Understanding the true causes of panic attacks and anxiety can make all the difference in the world for you to discover the anxiety treatment you are looking for. These three causes include chemical imbalance in the body, societal and familial learning, and human response mechanism to something that happened in the past, and

Anxiety and panic attacks all have some type of origin, and chemical imbalance in human beings is a good place to look. When that chemical imbalance is great in an individual, the nerves tend to be off whack and the body experiences many moments of stress, depression, and anxiety. Anxiety therapy has been looked at as a potential cure for people who are desperate to fix their anxiety disorder. The only challenge with that approach is it can cost you 1000's of dollar in fees and it's not always the permanent fix. Plus it can take several months for the therapy to take effect.

Genetic and childhood learning is another cause of anxiety and panic attacks. Anxiety disorder has a tendency to run in families where the mom and dad got such traits from their parents. Regardless of it being genetic or societal learning, these traits get passed on to the next generation and the next until the early learning cycle experiences some sort of break in it. That very same child will then go through life thinking the behavior of its parents is normal and thus will adapt those very same traits. That then becomes the genetic make up of that child.

If a child were to grow up in a dysfunctional household, that child's mind then has something negative and worrisome to latch its mind to. Anxiety becomes a natural place for the child to experience because he or she has experienced it all of their life. The child has grown up in a family where fear and anxiety has practically been taught to them by their parents.

The chemical imbalance deeply connects with the genetic transfer of genes from parents to children. The greater the chemical imbalance the more likely it will be passed onto their children in some form of fear of anxiety.

The response mechanism in the body is the other cause of panic attacks and anxiety. This piece is crucial to discovering why we experience anxiety. When people sense danger or perceived danger, our senses go up. Our mind latches onto something that happened a while ago or has happened several times in the past that was unpleasant, uncomfortable, or even scary. Whether you're about to give a speech in front of 200 people or there is a scary man with a weapon in his hands about to attack you, the fear is valid and it all comes from somewhere. If a newborn baby were in front of that same large group of people or a man (heaven forbid) were to attack it, the baby would initially look un phased…main reason being it doesn't have a memory of something scary or nerve wrecking to attach its mind to.

Chemical imbalance is a human being's make up and cannot just disappear. Nor will anxiety medication have the impact people initially think it will have. It becomes an addictive treatment and something to cope with. However that anxiety treatment can be costly as well and take time. You want a natural treatment that can ease your fears, not a crutch you have to rely on forever.

Several doctors have discovered very innovative mthods that have impacted millions of anxiety sufferers. It's not the biggest challenge to re-teach the brain to look at those experiences that conjure up anxiety and panic attacks in a different light. If you combine repeating those exercises with the innovative techniques have come up with you, you harness the power, freedom, and ease you once had when you were a baby.

I wanted to add in this random tip which is an oldie but a goodie and important technique. It's called deep breathing. When that next anxiety or panic attack comes, remember to slow down and take deep breaths. This will slow down your heart rate and get to think a little more clearly.

The causes of anxiety and panic attacks has been around for many years. It's been discussed by people primarily who suffer from it and those who want to find a solution. I found that solution and just wanted to share my story with those who suffer from it. But it's vital to understand the causes so you're not left in limbo on where it all comes from.