Kb97
13-03-17, 04:28
Hey guys,
I suffer from panic disorder and lately I've had a bad relapse (been getting better averaging a panic attack a week most of them aren't as intense as the one I had tonight). My panic attack physical symptoms have always been absolutely ridiculous, I feel dizzy, I get chest pain and I get a sinking feeling in my chest which leads me to believe something is wrong with my heart then my heart beats faster than anything in existence. I also shiver. Now, when this happens it's out of the blue, I had one tonight and what strangely comforts me is the cold. I'm posting here to find out if the cold helps with anyone else's it's almost like my cold shivers outweigh my anxiety ones. It definitely doesn't stop the attack but it feels comforting, it slows my heart down and makes me feel better. I was inside jittery going mental over my heart thinking I was on deaths door. I went outside the cold made me shiver and it improved me. I came inside left my partner to sleep, lay with music and apart from a few pains I calmed down a lot. It took me about 2 and a half hours in total to come down which is what i average for severe ones. Has anyone else ever tried 'the cold trick' and why does it make me feel better I've never understood it. PS I've come to accept that these attacks have to be panic (at last) otherwise I wouldn't be able to calm it down like that.
I suffer from panic disorder and lately I've had a bad relapse (been getting better averaging a panic attack a week most of them aren't as intense as the one I had tonight). My panic attack physical symptoms have always been absolutely ridiculous, I feel dizzy, I get chest pain and I get a sinking feeling in my chest which leads me to believe something is wrong with my heart then my heart beats faster than anything in existence. I also shiver. Now, when this happens it's out of the blue, I had one tonight and what strangely comforts me is the cold. I'm posting here to find out if the cold helps with anyone else's it's almost like my cold shivers outweigh my anxiety ones. It definitely doesn't stop the attack but it feels comforting, it slows my heart down and makes me feel better. I was inside jittery going mental over my heart thinking I was on deaths door. I went outside the cold made me shiver and it improved me. I came inside left my partner to sleep, lay with music and apart from a few pains I calmed down a lot. It took me about 2 and a half hours in total to come down which is what i average for severe ones. Has anyone else ever tried 'the cold trick' and why does it make me feel better I've never understood it. PS I've come to accept that these attacks have to be panic (at last) otherwise I wouldn't be able to calm it down like that.