Panic attack for nearly 24 hours

[whispershadow]

It keeps lessening then the tiniest thing can make it start up again

[BlueIris]

Hang in there. I've had ones like that before, but they don't last forever even though it feels as though they will.

What coping strategies are you using right now?

[whispershadow]

I tried sleep but due to something happening last night on another forum, it's triggered this one and it won't completely go away

What does not help is I got a learning difficulty which makes it hard for me to understand a lot of information and they don't get it

[BlueIris]

Okay, have you ever been taught any breathing exercises? I find them really helpful if I'm having a bad one but you need to carry on with them for a long time.

[whispershadow]

I got taught cupping my hands over my face to calm down but last night that wasn't working it was so bad :(

I need to go to work :(

[BlueIris]

It'll probably help you to be somewhere you can talk to people. When I'm really panicked I hate the thought of work but it almost always makes me feel better by stopping me spiralling.

Good luck!

[whispershadow]

I can't trust anyone at work enough to tell them about my MI issues :(

[Darksky]

I don't think Blueiris meant talking about your anx to people at work. Simply by being at work, talking about the days jobs, what happened on eastenders etc can serve has a huge distraction from what you are experiencing now.

It will end. Nothing lasts forever, even panic. The body can only do it for so long.

[whispershadow]

I don't think Blueiris meant talking about your anx to people at work. Simply by being at work, talking about the days jobs, what happened on eastenders etc can serve has a huge distraction from what you are experiencing now.

It will end. Nothing lasts forever, even panic. The body can only do it for so long.

Try telling that to my body

[BlueIris]

Thank you, Darksky, that's it exactly!

I can only say what works for me, but the more I have to engage with the world around me, the less the panic can get a grip.