When a client presents with worry in therapy, one of the questions we ask is, how long have you been a worrier? Their reply is usually “oh I was born a worrier’.
When you are worried and that worrying thought becomes more intense you will become anxious. A panic attack is when those intense anxious feelings persist and then you experience a more deeper intense rush of physical & anxious emotions.
As well as having to endure the horrible experience of severe anxiety or anxiety attacks, if you don't treat your anxiety you may suffer long term effects such as: