Re: "Waves" of anxiety?
this is crazy - i never even thought these through but YES that is exactly what happens - waves is the perfect way to explain it. for me it's not like electric shocks i don't think .. it is literally just waves of panic. like i can feel a physical force whooshing through my body.
it often starts in my head or my chest .. a weird chest tightness OR a head rush/light headedness and soon swoops into this up and down motion. in the moments between the waves (the moments increase as time passes and anxiety settles.. IF it settles) - i feel somewhat fine in those moments. but then a wave hits again and it's what i imagine a labor contraction to be like. not in the realm of pain but just the way it comes and goes and has time in between each one. if i get REALLY worked up, there's almost no time between each one and it's wave after wave after wave.. luckily my general PAs have been dwindling and now i'm mostly only dealing with solid HA so i'm feeling less of the waves and dizziness. i think mostly because once i accepted it as anxiety, it lessened over time. now just need to shake this freaking HA, which is the root of all my anxiety!! how interesting, thank you for starting this thread.
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