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Freaked out.

MorningSadness00
MorningSadness00
I am freaking out right now. I feel extremely confused and i am hoping that this is just anxiety...I feel like i can't think at all. It freaks me out. I also feel like i cant move. I dont like this feeling. I am extremely terrified. I am seriously hoping this is anxiety and not a stroke.

I dont know what to do. I am so scared right now. I think im going to die or something. My mind feels like its all over the place and it feels like nothing is making sense to me. I dont know what to do. I feel like im dying and im really scared.

I really hope that i am okay and that these feelings are just because of stress. I am having a terrible time thinking... Somebody please tell me i am okay :((( I feel like going to the ER but i know that deep down i dont need to .... im just freaked out :(
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You are in an anxiety spin and you are safe - this is just a very raw nervous system acting out. The ER is only more stress. Breathe and go for a walk
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Mystic Soul is right. I've been through times like that and gone to the ER and wound up in the hospital only to feel better after awhile and wished I hadn't gone in. I find something that absorbs my attention, usually helps me to calm down.
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I have been to ER too on several ocasions and to eargent care centers. from personal experience, when you will see street shrinking and horison falling while shaking all over that will be good time to go to emengency. All other is tolerable.
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Some people pay good money for drugs to to this - LOL

see street shrinking and horison falling
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You are definitely ok. You are not sick, you are not going to die, you are not going crazy. You are in the throes of a panic attack. You've just had a release of some very powerful chemicals like noradrenalin and cortisol. The best thing to do is expend these chemicals with activity, even it's just standing up and running in place. By doing this you will start to regulate the O2/CO2 exchange and things will start to balance out, plus you got a little work out. You are going to be fine. When you breathe, breathe from your belly(diaphragmatic breathing) slowly, in through nose, out through mouth. Bring it down, slowly. If you feel you are hyperventilating, grab a paper bag, it looks silly, but it works, you need to 'thin your mixture' so to speak. Be calm, everyone here is with you, you are safe.
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keep telling yourself that you are ok. your mind is perceiving danger where there most likely is none.
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Whenever I feel like that I try to just distract myself. Try watching a movie that you know is a non-worry movie. Nothing that'll make you cry or is overly emotional.

My go-to movie is Ever After, or one of the Harry Potter films - dork I know, but they dont require an emotional pariticaption, and they're easy to get lost in!

Drink some cold water, try a cold towel on your neck or forehead if you feel hot flashes, and just breathe deep while watching a movie. It's just a panic attack, you're fine!
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