There are two main causes of anxiety attacks or panic attacks:
1. High degree anxiety: The most common cause of anxiety attacks is thinking you are in grave danger which causes the body to produce a high degree stress response. And once these changes are initiated, many react with more fear, which causes more stress responses, which can cause more physiological, psychological, and emotional changes.
2. Chronically elevated stress: When stress builds up over time with no relief, the body can cause an involuntary panic attack. When we experience an involuntary high degree stress response, the sensations can be so profound that we think we are having a medical emergency.
The good news is that all anxiety attacks end, and even though the signs and symptoms of an anxiety attack can seem powerful and even out of control, they aren’t harmful long-term.