Panic Attacks are sometimes caused by our reactions to traumas, whether accidents or health traumas.  Panic attacks are common, affecting as many as 10% of the population in a single year.  They are frightening but fortunately physically harmless episodes.  Panic attacks can occur at any time of the day or night and are so disturbing that many people have been rushed to emergency medical centres, since panic attacks are often mistaken for heart attacks or seizures. However, panic attacks are not known to affect the heart or precipitate a heart attack.

These attacks can occur at any time, even during sleep.

Symptoms of panic attacks can include

• palpitations, sweating, trembling or shaking
• sensations of shortness of breath or smothering, feeling of choking
• chest pain or discomfort
• nausea or abdominal distress
• dizziness or light-headedness
• fear of losing control or going 'crazy'
• fear of dying
• chills or hot flushes' 

Symptoms usually peak within 10 minutes and dissipate within minutes thereafter, leaving little for a physician to observe.

Hypnotherapy is such a deeply relaxing experience that it  gives you an almost instantaneous tool to help deal with the panic attack and a means to discover and neutralise the underlying cause of your panic attack Treatment of panic attacks using hypnosis can overcome irrational fear and make any rational fear appropriate to the situation. People who seek treatment for panic attacks have VERY good chances success.  In fact research shows that 70 to 90% of people who seek treatment and follow through with it will experience relief. 

Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.  Isolated panic attacks may not require treatment.  Nothing contained in this site is intended to be a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment.

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