That’s why you hear of people checking themselves into hospitals, certain that they’re having a heart attack. You feel your heart speeding up out of nowhere and you think ‘I must be having a heart attack!’ What often happens with people getting panic attacks is that they focus on one specific symptom of the panic attack. There’s no wild animal chasing you, no fire, no nothing - just this intense, unexplained fear.īut why does the feeling of DP sometimes continue after the panic attack is over, and turn into what we call Depersonalization Disorder? The explanation is simple. The problem arises when there is no actual danger around.
The sense of being cut off from reality is extremely useful in life-or-death situations - it numbs you to the imminent danger and allows you to remain calm. And another common mental symptom is the feeling of Depersonalization. For example, racing thoughts are extremely common, and an inability to concentrate. In evolutionary terms it’s a great system - if you were being chased by a wild animal, this is exactly what you’d want your body to do!Īnd it also causes mental reactions. This causes a number of physical reactions: heart palpitations, tense muscles, dilated pupils. They can hit you out of nowhere and w hen they do, your fight-or-flight system kick in. It’s estimated that 1 in 10 people experience panic attacks and 1 in 3 will have one at some point in their lives.
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