Bonnibelle
13-07-13, 07:06
Does anyone else have a fear of fainting? I have since my panic disorder started after I was attacked last year. I'd feel so light headed in shops that I'd start to shake and my heart would race, I became agoraphobic. I slowly got better and I've been doing really well until this week.
I'm really not great in the heat but I've noticed I've felt quite anxious late afternoon, I feel hot, I stay out of it as much as I can, drink plenty and have fans on in the house. Wednesday I felt a little light headed but I started shaking and got frightened I'd faint. I'd not slept well so I was probably just exhausted. Then last night about tea time I'd been feeling anxious since I picked up the children, it was just too hot and I was scared I might faint. My usual fear when it's this hot. I had a shower to cool off and sat down in the dining room whilst the kids played in the pool. I was watching them and felt alot cooler. Then suddenly I felt a little light headed, probably just anxiety but I panicked I would faint so I went more light headed, so then my heart raced and I started to shake:( I took rescue remedy and tried to appear calm incase the children noticed. I had a weird tingling/pressure feeling on the top of my head, just the right side which then panicked me more that I was going to faint. This went on for a few minutes. Luckily my husband then arrived home and managed to get me to relax. I wasn't a full blown panic attack but the shaking and racing heart because I felt slightly woozy has left me really upset me scared it will happen again. I always go light headed when I am anxious and I always panic when I do, but for some reason this week when it's happened twice I really panic:( usually I can just lie down or sit and it passes,, maybe the heat is making my fear of fainting worse. I just hope the light headedness is my usual anxiety.
My husband says if you're going to faint you don't feel light headed for that long, it's so quick that you've no time to panic. He also said the tingling pressure feeling on one side of the scalp is just anxiety and tension because I panicked. Can anyone relate to this fear? I'm just worried my panic disorder is coming back. I really can't enjoy this heat, I worry being in the sun too long because I feel so ill.
I'm really not great in the heat but I've noticed I've felt quite anxious late afternoon, I feel hot, I stay out of it as much as I can, drink plenty and have fans on in the house. Wednesday I felt a little light headed but I started shaking and got frightened I'd faint. I'd not slept well so I was probably just exhausted. Then last night about tea time I'd been feeling anxious since I picked up the children, it was just too hot and I was scared I might faint. My usual fear when it's this hot. I had a shower to cool off and sat down in the dining room whilst the kids played in the pool. I was watching them and felt alot cooler. Then suddenly I felt a little light headed, probably just anxiety but I panicked I would faint so I went more light headed, so then my heart raced and I started to shake:( I took rescue remedy and tried to appear calm incase the children noticed. I had a weird tingling/pressure feeling on the top of my head, just the right side which then panicked me more that I was going to faint. This went on for a few minutes. Luckily my husband then arrived home and managed to get me to relax. I wasn't a full blown panic attack but the shaking and racing heart because I felt slightly woozy has left me really upset me scared it will happen again. I always go light headed when I am anxious and I always panic when I do, but for some reason this week when it's happened twice I really panic:( usually I can just lie down or sit and it passes,, maybe the heat is making my fear of fainting worse. I just hope the light headedness is my usual anxiety.
My husband says if you're going to faint you don't feel light headed for that long, it's so quick that you've no time to panic. He also said the tingling pressure feeling on one side of the scalp is just anxiety and tension because I panicked. Can anyone relate to this fear? I'm just worried my panic disorder is coming back. I really can't enjoy this heat, I worry being in the sun too long because I feel so ill.