Re: why are my panic attacks lasting so long
Yep that's typical anxiety to eventual panic. It can build like that over long periods of time, all day or even days. They can be mild to moderate and back to mild, then bam! A big one full blown panic attack hits you.
If you're stressed out or worried about something in the back of your mind, you might get small amounts of adrenaline leaking while trying to suppress it, that's the mild to moderate ones. But the stress, tension and worry keeps on building up all day or days and then you might explode because something sets you off or triggers it, like a volcano, with heavy adrenaline release. And of course that's the full blown panic attack.
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