{"id":100092,"date":"2020-08-21T10:05:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T14:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/?p=100092"},"modified":"2020-08-31T20:51:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T00:51:43","slug":"what-causes-panic-attacks-the-ultimate-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/100092","title":{"rendered":"What Causes Panic Attacks? (The Ultimate Cause)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Causes Panic Attacks? (The Ultimate Cause)\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-hrrBaZu4g0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHannah asks \u201cWhat causes my panic attacks\r\nand how can I make them stop? I wouldn\u2019t wish them on my worst enemy\u201d Hi, I\u2019m Michael Norman and welcome to another\r\nepisode of \u201cPanic Free TV\u201d Q&amp;A. This is where as a scientist and anxiety specialist,\r\nI answer your most pressing questions relating to panic attacks \u2014 so that we can help you\r\nfinally get back to normal, panic-free life again. Now, Hannah\u2019s question is a very important\r\nquestion, because while panic attacks are one of the most terrifying experiences anyone\r\ncould EVER go through\u2026 what can make them even scarier is not knowing what\u2019s causing\r\nthem, why we\u2019re getting them, or what we need to do to make them stop.\r\nThat\u2019s why in this episode, I\u2019m going to share with you a simple, counterintuitive\r\ninsight \u2014 one that I\u2019ve never seen talked about before, outside scientific circles \u2014 that\r\nexplains the ULTIMATE cause of panic attacks.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis insight is essential for you to know\r\nabout, because it gives us an accurate foundation from which we can help you finally end your\r\npanic attacks for good. Now before we get to this insight, though,\r\nI want to be clear: there are several ways I could answer Hannah\u2019s question: I could explain the various types of life\r\nexperiences that often precede the first panic attack\u2026 I could explain the hidden universal\r\ntriggers that \u201ccause\u201d every \u201cout of the blue\u201d panic attack\u2026I could explain\r\nwhy certain situations or places might give you panic attacks, while others don\u2019t\u2026Or\r\nI could explain the biology behind panic attacks\u2026 and how anxiety alone can \u201ccause\u201d all of\r\nthe physical sensations and experiences that a panic attack can create.\r\nEach of these are important topics where a little understanding can bring a lot of reassurance\r\nand comfort, all by itself.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSince I can\u2019t cover everything in this short\r\nvideo though\u2026 and since I\u2019ve comprehensively covered so much of this already inside my\r\nfree \u201cPanic Free TV\u201d Foundation Series\u2026 if you want the full answers right now, please\r\nwatch that series. All you need to do is click the link on the screen or in the description\r\nbelow, register your details, and you\u2019ll get immediate access. Again, it\u2019s all completely\r\nfree, and I think you\u2019ll agree after you\u2019ve started watching it\u2026 that it makes a very\r\nreal, very important difference in your life. So what\u2019s the ULTIMATE cause of panic attacks?\r\nWell to explain it, I\u2019m going to share a clip with you from my free \u201cPanic Free TV\u201d\r\nFoundation Series. It\u2019s just a few minutes long, and after you\u2019ve watched finished\r\nwatching it\u2026 I\u2019ll come back and add a few more essential insights, because I really\r\nwant to make sure that you understand this fully.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe most scientifically backed explanation\r\nfor why so many of us have had panic attacks\u2026 is what Professor Randolph Nesse from Arizona\r\nState University has called\u2026 The Smoke Detector Principle. And the best way to explain it,\r\nis for us to do a quick, simple thought-experiment\u2026 Which of these two smoke alarms would you\r\nprefer to have protecting you in your home? Would you prefer to have smoke alarm that\r\nsometimes FAILS to go off, and stays silent\u2026 even though there\u2019s a deadly fire in your\r\nhouse? Or\u2026 would you prefer to have a smoke alarm that never misses a real fire\u2026 but\r\noccasionally goes off when you burn the toast, even though there is no danger, and everything\r\nis actually fine? Now of course, we\u2019d all prefer to have a\r\nperfect smoke alarm system, that never makes any mistakes \u2014 but the reality is, we live\r\nin complex and often ambiguous world.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pexels.com\/photos\/20258\/pexels-photo.jpg?auto=compress&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;h=650&amp;w=940\" \/>\r\n\r\nAnd so if you had to choose between one of\r\nthese two options, what would you chose? An under-sensitive smoke alarm that could\r\nmiss a real fire and kill you? Or an over-sensitive smoke alarm that occasionally\r\nhas unpleasant, noisy false alarms\u2026 but never misses a real fire, and always keeps\r\nyou safe? It\u2019s a simple answer, isn\u2019t it. When it comes to our survival\u2026 to our\r\nLIFE\u2026 it\u2019s better to have an alarm system that errs on the side of safety\u2026 even if\r\nthat means, we sometimes get false alarms.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo what does this have to do with panic? Well,\r\npanic attacks are nothing more than \u201cfalse alarms\u201d of our over-protective, life-saving\r\nfear systems. And while it probably hasn\u2019t felt that way for you in the past\u2026 the truth\r\nis that a panic attack is \u201cJUST\u201d a terrifying, overwhelming, over-protective MISTAKE.\r\nIt\u2019s a mistake, that ironically\u2026 is motivated by your brain\u2019s #1 priority in life \u2014 to\r\nkeep you safe. Panic attacks are our brain and body, following\r\nthe same \u201cbetter safe than sorry\u201d philosophy\u2026 that every good smoke detector system uses.\r\nAnd it\u2019s far healthier\u2026 in fact it\u2019s optimal in an often uncertain world \u2026 to have a fear system that is biased\r\nto be over-sensitive and to occasionally give us false alarms\u2026..\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThan it is to have an\r\nunder-sensitive system, that could miss real danger, that could kill us.\r\nSo a panic attack is JUST an over-protective mistake.\r\nThe only real problem, and it\u2019s a big one\u2026 is that it\u2019s a terrifying mistake.\r\nIt\u2019s a mistake that can leave us feeling exposed, vulnerable\u2026 and unsafe.\r\nEven though no one dies from a panic attack\u2026 and even though panic could never ever make\r\nanyone truly go crazy\u2026 the false alarm of a panic attack often creates a very powerful\r\nILLUSION, that these things could happen. And that\u2019s why I really believe\u2026 that\r\nyou are….. So the ultimate cause of panic attacks is\r\nthat we all have brains that are biased to take a better safe than sorry approach. This\r\nis a very important, healthy bias to have \u2014 because if we didn\u2019t all have this bias,\r\nwe literally wouldn\u2019t be alive as a species. The downside though, is that again, like every\r\ngood smoke detector system\u2026 sometimes mistakes happen and we get false alarms. And while\r\nit might still be a little hard to believe right now\u2026 again, a panic attack is just\r\nan innocent, very well-intended, OVER-PROTECTIVE mistake.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s a mistaken effort to protect\r\nyou\u2026 from a danger that\u2019s not there. So why do some people get panic false alarms,\r\nwhile others don\u2019t? And why have you experienced so many false alarms? Well this is where other\r\nfactors come into play \u2014 and I cover these factors and a lot more\u2026 inside my free \u201cPanic\r\nFree TV\u201d foundation series. In this series I help take away the mystery and confusion\r\nsurrounding what you\u2019ve been going through. I explain how panic and anxiety really work\u2026\r\nand I give you the foundations you need, to start you on your journey back to a normal,\r\npanic free life. Again\u2026 my foundation series is totally free, and you can watch the first\r\nepisode in full, right now\u2026 just by clicking on the link on the screen or in the description\r\nbelow, and registering your details. I hope this video has been valuable to you. I\u2019m\r\nMichael Norman, and thank you so much for watching..\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-hrrBaZu4g0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As found on YouTube<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pdctrk.com\/a\/750d771a\">Discover the First-To-Market Revolutionary SPR \u201cStatic\u201d Conversion Tech Which Dramatically Speeds Up &amp; Secures Existing WordPress Sites &amp; Cloud Affiliate Pages With Just A Few Clicks<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Hannah asks \u201cWhat causes my panic attacks and how can I make them stop? I wouldn\u2019t wish them on my worst enemy\u201d Hi, I\u2019m Michael Norman and welcome to another episode of \u201cPanic Free TV\u201d Q&amp;A. 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