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I've been a deep low since Sunday and today, midday i suddenly found myself feeling a bit better. i think it was when i started planning what i'm gonno cook for the weekend - my sister and brother are coming over, and cooking and baking always makes me feel good, useful... like there's at least one thing i can do right.
i was invited to a party tonight, something small and since i was feeling better and my friend who organized the party really wanted me to come i decided to go rather than staying home alone all evening. but the party wasn't as small as i thought it would be. at one point we were all sitting around and every few minutes another person came in and another and another, the door kept opening and closing, there was so much talking going around... everything got so loud and seemed to move incredibly fast all around me ... and i started to panic. i started to clench my fists, my heart was pounding and aching and i had to fight the urge to yell at everyone to just shut up, to stop talking.
i always find that after having a deep down it's hard to be around people... i've never really understood why but i always have a hard time with that right after. is there anything i can do? some way i can handle it? i can't just avoid public places... but it makes me so nervous. so much so that when i'm having a really bad couple of days and i decide to stay home for a day it's really really hard to go back to work and the thought makes it hard to breathe.
what can i do?
i was invited to a party tonight, something small and since i was feeling better and my friend who organized the party really wanted me to come i decided to go rather than staying home alone all evening. but the party wasn't as small as i thought it would be. at one point we were all sitting around and every few minutes another person came in and another and another, the door kept opening and closing, there was so much talking going around... everything got so loud and seemed to move incredibly fast all around me ... and i started to panic. i started to clench my fists, my heart was pounding and aching and i had to fight the urge to yell at everyone to just shut up, to stop talking.
i always find that after having a deep down it's hard to be around people... i've never really understood why but i always have a hard time with that right after. is there anything i can do? some way i can handle it? i can't just avoid public places... but it makes me so nervous. so much so that when i'm having a really bad couple of days and i decide to stay home for a day it's really really hard to go back to work and the thought makes it hard to breathe.
what can i do?
deleted_user
Hi, in response to your questions I don't think there is really a right answer on how to deal with the panic. A psychiatrist once told me to think of 'pink elephants'....Are u kidding? Sad thing is they went to school for this stuff, I could've used a better answer, but I deal with the same issue, deep breathing and counting to ten helps some but so far I've found no cure. Just don't let yourself get to where you don't go out because it will only manifest and become worse, you must make yourself be around others. Hope you get something from this...Hugs to you
trayanne76
I know what you mean, I get the same way in publisc places, I always feel like Im being starred at, and just want to be in my comfy bed
deleted_user
thanks killintime i'll try that next time. and you're right - i can't let myself get to that point, it just makes it worse.
DonnaB49
Take some slow deep breathes and tell yourself that it will pass. Their is a homeopathic medicine called Rescue Remedy that might help it is in a small bottle that you can carry around with you, it is made from flower essences and can help you feel better. You just spray or place a drop under your tongue. It has a yellow label and you can get it in heath food stores. It helped me after my mom died.
deleted_user
Panic attacks or anxiety attacks at their root are repressed fear. It may be conscious fear or sub-conscious fear. We are often unaware of that fear if it is subconcious. Healthy expression rather than repression of fear such as talking and working with a therapist, or in absence of that, writing in a journal, will help to alleviate and eventually end them. Depending on diagnosis medication may be needed until one can work through the issue. Take care.
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