Re: Anyone here had anxiety/panic attacks?
I've suffered from anxiety for almost 20 years and it started with panic attacks. Panic attacks can be some of the worst things you feel emotionally, because they make no sense. They can happen at anytime, no matter what mood you were in. It doesn't help that when you are already freaking it, it feels like you are dying, which makes you freak out more. For me, it got so bad that I became agoraphobic and could barely function day to day. I did end up on something, can't even remember the name for it, for a few months but what changed everything for me, was to say fuck this.
Basically I got as good as I can be by not letting it control me. I still get bad anxiety and have moments of panic but I talk myself out of it. I understand that it is not logical and doom isn't about to be visited upon my person from some unknown something. I play a game, I read a book, I don't let myself wallow in it. I talk to Marou or myself if need be. You gotta tell your brain to stop and it took me about a year to do this.
I've been asked before how I deal with it and when I say what I've done, I get replies with, well it isn't that easy or even that I just don't get it. Like somehow what they feel is worse than what I feel. If you want to get better, you will get better by forcing yourself to get through it. There is no simpler answer. You can take drugs but they suck.
I suggest to actually say to yourself, fuck this and fight it. I've been doing it for 18 years and am more functional than anyone else I know that has to take drugs and go to a therapist. Reading this, it sounds harsh and i'm not intending to be, it just works for me.
Edit: tl;dr - Rub some dirt in it and walk it off. Saying all that made me feel kinda bad because that is kind of what i'm saying to do. Really though, you gotta find what works for you. Whether it is therpay, meds or hot yoga.
I am also not saying I am fine, cause I am pretty damn crazy but it works for me.
Last edited by Aeinna; 01-24-2018 at 11:14 PM.
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