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Genuine question: are anxiety attacks the same as panic attacks? Because I have anxiety attacks all the time but I swear I’ve never had a panic attack
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Anonymous 28w

It’s kind of debatable. Many people with anxiety use them interchangeably. In psychology, there is a minor difference in symptoms and a big one in causes. Many psychologists use a strict definition that a panic attack is not caused by something that makes you anxious, and if there is a clear anxiety-related cause, that is an anxiety attack and not a panic attack. Symptom-wise it is very difficult to explain the difference, but I would generally agree with #1

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Anonymous 28w

no, i’m not the best at describing this stuff but anxiety attacks are normally over a way longer period of time, more drawn out and more on anxiety/nervousness, while panic attacks are shorter, more intense and heavy on like, immediate, and fear rather than anxiety/nervousness.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 28w

an anxiety attack i feel mostly just really unsettled, paranoid, nervous, tense whereas panic attack my heart is pounding and i can’t breathe and that sorta stuff. hope this makes sense?

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