Disorders dealing with anxiety often cause other things to happen including mental confusion. Panic attacks commonly happen because of this confusion and can be quite scary. Due to panic attacks having characteristics like those of heart or respiratory ailments, it is not surprising that people get scared and uncomfortable during them. But, some more serious symptoms can crop up when a person has severe anxiety. Depersonalization along with derealization can occur.

Depersonalization involves an out-of-body experience and is one kind of anxiety. This causes the person to have a sensation of not being connected to their own body physically. Instead of the person feeling that they are one in body and mind, they feel their mind is disconnected, and completely separate of their body. This can be a totally painful state mentally, that causes extreme confusion in the mind and extreme anxiety.

Derealization is a bit different from depersonalization, the person has a greater sense of being disconnected. They don't feel like they are disconnected from their bodies. They feel totally disconnected and separate from their environment that is around them. People may assume this creates a euphoric feeling, but it doesn't. It creates a state of confusion and disorientation. Many people, who feel disconnected from the environment they are in, will realize fairly quick that all is not as it should be and panic over this. The same goes for depersonalization.

It would not be accurate to infer that panic attacks are merely a fear response to the two aforementioned anxiety conditions. There is definitely a fear component found within the onset of a panic attack. And, clearly, someone who is caught in the throes of depersonalization and derealization will certainly experience a sense of fear. However, because the individual is not completely aware of his surroundings, the sense of panic can reach critical mass. At this point it becomes overwhelming.

On top of this, the panicky feeling is hard enough for someone planted solidly in reality. In depersonalization and derealization the individual does not have the benefit of understanding they are connected to reality. This is definitely a fright-filled situation.

Some wonder what can bring on such disorientation. Various causes have been blamed for this. It may be brought on due to traumatic happenings, and others say that it is due to a chemical imbalance in the brain of the person. More than one factor can cause this too. Regardless of what starts the problems, it is crucial to get treatment for them.

Locating the reason that the anxiety is happening and eliminating it, will make the derealization, depersonalization, those panic attacks to go away. Because the anxiety is the base of all of these issues, eliminating it will most likely get rid of the other problems too. It does take therapy to make this happen.

There are many kinds of treatment available. There is drug therapy, various alternate therapies, and psychotherapy can be found. No matter which way a person decides to be treated, it is vital to search out the cure that will work for them to get rid of these problems, and thus set them free from the suffering.