Perrie Edwards, the 31-year-old Little Mix singer, has opened up about her experience mistaking a panic attack for a heart attack and feeling like she was going to die after the terrifying incident.
Speaking on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast, Edwards spoke about the traumatic ordeal which left her in hospital.
She said, “I thought I was having a heart attack. I even asked my mom if she was going to put me in a mental institution at some point. It was terrible and I couldn’t understand all of it.” that’s in my head.” head.”
Now a solo artist, Edwards has faced his anxiety and sought therapy. Panic attacks can cause extreme fear but there are also a number of other physical symptoms, such as chest pain, difficulty breathing and a pounding heart – sensations that you may mistake for pain. heart.
The NHS outlines the symptoms of a panic attack:
- Racing heartbeat
- Chest pain
- Out of breath
- Sweat
- nausea
- dizzy
Although panic attacks can be scary, they are not dangerous, and they usually pass within 5 to 20 minutes.
Dr. Glenn N. Levine, chief of cardiology at Michael: “But if in doubt, one will want to err on the side of caution and be quickly evaluated in the emergency room (A&E) to make sure this is not a pain attack.” heart”. E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, writes in Heart.
Panic attacks, although feeling extremely real, are often caused by stress or anxiety; Thea Gallagher, a clinical psychologist at NYU Langone Health, explained this to The Sun.
“It’s not all in your head. It’s the fight or flight response. The alarm system is going off,” she said
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