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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brookalina 04/14/2013

I know this sounds dumb, but I always feel anxious or depressed after I've had a GOOD day w/ my anxiety or panic. I had a good day controlling my panic yesterday, but today I struggled & got depressed about it. Am I subconsiously sabatoging myself, if so, why? Sometimes I think that because I didn't worry or obsess about anything the day before, I must have forgotten something important to worry about. Why can't I just appreciate the good days? Anyone else do this?

deleted_user 04/14/2013

Hey hon.. yes i get how this happens.. I often struggle with panic attacks and when i have a good day i find that it does not last. I start to worry and think about things to the point where i bring another one on. If i have a good day controlling it usually the next day is a bad one. I dont know if its sabatoge or just the way the mind is controlling us.. I hope things get better for you

deleted_user 04/28/2013

I think anxiety has become a 'normal' feel for us.....so, when we kind of let that go, have a good day, more relaxing.....we feel like something is wrong and so we need to stress and get depressed about it. I wouldn't call it self sabotage...just a self-protection mechanism.

harry3333 04/28/2013

most of us worry too much, a few worry themselves sick and end up hospitalised
get a cheap self help book on overcoming worry from an internet bookstore a nd study it
anxiety is best coped with by relaxing, not tensing up or fighting back against it

deleted_user 05/01/2013

It is self sabotage but it is also vry common among people who suffer from anxiety. We are afraid of our own success, weird but true

deleted_user 05/02/2013

I think of impermanence. That is, the idea that nothing ever lasts, and change is imminent. This helps me particularly when I'm having a panic attack, because I know they never last very long. This also helps me when I'm having a good day, because I know I can't expect every day to be the same.

My solution: When I'm having a good moment (day = series of moments), I say to myself, "well if this isn't nice, then what is?"

G'luck.

M

deleted_user 05/02/2013

When it happens to me, I recall an episode of Seinfeld. The character of George has a series of good things happen to him. It overwhelms him and he anticipates something bad happening. We condition ourselves to the notion that something bad is coming our way. It's the burden we carry with anxiety/panic disorder. It then usually becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. If we imagine something bad happening, it probably will. The key is to work it out with yourself, with your therapist, with your doctor or with medication.

99% of our lives is good. We can beat this. It's a question of not letting that 1% control your life and how you live it.

Just my two cents.

-Tangled

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