Now as you may know, I have done a LOT of research in my time about anxiety and panic disorder. But I never just stopped there, I have read a heck of a LOT of information on psychology and what makes us do the certain things we do full stop!

And something I never found an explanation for in everything I read was "why" we can be asleep and wake up with panic. Whether that be you feel you cannot breathe and gasping for air, or your heart is racing 50 to the dozen.

Their are a few anxiety experts out there, and even the top notch do not have an explanation for this. However, I do believe I have stumbled across something that just may explain it.

You see, in my anxiety and panic days, I just didn't stop searching for answers from Doctors, Psychologists, Ex-Sufferers and what not. I delved much further. I wanted to understand as much as what I could when it came to the human mind.

And here is my discovery...

When I would wake up in these moments of panic, usually during that day I had fixated on something like my breathing or my heart rate. Another thing I sometimes noticed was in my dream just before awakening I was dreaming that I couldn't breathe, or my heart rate was going insane.

I did some research into dreams. And here is what I found.

And what is assumed and I tend to believe since it makes sense is that in our dreams we tend to replay certain events in our life through our dreams, and is also used as a way to deal with certain issues we may have subconsciously.

I stopped waking up to these night panics when I dealt with my panic and assured myself I didn't have these problems.

Joanne King - http://www.anxiety-panic-free.com