Anxiety panic attacks obtain when one is gripped by a pervading and overwhelming feeling of fear. The fear may be triggered by some scenario that the individual is particularly accustomed to. Common fear triggers are bid stage appearances, or when some one has just experienced a horrifying accident or a ghastly event. More often than not anxiety panic attacks culminate from psychological dynamics rather and reality. One critical aspect of anxiety panic attacks is that although the attack may last for a few minutes or even seconds in some occasions, the attack often leaves very significant impact which may trigger the relay of a series of other panic attacks culminating from the psychological condition defined by the fear of future attacks. This is known as Anticipatory Anxiety. What happens in this case is that in the stead of relaxing in between the occurrences of these panic attacks one in engrossed in the fear of going through the same thing gain in the near or distant future. If the person goes on without appropriate medical help the fear gets so disabling and may culminate in even more dire psychological and physiological conditions.

The foregoing form of panic attack trigger is related to what is known as Phobic avoidance. In the case of phobic avoidance the victim of an anxiety panic attack will then begin to avoid certain environs and scenario which some are either directly or indirectly related or relatable to the previous attack. Although the avoided environs or situations are closely related to the scenes of the previous anxiety panic attack reality is that much of this condition culminates for a psychological condition. The avoidance of these scenarios or settings is based on this vacuous belief that the environs triggered the attack the last and there is fear that the same will obtain when one enters into the same situation again. This form of avoidance is also common in a way of the victim of a past panic attack avoiding the kind of settings where-in escape is indeed or perceived to be difficult. The bottom line is that the person is avoiding these places due the fears triggered by the last episode of the panic attack. The worst case scenario of phobic avoidance is what is known as agoraphobia.

The other common cause of panic attacks is the kind of attack caused by substances. This is the kind known as substance induced anxiety disorder. Other medical conceptions categorize this as a form of depression. Also certain forms of anxiety disorder classifiable under some categories of neurosis can lead to panic attacks. Research has established strong links between the prevalence of panic attacks and certain family genealogies. Medical research has concluded that panic attacks do run in families. Having mentioned the foregoing medical research has also authenticated that nonetheless common causes of panic attack that may strike just any one are major transitions such as expecting a baby, first day at work, getting married and severe stress. These are just some of the few of a long list of upheavals triggered by those major transitions in life.