People who experience panic attacks are well aware of the state when it seems as if you are about to go crazy. And if not during the attack itself, certainly from such a painful life that many VSDeshniks live.

Anxiety attacks occur unexpectedly and often in the most uncomfortable situations. At such moments, there is a fear of losing control of oneself and simply starting to behave inappropriately. It’s scary not only to look stupid in public, but also from the prospect of settling in a ward of a psychiatric clinic. So is it possible to go crazy from a panic attack? The answer is in the article. And for everyone who is still unfamiliar with what PA is, it will be useful

Where does the fear of going crazy come from in people with neurosis (VSD)?

Vegetative-vascular dystonia is not a disease at all, but a mental disorder. Against its background, the entire neuro-vegetative system fails and a person receives a huge number of physical symptoms (psychosomatics), accompanied by panic attacks and constant anxiety.

An anxious mind generates an endless stream of no less disturbing thoughts, fears, phobias. Interestingly, if the rider thinks for a long time about the fear of going crazy, he may well cause a panic attack in himself with these thoughts. Exactly, as well as vice versa - an attack gives rise to thoughts about the fear of "going off the rails." Such is the vicious and endless circle.

By itself, a panic attack, no matter how it manifests itself, is a very nasty, painful and difficult to control condition. There are so many symptoms, and they can be so diverse that thoughts come up one day not to cope with it all, just can’t stand it and “go crazy”. Many are afraid in this state to harm themselves, loved ones, and even accidentally commit suicide.

From the fact that most people go the wrong way, and begin to treat the symptoms of neurosis (VSD), and not its causes, there are few results. A person does not get out of the doctors' offices, swallows pills, goes for an MRI 3 times a week, but there is no improvement. About which doctor you need to go to in the first place, . Panic attacks continue, physical condition worsens, moral strength dries up. Here, anyone, probably, will think about the possibility of going crazy - after all, life is so simply unbearable. It is also frightening that most people simply do not understand what is happening to them and why they feel so bad.

One should not be afraid of the very thoughts of insanity, they are quite justified in such a state, and appear in many who suffer from a neurosis. The question is, is it really possible to lose your sanity against the background of VSD? More on this below, and now a small portion of information to reassure that similar phobias occur in healthy people.

Who has the fear of going crazy?

In fact, the fear of insanity is experienced by people who do not suffer from vegetative-vascular dystonia. Such thoughts can arise in a person in very difficult life situations, for example, in the event of the loss of loved ones, loved ones, the ruin of a large fortune, during natural disasters, and the like.

There is nothing strange and absurd in allowing such thoughts in a state when you feel very bad and it seems as if your whole life has gone downhill. Therefore, you should not get hung up on the fact of fear itself, that it has appeared and it exists. Although, of course, it would be better if such phobias did not arise at all.

Is it possible to lose your mind from panic attacks?

It is probably not worth stating this with absolute accuracy, but in medicine there has not yet been a single case of a sufferer going crazy during a panic attack. As a person who has suffered from acute neurosis (with all the consequences), and who has studied tons of information on the Internet and in books, I have never come across information that someone has lost their mind during VVD.

According to psychiatrists, in order for the roof to go crazy, a person must either experience a very strong, deep mental trauma, or be in provoking conditions for a long time. This happens when people for many years are subjected to physical violence, humiliation, bullying, taken hostage, in places of "hot spots". A panic attack does not produce such profound changes in the psyche of the sufferer. Therefore, the likelihood that during an attack the mind will suddenly “break down” is reduced to almost zero. The brain perceives an anxiety attack as a need to defend itself (fight or flight), and not as a rejection of reality, of life. Insanity, in essence, is the refusal of the mind to perceive reality as it is, the failure to live in such an environment.

There is another factor - as long as a person is afraid to go crazy, he is in his right mind. Truly crazy people are completely unaware of their condition and deny their diagnosis. The practice of psychiatrists shows that no one who really "traveled" has such a fear, and is completely sure of his adequacy.

How to get rid of the fear of insanity with VVD?

First of all, it should be clear that panic attacks do not go crazy. And, as the famous psychotherapist, Andrey Kurpatov, writes, “getting off your mind”, in general, is not an easy task. Even simply realizing and convincing yourself that you don’t go crazy from anxiety attacks can already bring relief.

But this is just one of the many phobias that haunt the Vdesshnikov and have no basis.

Trying to get rid of just one fear is useless. After all, most of the neuroses also suffer from hypochondria, agoraphobia and a bunch of other fears. Here it makes sense to approach the problem comprehensively. And you need to heal not the body, but the soul.

I am the type of person who can figure out a lot on their own. This is neither good nor bad, I am not saying this to praise myself. I just managed to get rid of neurosis through self-psychotherapy and complete personal transformation. But it was not easy for me - dozens of books I read, techniques I tried, rethinking life, changing my lifestyle. I understand very well that not all people are prone to introspection and self-therapy. Therefore, I believe that with panic attacks, phobias, you should contact a psychotherapist, hiccup and eliminate the causes of neurosis, and not its symptoms. You won’t go crazy from VVD and panic attacks, but you can completely ruin your life for many years. It's not worth pulling. Either start studying your neurosis and its roots on your own, or find a good psychotherapist. I also try to provide on my website as much useful information as possible, which, one way or another, can help people with vegetative-vascular dystonia. You can get rid of fears, as well as from neurosis in general. The main thing is to understand that the problem is in the head, not in the body, no matter how severe the physical symptoms are.