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...
Hi everyone, I have just woken up after a dream to the start of a panic attack, my heart was racing, felt dizzy, head felt strange, was sick, shaking and wobbly legs, this is the first group I've joined about my attacks, I'm wondering if they are any local support groups that people go to??
I often have exactly the same kinds of panic attacks as you describe when I wake up. Sometimes, I'm afraid to fall asleep because I fear waking with a panic attack. What helps me is to try to go to bed relaxed. Also, I remind myself that if I wake up with my heart racing and feeling shaky and dizzy that I am not going to die that it is just anxiety. Instead of racing around, now I try to sit and take deep breaths and keep telling myself I am okay. I go to pet my dog or I turn on an old movie on TV until my mind is not focused on being afraid. Good luck. You are not alone.