Anxiety and Panic Attacks

For me and panic attacks go hand in hand.  The reason I make this statement is because that was how it was for me, for several years.  When I started to get anxious, I could not stop it going into a full blow panic attack.

Anxiety lady fist clenched

The foremost frightening thing for me was that I never knew when I was going to go in to a attack followed promptly by a panic attack.  I could awaken in the morning feeling great or I could simply be sitting watching television.  Then that feeling of not feeling okay would gradually swamp my brain. This is extremely difficult to explain.  But those of you who have and panic attacks will know what I mean.  It is just a strange feeling which simply starts as a feeling, and then I would get anxious regarding that feeling, that then got stronger, which then lead to me having regarding that feeling.  Then yes you guessed it, I would then go into a full blown panic attack.  It’s crazy, however true and it is true for a heap of folks who are suffering from and panic attacks.

The most frustrating factor for me was that it’s not like having a physical illness that individuals can see and understand.  Normally my friends and family where unaware of the very fact that I used to be in an anxious state.  I gave up a very long time ago trying to explain to them how I was feeling and what physical reactions where going on for me.  If I could not understand it, then how might I expect them to understand?   I  sometimes re-live at how I used to be, and sometimes still can be.  It will appear silly.  But as silly as it might appear when you’re in that scenario it is very real and very frightening.

One last issue, if I had a penny for each time I used to be told to pull my socks up…then I’d be rolling in money.  Don’t listen to those people around you who do not understand.  Understand that what is going for you is very real and very frightening.

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