Hi All, I'm new here but have lurked on this site many times for comfort purposes!
I recently started up with a stomach bug at work and ever since then have been having panic attacks in the office due to nausea - the bug gave me nausea, I had a panic attack, and now even though I'm over the bug every time I feel a twinge of nausea while sitting at my desk (even if it's just digestion-related) I start panicking again. I've had to take a few days off work just because my body's gone on high anxiety alert and I'm exhausted.
I'm a really big fan of Chris' 'nothing works' letter and the logic behind it makes utter sense to me. However, the problem I'm finding is that the idea of pretending that everything's fine and carrying on with your normal routine is made a hell of a lot more difficult when your main fight/flight symptom is nausea. It's really difficult to stay sitting in a meeting when you feel you might throw up in front of everyone at any second! You can just about deal with the racing heart, light headedness etc, but the urge to vom is a different thing altogether. I was sucking on ginger sweets for a while until I realised they were a safety behaviour thing. Does anyone else have any experience with this, any words of advice?