trigrodge
11-12-12, 19:59
hi all,
i feel im in need of some advice, having suffered from anxiety/panic attacks for the last 7-8 years mainly when im driving or going away from home, my comfort zone is about 3-4 miles from my house.
what i used to do is drive to a place where i started to feel slightly anxious and just stay there then i would go a bit further next time, until about 3 months ago when my car broke down. and didnt have the funds to get it fixed.
i have recently bought a new car and am determined to beat this now, about a week ago a collegue asked if i wanted to join him clay pigeon shooting which is right at the edge of my comfort zone so i said yes.
upon arrival at the ground i was ok until i stepped into the shop when i came over all nervous so i said to the guy i was with that i have to go, i ran to my car and started to drive fairly quickly towards home all the time panicing more and more, i got halfway home and pulled over calmed myself down and turned around and went back where i had an enjoyable couple of hours.
so this week i commenced my driving to my normal layby when i got there i thought i could go a little further so i did i started getting nervous again so pulled over in a driveway a bit further up the road when i had a sudden panic attack and urge to get home so i drove again quickly towards home but this time the panic got worst as i continued to drive as did my driving i got home and finally calmed down.
the next evening came and i decided to try again this time i was nervous just getting in the car but decided to go anyway, i barely got 1 mile up the road before i started to panic this has gone on the last 3 nights.
now i dont know what to do, i dont want to end up not being able to go out at all but i also dont want to hide from it so does it matter how far i get? if i keep giving myself a panic attack will it just eventually go or will i make things worst, sorry about the long winded story just want to get as much detail as i can.
kindest regards
leigh
i feel im in need of some advice, having suffered from anxiety/panic attacks for the last 7-8 years mainly when im driving or going away from home, my comfort zone is about 3-4 miles from my house.
what i used to do is drive to a place where i started to feel slightly anxious and just stay there then i would go a bit further next time, until about 3 months ago when my car broke down. and didnt have the funds to get it fixed.
i have recently bought a new car and am determined to beat this now, about a week ago a collegue asked if i wanted to join him clay pigeon shooting which is right at the edge of my comfort zone so i said yes.
upon arrival at the ground i was ok until i stepped into the shop when i came over all nervous so i said to the guy i was with that i have to go, i ran to my car and started to drive fairly quickly towards home all the time panicing more and more, i got halfway home and pulled over calmed myself down and turned around and went back where i had an enjoyable couple of hours.
so this week i commenced my driving to my normal layby when i got there i thought i could go a little further so i did i started getting nervous again so pulled over in a driveway a bit further up the road when i had a sudden panic attack and urge to get home so i drove again quickly towards home but this time the panic got worst as i continued to drive as did my driving i got home and finally calmed down.
the next evening came and i decided to try again this time i was nervous just getting in the car but decided to go anyway, i barely got 1 mile up the road before i started to panic this has gone on the last 3 nights.
now i dont know what to do, i dont want to end up not being able to go out at all but i also dont want to hide from it so does it matter how far i get? if i keep giving myself a panic attack will it just eventually go or will i make things worst, sorry about the long winded story just want to get as much detail as i can.
kindest regards
leigh