thinkpink
19-04-12, 19:20
Hello all,
I'm really interested to hear from anyone who wakes up in the night with panic attacks. I call mine terror attacks because they are so terrifying. It's really hard for me to describe the symptoms but I always end up thinking of going crazy. I read a lot about the physical symptoms of panic but rarely about the kind of thoughts people have. When I'm in the middle of an attack I have the most horrifying thoughts and images in my head almost like a scene from a horror movie playing out. I feel like I can't tell people about this because if I went into details people would almost certainly think I'm crazy :weep:For example last night I woke up with my heart thumping out of my body and I felt like I was going to collapse. I started to panic about losing control and I felt like I was about to start screaming because the panic was so consuming and suffocating. I had scary images in my head of losing control and harming myself. I had a really distressing image pass through my head of slitting my throat. I know that sounds mad and I am so ashamed to tell anyone. I started to panic because I almost convinced myself that I had done it, and I put my hand to my neck to check there was no blood. I couldn't seem to calm down and I convinced myself I must have gone crazy. Does this sound like psychosis? I spoke to a gp today and he said I am not crazy, yet these thoughts are terrifying. I am so embarrassed and ashamed to even write this things. Please tell me that I am not the only one who has felt this way.
I'm really interested to hear from anyone who wakes up in the night with panic attacks. I call mine terror attacks because they are so terrifying. It's really hard for me to describe the symptoms but I always end up thinking of going crazy. I read a lot about the physical symptoms of panic but rarely about the kind of thoughts people have. When I'm in the middle of an attack I have the most horrifying thoughts and images in my head almost like a scene from a horror movie playing out. I feel like I can't tell people about this because if I went into details people would almost certainly think I'm crazy :weep:For example last night I woke up with my heart thumping out of my body and I felt like I was going to collapse. I started to panic about losing control and I felt like I was about to start screaming because the panic was so consuming and suffocating. I had scary images in my head of losing control and harming myself. I had a really distressing image pass through my head of slitting my throat. I know that sounds mad and I am so ashamed to tell anyone. I started to panic because I almost convinced myself that I had done it, and I put my hand to my neck to check there was no blood. I couldn't seem to calm down and I convinced myself I must have gone crazy. Does this sound like psychosis? I spoke to a gp today and he said I am not crazy, yet these thoughts are terrifying. I am so embarrassed and ashamed to even write this things. Please tell me that I am not the only one who has felt this way.