hi i have sufferd since the age of 12 i am now 51 just sat thinking this morning about when there is a major crissis in my family my anxiet and panic go out the window why i am dealing with what ever is happening even though my agraaphobia is there all the time i would not beable to run out and go to the problem if u get what i mean but with a member of my family i would just go so i guess when they say distraction works for a lot of our problems is true yet when ther is a happy event coming up ie a wedding or birthday bash i get so tense at the fact i have to go maybe becouse i have time to dwell on the date comeing yet when its bang out the blue i go on auto pilot and deal with it mad aye but i dont want to live for disater comeing to cure me its just somthing i sat thinking like i say yet i could not distract my self with normal things inlife god it sound awfull dont it but if i am sat dwelling on a pain and like i say bang out the blue somthing happens the pain is not the problem sounds awfull any way thanks for letting me ramble on but just wonderd if its just me like this trish