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...
So I was just sitting watching tv and all of a sudden I started panicking and Im having trouble breathing but I don't know why and I'm scared I just feel like something is not right or that everything is just going to go wrong and I don't know what to do or why this is happening
Panic is usually tripped by thought or what you are observing of something similar to your past.
I know the news and what is going on politically is causing mass panic and anxiety for many.
Try to observe what it is that you are doing or observing when the panic/anxiety arises.
You are having fight or flight response. It will not kill you or hurt you. It is a needed response, but somehow something in your past has flipped on the switch to anxiety.
The good news is it is reversible and I am living proof. It takes some work and time, but definitely worth the effort.
I have been anxiety free going on 4 years :)