Panic Attacks Support Group

A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. Symptoms include trembling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, and sensations of choking or smothering. Panic attacks can be very sudden, appear to be unprovoked, and are often...

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Cassandrax3
Cassandrax3
So someone said something that was very true and has me thinking, could i suddenly be having panic attacks because i technically never got passed the grieving state. The thing is, i ignored it. I didnt deal with any of it right. I avoided things that would make me upset and i avoided when people would talk to me, ask me what was wrong, what happened. Avoiding the things that i was supposed to deal with and talk about. So now maybe all of a sudden, its causing me to have panic attacks because the first panic attack i had was caused by racing thoughts but the others were caused by something else, what? Well i dont even know to be honest. I just know that its probably not cause of my medication. Does anyone have any ideas?
LuckyEmpath
LuckyEmpath
Sometimes it is very difficult to grieve because it means we have to accept that the person we loved is actually gone. I have a friend who lost her husband 10 years ago and she is just realizing now that she never grieved for him (she thought she had even though many of us told her she had not). She had anxiety and panic before he passed but it did intensify after. I'm not sure it is directly related to not grieving but rather the overall loss of her husband, companion and her biggest supporter.

I do feel that repressed feelings can indeed cause anxiety and panic. They did for me and a few others that I know. The good news though, is that it is never too late to grieve. When you are ready to feel the loss it will happen. I have found it is not something you can rush.

Take care
harry3333
harry3333
panic attac ks just happen, don't try to work out why as this doesn't stop them
LuckyEmpath
LuckyEmpath
I found the cause of mine and have healed to the point where I rarely have panic or anxiety any longer.

Only you know if grieving will help with your panic and anxiety. So, grieve. Go through it and hopefully for you, it will work and will end the panic you feel.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I found that facing known causes of panic attacks head on has worked the best for me. This way I learned how to manage the attacks with breathing exercises and got over any fear associated with these situations. For example, I had a fear of choking starting at age 10 and so dinner time and eating in restaurants would give me severe panic attacks. For years, I ate alone at dinner and avoided restaurants. It was not until I forced myself to confront these situations and work through the panic that they began to get better. Of course you will always have those "random attacks" but if you learn to manage the attack symptoms in controllable situations the "random" ones will be easier to control.
harry3333
harry3333
some spend years with psychiatrists trying to uncover the so called subconscious cause of their panic attacks, 1 man tried without success with a prominent psych who injected 'truth serum' but without any success
the man later recovered using CBT and meds