Panic attacks are no joke: They involve overwhelming feelings of fear or anxiety that are often coupled with physical symptoms like chest pains, nausea, sweating, chills, and difficulty breathing.

One moment you’re going about your day normally, and the next your heart is pounding like it’s trying to escape your chest while your brain screams that something catastrophic is about to happen. Your ...

Amid the federal deportation campaign, Spanish-speaking mental health providers are creating therapy groups and community ...

A panic attack feels like an ambush—your heart races, breathing becomes erratic, and a wave of dread washes over you. But while the symptoms are real, the danger is not. Panic attacks occur when the ...

Mental health isn’t always easy to decode. Sometimes a moment of terror can feel like reality itself is coming apart. Other times, the world really does start to ...

A panic attack is the abrupt onset of intense fear or discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes. Breanna Spriggs, a licensed counselor and clinical director at The Family Tree counseling center in ...

A panic attack is a sudden wave of overwhelming fear and anxiety that is accompanied by physical symptoms. For some people it can produce the same sensations as a heart attack, including chest pain ...

People with anxiety may already know what it's like to experience an anxiety or panic attack based on previous (scary) ...

Six million adults in the United States struggle with a diagnosed panic attack every day. Millions more will have a panic attack today. Panic attacks are scary: Your heart feels like its beating out ...

A panic attack feels overwhelming, like everything is spinning out of control. The heart races, breathing becomes hard, and the body feels frozen or shaky. For someone in this situation, even a small ...