🚨 Why Panic Attacks Can Feel Like Heart Attacks - with Psychotherapist Lex Hristova

Lex Hristova is a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology, registered with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) as an MBABCP practitioner. She has extensive clinical and academic experience working with anxiety disorders, panic disorder, and health anxiety, and specialises in formulation-led, evidence-based CBT. Alongside her therapeutic work, Lex is actively involved in psychological education, supporting clearer public understanding of anxiety and the body’s stress response. In this video, you can discover why panic attacks can feel so frighteningly similar to heart attacks, exploring the fight-or-flight response, adrenaline, and how misinterpreting normal bodily sensations can escalate anxiety into a panic cycle — and how CBT helps people learn to tell the difference. #mindfriend #panicattacks #anxietyeducation #CBT #psychology