Tanner40
23-04-14, 12:18
Doing okay this morning for my second day alone. My partner left yesterday for three weeks to go out of town to take care of her Mother. Of course this usually kicks off my anxiety, but I handled the last two weeks alone great. That was over a month ago.
My irrational thoughts gave me quite a little panic attack yesterday. I was at work and had three or four short, sharp pains in the left breast. Of course, I immediately thought heart attack. The pain would just last a couple of seconds and go away. Then it would come back a minute later for another few seconds. The minute I thought "heart attack", I had a warm feeling that spread from the top of my chest all the way up my throat and my breathing became shallow and quick.
It took me a bit but I managed to use CBT to control my irrational thoughts and calm myself down until I was able to rationally think that this is just a panic attack, caused by anxiety and my own faulty thinking.
Once I took an advil at home, the pain didn't happen again. This morning, it is the residual anticipatory anxiety that is the worst. It's as if I'm sitting here ever vigilant, alert to any twinge in my chest. Just waiting for it to happen again.
Atbthis rate, it's going to be a long two weeks and I really need to practice my breathing exercises and be talking back to my irrational thoughts. I know what to do here. I just have to do it. Thanks for listening to my morning rant.
My irrational thoughts gave me quite a little panic attack yesterday. I was at work and had three or four short, sharp pains in the left breast. Of course, I immediately thought heart attack. The pain would just last a couple of seconds and go away. Then it would come back a minute later for another few seconds. The minute I thought "heart attack", I had a warm feeling that spread from the top of my chest all the way up my throat and my breathing became shallow and quick.
It took me a bit but I managed to use CBT to control my irrational thoughts and calm myself down until I was able to rationally think that this is just a panic attack, caused by anxiety and my own faulty thinking.
Once I took an advil at home, the pain didn't happen again. This morning, it is the residual anticipatory anxiety that is the worst. It's as if I'm sitting here ever vigilant, alert to any twinge in my chest. Just waiting for it to happen again.
Atbthis rate, it's going to be a long two weeks and I really need to practice my breathing exercises and be talking back to my irrational thoughts. I know what to do here. I just have to do it. Thanks for listening to my morning rant.