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How To Know If You Are Having An Anxiety Attack By Examining The Symptoms You Have
When you are in some careers it is hard to separate yourself from work because people like to request advice. This is something that I experience very often because I'm a social worker. When people find this out they like to ask my opinion about what they should do about different situations, generally involving one of their neighbors or relatives. This can get annoying, but being in a helping profession this is part of the job. Many individuals don't know where to turn to access services for mental health needs, so they find it more comfortable to ask someone they know how to do this.
The majority of the members of our church know that I'm a social worker. We had an incident that happened during a church gathering that called for my expertise. We were gathered in our fellowship area for a potluck supper one Sunday evening. One of the parish members was sitting off by themselves. I have spoken with her at other functions and she has shared with me that she has problems with anxiety. When I saw her I noticed that her complexion was flushed and she seemed to be having a challenging time regulating her breathing. I saw the early symptoms of an anxiety attack. I knew that they would get worse rather quickly. I quietly asked our minister if he would open his office. I went over to the woman and asked her to come in to the minister's office with me. When we were walking toward the office she told me that she was having sharp chest pains. She doesn't have a history of cardiac disease so I assumed that the pains were another of the symptoms of an anxiety assault. When we were inside the office I had her concentrate on doing some deep breathing exercises with me. I calmly rubbed her hands and kept repeating the instructions for the breathing that I was doing with her. She had once been heavily perspiring so I opened a window, although it was very cold outside. The cold air along with the deep breathing began to calm her. She admitted that she had been quite anxious over the past few days and that she had not taken her medicine that day. As we talked the majority of the symptoms of the anxiety assault dissipated.
Our church is very close to a hospital and I asked her if she wanted to be checked there to ensure that the chest pains had been part of the anxiety. She informed me that she was certain they were and that if she had just a few more moments to compose herself she thought she would be able to leave for home. I told her that no-one in the gathering had observed our departure because they were conversing and having appetizers. She agreed to join me in the party with the promise that I would take her home the moment she asked. She ended up staying for most of the evening. She informed me when I drove her home that if she had been alone she would have called an ambulance because she thought the symptoms of the anxiety assault were a heart attack instead. I told her that this was a common mistake and that she needed to be more aware of how her anxiety affects her.
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