For Karo Parisyan Panic Attacks Were A Fearsome Opponent
Karo Parisyan is an American martial artist of Armenian heritage.
In April 2007 he came face to face with his most fearsome opponent to date.
More fearsome than any opponent he ever met in the octagon.
So fearsome in fact, that he almost backed out of a fight in the octagon that night back in April 2007.
Maybe he should have because that night he suffered the first technical knockout of his career.
What we did not know was that there were two opponents fighting Karo that night, the fighter in the other corner and the terrifying unknown opponent:The Panic Attack.
for Karo Parisyan panic attacks were beginning to take over his life.
The American Psychological Association claim that out of every 75 people in America one person will suffer from panic attacks during his or her lifetime.
So Karo Parisyan's panic attacks were not an isolated occurrence.
he was far from being alone in suffering from this disorder.
In general the symptomslast approximately a half an hour.
However, they can last as little as fifteen minutes, yet sometimes they may form a series of episodes, lasting for an extended period, sometimes even hours.
Panic attacks affect lots of people in lots of different ways.
People who suffer on a regular basis may be able to completely endure them with little or no obvious symptoms or outward signs.
They somehow get used to them.
Others, in particular first-time sufferers, may need emergency services.
Many that experience a terrifying attack for the first time believe that they are having a heart attack, as shortness of breath and pins and needles are common symptoms.
Other sufferers believe that they are having a nervous breakdown.
This of course, adds to the ferocity of theattack.
Back to that night in April 2007 when Karo Parisyan's panic attacks entered the octagon with him.
Karo told one of his friends that he just wanted to go home rather than face into the octagon.
he eventually did enter but he was a weakened opponent and not the fighter people were used to seeing in the octagon.
He only lasted to the second round before the fight was stopped.
"Everything was just horrible," Parisyan said.
"I couldn't breathe.
I couldn't [expletive].
I couldn't do anything".
Karo Parisyan suffered his first technical knockout loss of his career.
Karo hadn't a clue at the time what exactly was wrong with him, but he knew things were not right.
He would, in time, seek medical help to get to the bottom of what the problem was.
A series of suffocating personal issues was how he explained his panic attacks to the doctor.
Karo now realizes what power a panic attack can have, and how they can ruin a career and even ones life.
Some months later Karo Parisyan was making small strides in combating this disorder with a lot help from his friends, his family and his doctors.
In April 2007 he came face to face with his most fearsome opponent to date.
More fearsome than any opponent he ever met in the octagon.
So fearsome in fact, that he almost backed out of a fight in the octagon that night back in April 2007.
Maybe he should have because that night he suffered the first technical knockout of his career.
What we did not know was that there were two opponents fighting Karo that night, the fighter in the other corner and the terrifying unknown opponent:The Panic Attack.
for Karo Parisyan panic attacks were beginning to take over his life.
The American Psychological Association claim that out of every 75 people in America one person will suffer from panic attacks during his or her lifetime.
So Karo Parisyan's panic attacks were not an isolated occurrence.
he was far from being alone in suffering from this disorder.
In general the symptomslast approximately a half an hour.
However, they can last as little as fifteen minutes, yet sometimes they may form a series of episodes, lasting for an extended period, sometimes even hours.
Panic attacks affect lots of people in lots of different ways.
People who suffer on a regular basis may be able to completely endure them with little or no obvious symptoms or outward signs.
They somehow get used to them.
Others, in particular first-time sufferers, may need emergency services.
Many that experience a terrifying attack for the first time believe that they are having a heart attack, as shortness of breath and pins and needles are common symptoms.
Other sufferers believe that they are having a nervous breakdown.
This of course, adds to the ferocity of theattack.
Back to that night in April 2007 when Karo Parisyan's panic attacks entered the octagon with him.
Karo told one of his friends that he just wanted to go home rather than face into the octagon.
he eventually did enter but he was a weakened opponent and not the fighter people were used to seeing in the octagon.
He only lasted to the second round before the fight was stopped.
"Everything was just horrible," Parisyan said.
"I couldn't breathe.
I couldn't [expletive].
I couldn't do anything".
Karo Parisyan suffered his first technical knockout loss of his career.
Karo hadn't a clue at the time what exactly was wrong with him, but he knew things were not right.
He would, in time, seek medical help to get to the bottom of what the problem was.
A series of suffocating personal issues was how he explained his panic attacks to the doctor.
Karo now realizes what power a panic attack can have, and how they can ruin a career and even ones life.
Some months later Karo Parisyan was making small strides in combating this disorder with a lot help from his friends, his family and his doctors.
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