dave316
21-06-08, 11:17
Hi
I, as most probably most people out there with panic, get panic in waves. The first panic attack will come with some slight hints of what anaxiety is all about (the feeling od impending doom, a heartbeat gathering pace etc) and then it may pass. Then 10 mins later or less if you are in the same situation still the 2nd wave will come and the symptoms mentioned earlier are there but more exaggerated this time. Then usually by the 3rd or 4th time you get what i dub the panic crescendo which is the time when you are so scared and you feel you just need to escape.
Does anyone else get this???
I get this and am sure to get it today as i am facing a panicky situation in afew hours. The full throttle panic attack scares me so much and i don't want to die.
My thinking pattern works like this. Before i even get into the actual panicky situation, my heart is racing, skipping beats, having ectopic beats etc and i find it hard to breathe. Then when i am in the sitiuation i constantly think what if i stop breathing or forget to breathe through all this panic and preoccupation with my symptoms? This will make me panic more and it terrifies me so much. Then i think, if i am not breathing properly, i might pass out (one of my biggest fears with panic by the way) so that aggravates the anxiety and panic even more so.
Then i think what if my heart has enough this time and gives out on me.
Negative thought after negative thought after negative thought. I just want to know, if there is a way, how to limit the affects of feeling THIS bad. Are there any?
Are there any known things one can do that make the body go back to a normal thinking pattern. You know, things one can do with their mind or bodies to stop this in its tracks??
I have no doubt if there was something so good, we would all be doing it but guys i really need your advice here.
Anything you have tried and tested thats worked, or even helped, please help me!!
I would so very much appreciate it :o)
God Bless You All
Dave
UK
I, as most probably most people out there with panic, get panic in waves. The first panic attack will come with some slight hints of what anaxiety is all about (the feeling od impending doom, a heartbeat gathering pace etc) and then it may pass. Then 10 mins later or less if you are in the same situation still the 2nd wave will come and the symptoms mentioned earlier are there but more exaggerated this time. Then usually by the 3rd or 4th time you get what i dub the panic crescendo which is the time when you are so scared and you feel you just need to escape.
Does anyone else get this???
I get this and am sure to get it today as i am facing a panicky situation in afew hours. The full throttle panic attack scares me so much and i don't want to die.
My thinking pattern works like this. Before i even get into the actual panicky situation, my heart is racing, skipping beats, having ectopic beats etc and i find it hard to breathe. Then when i am in the sitiuation i constantly think what if i stop breathing or forget to breathe through all this panic and preoccupation with my symptoms? This will make me panic more and it terrifies me so much. Then i think, if i am not breathing properly, i might pass out (one of my biggest fears with panic by the way) so that aggravates the anxiety and panic even more so.
Then i think what if my heart has enough this time and gives out on me.
Negative thought after negative thought after negative thought. I just want to know, if there is a way, how to limit the affects of feeling THIS bad. Are there any?
Are there any known things one can do that make the body go back to a normal thinking pattern. You know, things one can do with their mind or bodies to stop this in its tracks??
I have no doubt if there was something so good, we would all be doing it but guys i really need your advice here.
Anything you have tried and tested thats worked, or even helped, please help me!!
I would so very much appreciate it :o)
God Bless You All
Dave
UK