KaylaMarie
13-09-08, 09:47
I started getting panic attacks when I was 12-13..I am 18 now.
When I first started getting them...My mother would always tell me that it was all in my head and that she didnt feel bad for me because I was just doing it to myself. Another one of her favorite phrases at the time was "You can stop this whenever you want to."
Before I continue...I am not writing this for pity..I dont want it to seem that way at all! =P I just want to know if any body else has had this issue...so I am explaining to the fullest.^.^
Anyways...after that she began forcing me to go to stores with her...and even if I was having a panic attack...she would tell me to stop faking it, and she also would not let me leave, or even sit down for that matter.
A while after that I started to get panic attacks at school...Well, my teachers and guidance councilers (sp?) were ok with it at first...but then they started accusing me of "Just trying to skip class". So I eventually just started "Going to the bathroom" in order to escape the classroom to relax...
And now onto the present...My boyfriends parents are constantly telling him that he needs to break up with me because supposedly I am "Faking My panic attacks to get attention."
Let this be known though...that my boyfriend fully supports me and has never once thought I was faking anything. He is one of the people I can truely rely on when things get really bad. Anyway. I was just curious to see how other people have felt/reacted to this situation.
And another thing...Just from my point of view...even though It is easy to be mad at people who say these kinds of things to you...I suggest just blowing it off. They have (Probably) never suffered through a Panic attack and therefore have no idea why "Just being scared" is such a big deal.
(I know it is more than "Just being scared" but that is how my mother put it once. ^.^ )
Sorry this is so long =P:doh:
When I first started getting them...My mother would always tell me that it was all in my head and that she didnt feel bad for me because I was just doing it to myself. Another one of her favorite phrases at the time was "You can stop this whenever you want to."
Before I continue...I am not writing this for pity..I dont want it to seem that way at all! =P I just want to know if any body else has had this issue...so I am explaining to the fullest.^.^
Anyways...after that she began forcing me to go to stores with her...and even if I was having a panic attack...she would tell me to stop faking it, and she also would not let me leave, or even sit down for that matter.
A while after that I started to get panic attacks at school...Well, my teachers and guidance councilers (sp?) were ok with it at first...but then they started accusing me of "Just trying to skip class". So I eventually just started "Going to the bathroom" in order to escape the classroom to relax...
And now onto the present...My boyfriends parents are constantly telling him that he needs to break up with me because supposedly I am "Faking My panic attacks to get attention."
Let this be known though...that my boyfriend fully supports me and has never once thought I was faking anything. He is one of the people I can truely rely on when things get really bad. Anyway. I was just curious to see how other people have felt/reacted to this situation.
And another thing...Just from my point of view...even though It is easy to be mad at people who say these kinds of things to you...I suggest just blowing it off. They have (Probably) never suffered through a Panic attack and therefore have no idea why "Just being scared" is such a big deal.
(I know it is more than "Just being scared" but that is how my mother put it once. ^.^ )
Sorry this is so long =P:doh: