Since...pretty much everyone here seems to get these, including me, how do you combat your panic attacks? What sets them off?
What sends me into anxiety/panic is mainly health worries...or thoughts of doing something wrong...or thoughts of going crazy.
A while back I was have a lot of discomfort with my head. Gradually I just started having these moments when, all of a sudden, it felt like someone was trying to lift my head off!
So I asked Google and it said,
BRAIN TUMOR, WILL ROBINSON! BRAIN TUMOR!
So yeah...that didn't make me feel much better.
You guyz are lucky you have somebody there when you're having a panic attack! And I'm way to up about keeping my masculine illusion to confide in a roommate or friend.
My secrets safe with you guyz................right?
One thing I try really hard not to do is avoid what gives me fear. Unfortunately w/ the dr. and dentist I have put those off because my panic is so awful. But, other things I make myself do. I do public speaking at church and work, I play solos on my violin at church, I got to family parties, etc. Very few people know I have anxiety issues.
Command0182 said:You guyz are lucky you have somebody there when you're having a panic attack! And I'm way to up about keeping my masculine illusion to confide in a roommate or friend.
Command0182 said:My secrets safe with you guyz................right?
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So I asked Google and it said,
BRAIN TUMOR, WILL ROBINSON! BRAIN TUMOR!
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I should have added that to my list - never google medical symptoms when having panic about medical symptoms.....
And honestly, until I met my husband, I didn't have anyone to tell. Not a single soul...
You're not alone, was my point.
That's awesome! I wish I could get into that mentality, but just the thought of forcing myself sends me into panic. I can't speak, can't walk, and my mind goes blank. How do you do it?
Ah it's okay, you can tell me.I won't share how I dealt with all this when I was in college, since that's what you're most concerned about. It wasn't the healthiest of methods, though probably pretty typical on college campuses.
Thanks.You're not alone...
Yes but you're the warm fuzzy type.But at the moment you're confiding in us! Are we not people?
Yeah but, it's different with us guys. We can talk for hours without saying anything. All you have to do is, "uh, um, ugh, uh-uh". Basically talk like you've just been punched in the gut. If you can moan and groan you're about half-way there!I get what you mean. The only one I've been able to personally talk to about my anxiety has been my husband. Unfortunately he's an extrovert, can walk up to complete strangers just because, hold a conversation, and make them laugh. And there I am...his shy little wife...trying to hide behind him. To him it's as simple as breathing; to me it's the hardest thing to accomplish. So even when I can talk to him about it, he doesn't understand why it's difficult for me. It usually ends with us becoming frustrated with each other.
I understand what you're saying because the thought of forcing myself to go to the dr. for anything beyond something simple like a sore throat or cold does the same thing. It seriously sends me into awful panic. I don't like talking about it, I don't like writing about it. It's awful. But then there are other things like public speaking that terrify me but I just do it. I don't know what the difference is for me.
I've thought of going for counseling before because I think some things in my past have traumatized me (some car accidents I've been in, some deaths in my family, stuff like that) but I just never have.
Command0182 said:Yes but you're the warm fuzzy type.
Yeah but, it's different with us guys. We can talk for hours without saying anything. All you have to do is, "uh, um, ugh, uh-uh". Basically talk like you've just been punched in the gut. If you can moan and groan you're about half-way there!
Edit: following this logic, and all guy BBQ would sound like, night of the living dead.
Got any other advice?
I'd love to go to counseling because I believe that's the only thing that will really help. But how to go to counseling if you have a phobia of talking to people, especially about yourself?
I'm only irritable when I'm panic-y. Like on Sunday eve, I cut myself on some metal. I got real panic-y because it wouldn't stop bleeding and I got all worried, irritable and snappy. It didn't last long though. But it kinda makes me worry how I'll handle living on my own at uni. That's my biggest worry. Here, at least if I fainted or something somebody would notice, but at uni...it's like...who do I call, where do I go?
I worry about what I'd do if something happened to me; I have a hard time asking for help.