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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Does anyone else understand?

Acr4886
Acr4886
So they are back. the horrid panic attacks. I started getting them a t young age but learned how to manage them. I noticed about a year and a half ago that my panic attacks are coming on a daily basis and sometimes more than one day. They completely take over my life. No one in my family understands the torch that this causes for me. I am constantly in my in my head. My brain is on overload 24/7. My husband is so quick to think that I am either over exaggerating or I it's a switch that I can some hoe turn off, but it does not work like that. I stress out even more because I feel like I am stressing my family out and they don't understand. I feel like I have fallen into a deep whole and can't get out. How do I start again to help myself?
Zen1
Zen1
You are NOT alone! Mine came back after having my last kid. More than one a day. Im in my room 24/7. Chest always feels tight. Bd think its for attention. I have four kids. I have all the attention in the world. I put others off as the enemy, the ones that brush it off. I want them to understand. They act like im talking bout an imaginary friend.
panicLady
panicLady
I recently relapsed as well and my boyfriend of 4 years doesn't understand either. I try to explain it to him and he just calls me crazy and asks if I will always be crazy because it's "annoying" him. I wish I knew the answer to this. My mom has been understanding and supportive but it's hard when you feel like the people u love aren't being supportive of you.
Acr4886
Acr4886
Thank you so mcuh for your responses.

@paniclady I feel so helpless and lost because of that.. I wish they would put themselves in my shoes. They tell me to relax and not to stress, but that adds more stress to me. Thinking that my husband gets mad or annoyed with me because of what I feel. the last attack i had was so scary, scarier than any of the other attacks I have had. I am terrified and all I keep thinking about is, was it a panic attack? will it happen again? How will i deal with it? I am so scared and feel so lonely. I have so much on my mind and don't know where to start.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Ugh,I totally understand. I wish other people would understand. I try to explain it to my husband but i just dont think he gets it. I have them anytime i am in an enclosed place. its awful you feel like you are going to go crazy. The only thing that kind of helps is if you focus on your breathing and just try to break normally and think about your breath. that helps me relax a little. If you want to try it..
deleted_user
deleted_user
Im with ya there. My gf just tells me to get over it. ppl really just dont understand. I guess u have to actually go throught it to really get it.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm right there with ya, noone in my family understands, they think it's all in your head! I feel alone and caught up in my head constantly, with thoughts I'm gonna die everyday, I hate it. I had better control of mine for awhile now not so good.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I can so relate to all of you. I have been on medication for many years for anxiety/depression and at times I get panic attacks. This past week I have been waking up out of a dream in a panic...I try to pray it away and do all kinds of things for it, but just does not help. My doctor has prescribed for me just in case this happens Xanax. I feel totally not in control and it is a very scary feeling and I don't even feel like going to sleep at night lately....
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