Panic attacks?
i really need help. i have panic attacks regularly (well, more irregularly but on a regular basis if that makes any sense...) and they are making my life so hard. i just started a new job that i LOVE and today i had to drive an hour away from my work for the orientation...which wasn't bad, i had a few minor attacks while there (it was an 8 hour session) but nothing really notable...until the ride home and i FREAKED out. i felt like i was going crazy...i started to cry and i couldn't hold it in any longer and i threw up and i kept making my co-worker who had driven our agency van, pull over and i ran away from the van and laid in the snow wishing i could just get hit by a truck...now i have 2 more days of training and i'm not sure i can do it...i can't go back to work. i made a fool of myself. she was really understanding but that doesn't make it any less embaricing...i guess my question is...what should i do? i'm so scared of being scared. the only thing i haven't tried is meds.
I'm having panic attack non stop now!?
Of course antidepressants don't work because they not dealing with the cause, they simply make you feel dul and numb for a while... They're useless I suffered for 20 years and I am meds free and feel great I faced my gets. That's right. You need to find out what caused them and started it , even if you don't feel scared before they happen and they simply come on, that's good, cause it means it is in your early stages By the time they get to serious stages you'll be too afraid to leave the house and become house bound So do it now Talk to yourself, Self talk works it is a cognitive therapy that shrinks use and you can do it yourself Tell yourself, I am not afraid Panic attacks won't kill me I will conquer my fears and I will be happy and healthy I am strong and determined Panic attacks my friend won't kill or harm you, they're actually your body defenses telling you, you have an excess amount of worries and it let's out all that through a panic attack... Is helping you, so in your mind when you feel one coming on, and. I know this is hard at the time but see it as your friend, say to yourself, I'm not afraid because my panic attacks are helping me and they will last shorter and shorter.. I used to have long ones and then they became shorter and now i Hardly have any... Listen I did this for months, day afternoon nd night I watched funny movies tv shows, sang songs , danced and listend to music always..laughed and felt good about myself Exersise and healthy eating helps, so no alcohol or drugs Meditate and think positive... Look up positive affirmations online Read them and use them Please you don't need meds, they will make them worse...stay off them ... Deal with them yourself
Self harm during a panic attack?
I would like to know if it's normal to self harm during a panic attack? I had my first panic attack almost two years ago and as scared as I was after it was over I just lied in bed hoping I could go back to sleep, that's when I felt my chest burn. I took a look in the mirror and as I turns out I had subconsciously scratched my whole chest. I took almost all Christmas break for it to heal and completely fade. The fact that I did that to myself is what scared me the most. I've had a couple of minor attacks since then, and I was almost on the verge of an attack similar to the first a couple of months ago but I've managed to stop it before it got scary. I don't think I'll stop having them forever so I've done research but I've never read about self harming during an attack which is why I wonder if it's normal?
After Having Abortion, Keep Having Severe Panic Attacks, Living in a Nightmare, Help?
This is a very sensitive subject for me, so if your gonna judge and be harsh, please don't respond. I already feel terrible. I had an abortion about 2 months ago now. I won't get into details on the why i did. in a nut shell, felt pressured and was stupid. i already have two small children as well. anyway. ever since having it done, i started getting severe panic attacks. that just come out of the blue, for no reason. i just start freaking out. cant breathe, chest pains. intense over whelming fear that something bad will happen, that i will die at any moment. and this is happening to me several times during the day, the night is the worst. i'm scared out of my mind. i'm living in a nightmare, that i can't wake up from. this obviously was caused from the abortion, it started right after, never had a problem with panic attacks before this. My counselor says its post traumatic stress i'm experiencing. but nothing makes it go away. my doctor started me on an antidepressant. but so far nothing is working. I feel terrible about what i did. so much guilt about my baby.I feel like a horrible person. i want my baby back. i guess i'm suffering now, i am getting what i deserve. my body is punishing me for what i've done. I am truly living in hell. i'm scared constantly. please any one been through something similar after a traumatic event, and did it eventually get better. i just can't stand to keep living in this constant state of anxiety and fear. i can't handle it. please help. thanks.
Why am I getting panic Attacks? Can't burp!?
I am 26 year old male married with 2 kids. I have been having shortness of breath for at least the past 5 years maybe stress related due to work or environmental allergies. 2 weeks ago I had my first panic attack. I was eating and all of a sudden couldn't breath, I felt dizzy and got really worried I felt like my heart was going to stop. The ambulance and hospital said my vitals are fine and I'm perfectly healthy I just need to calm down. I took 2 weeks off work and the panic attack never came on again maybe mildly if anything. However yesterday I felt like I had so much gas in my stomach that I couldn't burp if my life depended on it. I felt dizzy cause I couldn't burp and now couldn't breath. I went to the hospital again and I was fine. I was told it was another panic attack. This morning I woke up feeling like I was full of gas in my stomach and chest and couldn't burp so I took an anxiety tablet and I calmed down. Fine for now. Why am I not able to burp?