This action by your subconscious, of course leads to the release of your stress hormones such as adrenaline and noradrenaline. In addition, your heart rate and blood pressure can increase signifcantly. It’s this constant bracing against stressors that make you vulnerable to having panic attacks. Stress in the form of distress, can seem overwhelming. When you feel overwhelmed and you perceive no ability to control the events, your subconscious can detect preceived danger and panic can set in.
Negative thoughts and preceiving the worst to happen in every situation will eventually lead to distress. On the other hand, positive thoughts and a positive mental outlook will manefest itself to our subconscious, allowing our bodies to behave completely different to the stressors in our life.
This positive outlook will allow your body to rest between stressful events and keep the snowball effect of stress from affecting your health negatively.
