Today I will talk to you about an especial condition
that many people has in the world but only a little bit of them speak about
this… Panic disorder.
I selected this topic because I know what is to
live with this disorder. I have panic disorder since I was about four or five
years old and I had to learn to live with him and it is not easy.
This disorder is a type of anxiety disorder
that produce panic attacks in the less desired moment. The panic attacks are
sudden sensations of deep terror, which sometimes doesn’t have a true reason
why… Sometimes the people who have this disorder think that they are crazy
because they are scare but they don’t know…
It is a very difficult problem because doesn’t have
an official cause and can happen in any moment, in any place with anyone close…
And sometimes the people, who stay in the moment with a person who has a panic
attack, don’t know how to act or what to do to help the person who suffers…
According a global ranking of anxiety, Spain is
the country with more people with panic disorder (90%). In Latin America, Argentina
is the first country in the ranking, with an 84% of persons with the disorder.
On the other hand, in Chile more of one million people has a panic disorder,
this is a 6.5% of the total population. Also, the disorder affects two or three
time more women than men!
If we are going to talk about how the disorder
affects the rest of our body, we must bear in mind that anxiety and panic
attacks don’t always generate the same symptoms in people. However, the most
common symptoms are sweating, chest discomfort, palpitations, shortness of
breath, afraid to die and many negative thoughts… 
The panic disorder can be very limiting because
sometimes you don’t want to leave your house or you don’t want to go to school
or any place… Sometimes you don’t want to talk to anyone or even, you don’t
want to see any person…
I just want to ask you, who are reading this,
that if one day you see a person who has a panic attack, don’t laugh at her, don’t
scare her anymore and don’t tell her that she/he is crazy… Just tell him that
everything will be fine and that nothing bad will happen…
I think the panic disorder is too difficult to live for some people. I have lucky that Neves feels that
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who has suffered from panic disorder, that is very unfortunate
ReplyDeleteI admire people that have these kinds of problems and go on with their lives without involving others, and really many people suffer this disorder
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