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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Stormy Weather?

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Does anyone else have a REAL fear of the sound of rain, thunder and lightening? It's so bad for me that if I know it's going to be stormy out while I'm home alone......I will pack up and go to my parents until it's over. What have you done to help yourself keep it under control?
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Never experienced this.
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I am opposite storms spesh electrical seem to excite my neurons synapses flash
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Sorry I can't help.

I love rain and thunderstorms.

Can you remember a time when you were younger when being out in storm made you panic?

Sounds like you could have this fear from a past experience.

A phobia therapist may be able to help...or hypnosis. Maybe worth thinking about getting help if you feel it is effecting your day to day life.
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My 17 year old son has a fear of thunderstorms ever since we went through (safely) a tornado about 7 years ago. Now he wants the curtains/blinds all closed and has to be in the same room as someone else.
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From the time I can remember, I've been afraid of bad weather. Most of my life, rain and wind and lightening and thunder have always caused me severe anxiety and sometimes panic attacks. When I got out on my own, it seemed to get better....like I didn't notice it as much. It never went away though. If it was raining really hard or very windy, I would have large amounts of anxiety, even in my better years with anxiety. But since I moved into my new home about a year and a half ago, it's gotten worse. I kind of live where there's not very many people around. So, that's why I leave. I've never really done this until I moved in here though.
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