Anxiety Attacks

Having attacks is probably one of the most unnerving bodily feelings you can ever have.  One of the main tribulations with having attacks is that, it cannot really be seen by everybody else, so you might feel totally isolated and by yourself.
Lots of times the person who is suffering from an attack does not know what is going on, which contributes to the strength of the .

anxiety man in beach hut

Having attacks can be soul destroying, it can thoroughly turn your life upside down.  I have not got this from a book; I have lived with attacks for over 20years, also my Mum has suffered with attacks as well.

My attacks would happen out of the blue, I could be out shopping having a nice time, then that dreaded sense of not feeling right would start to creep up on me, then that feeling would get more powerful and stronger and before I knew it I would be having a full blown attack in the centre of a shop.  I can tell you it is really scary, but those of you reading this will have some sort of grasp of what i mean.  That awful feeling where you commence to feel all hot and nervous, your vision starts to go and you feel like the shop is drawing in on you.

How I would explain my feeling is like this, I was aware of everything that was going on around me, but I felt like a part of me had withdrawn into myself, if that makes sense.  For me I just desired quite, I could not handle it with anyone talking to me.  I had to focus on what was taking place with me.  I don’t know what I imagined would happen but I just needed to gain control.

What I found really hard was trying to get my husband to appreciate what was happening to me.  To try and get him to identify with how I was feeling and what having attacks was doing to me mentally, physically and emotionally.  It was pointless really; know one known’s what having attacks are like unless you have experienced them for yourself.

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