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More About Panic Attacks
People can experience Panic Attacks with any of the Disorders but
there can be a difference in the type of attack that people
experience. Three different types of panic attacks have now been
recognized.
- SPONTANEOUS PANIC ATTACKS:
This type of attack is associated with Panic Disorder. This
attack comes without any warning, day or night, irrespective of
what the person is doing. The spontaneous attack is not related
to, and is not induced by, any particular situation or place.
Many people can be awakened from sleep with this type of attack.
- CUED PANIC ATTACKS:
These occur in relation to specific feared situations or places.
For example, social situations for people with Social Phobia.
Revisiting the scene or scenes reminiscent of the traumatic
events in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or exposure to a
particular anxiety-producing situation in Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder. The 'cued' attack is rarely experienced in Panic
Disorder.
- SITUATIONAL
PREDISPOSED PANIC ATTACKS: People with Panic Disorder
may experience this type of attack. Some people with Panic
Disorder can be predisposed to having panic attacks in certain
situations or places, although they are not frightened of the
situation or place. For example, someone may experience panic
attacks while driving their car. Sometimes they will have them,
other times they won't. They are predisposed to having attacks
while driving, but the attacks are not a response to a fear of
driving.
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