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Battling Anxiety After a Serious Car Accident in Indianapolis (Part A)

The traumatic nature of a serious car accident in Indianapolis can leave victims with varying degrees of post-accident anxiety. If you're suffering anxiety after a serious car accident, consult with an Indianapolis car accident lawyer about how to include anxiety on your list of damages on your personal injury claim.

Understanding Post-Accident Anxiety

Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness, fear, worry, and overall apprehension. After being involved in a serous car accident in Indianapolis, many people may suffer from anxiety attacks which reduce their ability to drive or function normally in their daily lives.

This intense panic and fear people can experience after an accident often causes victims to harbor a fear of being in another accident or of riding in a car; everyday activities that people engage in daily.

Other types of anxiety after a serious car accident:

• various ongoing health issues that create mental stress;
• insomnia, nightmares, or disrupted sleep; and
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Symptoms of Anxiety After a Serious Car Accident in Indianapolis

Anxiety manifests differently for each person. Some people report feeling as if they're about to die during anxiety attacks. Generally, panic attacks do not kill people but their symptoms are often frighteningly similar to heart attacks.

Both people having an anxiety attack and those having a heart attack may feel:

• heart palpitations;
• sweating and choking;
• trembling, numbness, and tingling;
• shortness of breath and dizziness;
• chest pain;
• nausea, chills, and hot flashes;
• fear of dying and sense of detachment;
• incoherent thoughts and inability to concentrate;
• persistent, excessive, unrealistic worry;
• exhaustion and sleep problems;
• restlessness and irritability; and
• development of various phobic disorders and stress disorders.

Traumatic events, such as a serious car accident in Indianapolis, can leave people with debilitating stress disorders, usually attributed to the exposure of death or near-death circumstances. Contact an Indianapolis car accident lawyer about how to recover compensation for your emotional damages.

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