Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I don't know why but it seem like when your a man and you have anxiety problems your judged. Growing up in an Irish household I was brought up in the manner of not showing emotion or talking about what was bothering me. My family couldn't stop laughing during my first panic attack.
I am so sorry that your family laughed at you when you had your first panic attack. My family also liked to cause me to have attacks and made fun of me. It was awful.
The thing I've found is that most people aren't like that. Here on these boards you can find so much support and care and compassion. It's wonderful. And most friends are more likely to help you than make fun of your anxiety. If they make fun maybe they aren't really friends.
Hope you find some of the answers you need here.
a couple of years ago it was 2 or 3 times a week. Bad ones to the point
that I would take an Ativan and go sit in the parking lot of my local hospitals's ER. It would give me some relief to know I was that close if
something really bad happened . It definitely affected my social life because the 1st time it happened I was at a restaurant with friends. I had no idea what was happening..went out side and sat in the grass and started doing math problems in my head to distract me. I am usually pretty bold and not afraid of much but when they hit it's like Im
a scared child.You should ask your family members how they would
react if they looked out the window and saw a grizzly bear because that's what its like.