maddynl
07-05-14, 16:44
Hi All,
I feel an instant relief finding this website knowing there are more people like me.
My name is maddy and I have been suffering from severe panic attacks for the last 2 to 3 years.
The attacks are mainly being afraid about losing people and dying. I have always found myself getting scared being away on my own in public places and have actually ran out of M&S in a panic once ( at lunch I felt such an idiot :( ) as it just became too much.
I have a very low and dark way of thinking, and most of what pops into my head, ends with death or something very traumatic. there is nothing i can do to stop this, and it has taken over my life.
My days are filled with fear and I have stopped driving as I have gotten scared of fainting whilst being on the motorway in my car.
Most of the time I feel very negative and I cannot talk to my siblings about it as i'm just too embarrassed. I am meant to be the strong one in the family.
God only knows how it would make me feel if they knew i'm scared of everything :( .
I have been given a clean bill of health from the doctor and given sertraline to take the edge off. Although i'm now a tiny more relaxed than before, I still get these totally erratic thoughts of being in danger all the time.
I would just love to be a normal ( normal as in not being scared all the time ) person and be able to live my life again.
I feel an instant relief finding this website knowing there are more people like me.
My name is maddy and I have been suffering from severe panic attacks for the last 2 to 3 years.
The attacks are mainly being afraid about losing people and dying. I have always found myself getting scared being away on my own in public places and have actually ran out of M&S in a panic once ( at lunch I felt such an idiot :( ) as it just became too much.
I have a very low and dark way of thinking, and most of what pops into my head, ends with death or something very traumatic. there is nothing i can do to stop this, and it has taken over my life.
My days are filled with fear and I have stopped driving as I have gotten scared of fainting whilst being on the motorway in my car.
Most of the time I feel very negative and I cannot talk to my siblings about it as i'm just too embarrassed. I am meant to be the strong one in the family.
God only knows how it would make me feel if they knew i'm scared of everything :( .
I have been given a clean bill of health from the doctor and given sertraline to take the edge off. Although i'm now a tiny more relaxed than before, I still get these totally erratic thoughts of being in danger all the time.
I would just love to be a normal ( normal as in not being scared all the time ) person and be able to live my life again.