The anxiety sufferer knows it is true anxiety when she cancels appointments and avoids certain person, places and things because of fear her anxiety will cause her to somehow make a fool of herself or in many cases she fears her anxiety will make her feel she will have an attack of some kind that will cause her to need to be “taken away.”  Such things are not in the mind of one who is simply nervous.

Most often, when a person is experiencing true anxiety, panic enters into the fray.  Sometimes, this panic or panic attack is said to be paranoia.  While this term does not exactly describe what panic attack due to anxiety actually is, it is a term often used.

Panic is the result of anxiety that builds and builds and builds.  This is normal for those experiencing anxiety but not for folks who are simply nervous.  The panic starts to develop when the sufferer becomes afraid of the funny and often very scary feelings anxiety brings on.  Many times these scary feelings make the sufferer wonder if he or she is having a heart attack or stroke. 

 Of course, such feelings should be brought to the attention of a medical professional quickly.  However, even after the patient has been cleared of these medical conditions, his or her continued fear of them only brings more anxiety into his or her life and this added fear on top of of the existing  anxious condition eventually can lead to panic attacks.

Ordinary Nervousness or True Anxiety, can You Tell?

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