Ashhh
09-12-10, 21:48
Firstly, my name's Ashley (But call me Ash :) ).
I'm 17 years old (Male), from Hertfordshire, England and have been suffering with anxiety/panic attacks for about a year and a half now.
It's pretty much got to the point where they're becoming unbearable. In fact, today alone I've had about 4 panic attacks and have been anxious most of the day. Some days I 'm fine. But most days, I'll have at least a minor spike of anxiety.
It started about a year and a half ago when I was on the bus on my way to College. I was just sat there with a friend when I felt a bit dizzy. It pretty much started from there, I could feel my heart starting to race, breathing really heavily, no one knew what was wrong with me. After that they just got progressively worse. I've now got to the point where I can't really get out the house much because I'm terrified of having a panic attack and not having anyone there to support me. I can't do any kind of transport, cars, buses, trains, etc. I think it's mainly the fact I'm in a confined space moving at a pretty high speed moving away from my safety zone. I get panicky over the littlest things like my breathing being slightly off or a weird pain or sensation somewhere. Although most of the I can cope with little things like that.
I've found a few things that calm me down, most notably playing my guitar. This can calm me from a having a full blown panic attack to where I feel calm. But these things can't exactly help me in the long run.
Sorry about the huge intro. :)
I'm 17 years old (Male), from Hertfordshire, England and have been suffering with anxiety/panic attacks for about a year and a half now.
It's pretty much got to the point where they're becoming unbearable. In fact, today alone I've had about 4 panic attacks and have been anxious most of the day. Some days I 'm fine. But most days, I'll have at least a minor spike of anxiety.
It started about a year and a half ago when I was on the bus on my way to College. I was just sat there with a friend when I felt a bit dizzy. It pretty much started from there, I could feel my heart starting to race, breathing really heavily, no one knew what was wrong with me. After that they just got progressively worse. I've now got to the point where I can't really get out the house much because I'm terrified of having a panic attack and not having anyone there to support me. I can't do any kind of transport, cars, buses, trains, etc. I think it's mainly the fact I'm in a confined space moving at a pretty high speed moving away from my safety zone. I get panicky over the littlest things like my breathing being slightly off or a weird pain or sensation somewhere. Although most of the I can cope with little things like that.
I've found a few things that calm me down, most notably playing my guitar. This can calm me from a having a full blown panic attack to where I feel calm. But these things can't exactly help me in the long run.
Sorry about the huge intro. :)