what is an anxiety attack?
i woke up very early this morning, after a kind of crazy dream, and my heart was racing… i tried to be calm, i tried to meditate to slow it down, but i almost felt like i was going to die… i thought heavily about calling 911… i laid there, tried to relax, eventually, fell asleep i guess, cause an hour later i woke up and i felt ok.. i went into work and i was talking with someone about it who said i had an anxiety attach.. that it used to happen to his mom all the time… is that really what is was? what causes them? is there any other way to treat them, should it happen again, asside from getting meds? it was very scary.. should i call the doctor about it monday? is it likely to happen again? why did i have it?
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that sounds like a physical problem, not a psychological one. Anxiety attack is just an incorrect name for a fear feature. Some people are ruled by fear. I was. It took a LONG LONG time to overcome that completely. Years.
Anyway, what you have doesn’t sound like an "anxiety attack".
see a doctor. (a MEDICAL doctor, not a psychiatrist)
Nightmares can be very frightening. Fright will increase your heart rate and breathing. It is a "fight or flight" response, and will often take a while to calm down.
I believe that you were experiencing "fight or flight" and not an anxiety attack.