electroflux
25-01-04, 22:10
Hi everyone,
Just thought I would introduce myself
I am still getting over what I call my third breakdown, since my Wife left me and married again, my Father died and I lost my job all in the same year. Things are slowly getting better but the panic attacks are always hovering there in the background. I never realised how many other people have panic attacks too. That is the thing though, people look fine on the outside but on the inside it is a totally different story!
I think this is a fantastic website. So very helpful in a way to know that I am not alone. I was also struck by the similarities in problems/panic attacks. My first panic attack was in my car on the A1 Motorway near Letchworth, UK, 14 years ago. I had no idea what was going on and literally thought I was dying! When I finally persuaded someone to phone for an ambulance, the ambulance crew wanted to take me home and gave me a paper bag to breathe into! I thought they were mad! I'm dying here! Of course I know better now but even after 14 years, it is still fresh in my mind.
I still have problems with driving, especially long distance....traffic jams? No thank you! Shopping queues? Horrible! No one else to do the shopping for me now, so I have to do it or I will starve!
There are so many similarities as I read the story’s, it is almost as if people are talking about me!
I also have a problem with being with people, even just in a conversation I am fighting off a panic attack! Small rooms with lots of people in....I want to run out of the room! Very hard when I am in my group therapy twice a week!
I have been through various and numerous counselling sessions over the years and various drug therapies. I also found Shotokan Karate and although I had to have a break from it for a while ( I could not bear to stay in the training hall! ), I have been doing it again now for 2 years and find it very therapeutic. Whenever I train I get peace of mind for 2 or 3 hours doing my Karate. It literally has been a lifesaver from this last breakdown.
Through my various counselling sessions I have met many people with similar problems but never before have I heard of people with such similar circumstances/panic attack triggers.
Viewing the website today has affected me so much that I could not help myself in joining.
I hope I can be of some help to others and maybe I can get some extra help myself?
Thanks
Electroflux
Just thought I would introduce myself
I am still getting over what I call my third breakdown, since my Wife left me and married again, my Father died and I lost my job all in the same year. Things are slowly getting better but the panic attacks are always hovering there in the background. I never realised how many other people have panic attacks too. That is the thing though, people look fine on the outside but on the inside it is a totally different story!
I think this is a fantastic website. So very helpful in a way to know that I am not alone. I was also struck by the similarities in problems/panic attacks. My first panic attack was in my car on the A1 Motorway near Letchworth, UK, 14 years ago. I had no idea what was going on and literally thought I was dying! When I finally persuaded someone to phone for an ambulance, the ambulance crew wanted to take me home and gave me a paper bag to breathe into! I thought they were mad! I'm dying here! Of course I know better now but even after 14 years, it is still fresh in my mind.
I still have problems with driving, especially long distance....traffic jams? No thank you! Shopping queues? Horrible! No one else to do the shopping for me now, so I have to do it or I will starve!
There are so many similarities as I read the story’s, it is almost as if people are talking about me!
I also have a problem with being with people, even just in a conversation I am fighting off a panic attack! Small rooms with lots of people in....I want to run out of the room! Very hard when I am in my group therapy twice a week!
I have been through various and numerous counselling sessions over the years and various drug therapies. I also found Shotokan Karate and although I had to have a break from it for a while ( I could not bear to stay in the training hall! ), I have been doing it again now for 2 years and find it very therapeutic. Whenever I train I get peace of mind for 2 or 3 hours doing my Karate. It literally has been a lifesaver from this last breakdown.
Through my various counselling sessions I have met many people with similar problems but never before have I heard of people with such similar circumstances/panic attack triggers.
Viewing the website today has affected me so much that I could not help myself in joining.
I hope I can be of some help to others and maybe I can get some extra help myself?
Thanks
Electroflux