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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when i panick i go bright red and start to shake

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ive been experiencing panick attacks for 5 years now it can happen just from a stranger coming up to me and saying hello it can happen with someone i kno really well.i dont know why they occur?
when i panick you can physicly see whats happening... i go bright red get hot sweats and start to shake...this is really humiliating and i think its the humiliation i fear most
does anyone else get these symptoms and how do they cope?
panick attacks controll my life :(
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Panic attacks don't control your life - it's a common misconception. And there's a reason it's so common, because it's very easy to believe that when you are experiencing it. They are debilitating. You need therapy my dear. Find yourself a good therapist, to help you get in touch with yourself again. You are not your condition. You need to get to the root of the problem. By the way - your symptoms are not unusual either. You're not alone. If you want to talk, feel free to e-mail me. Brenda9
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the thign is i have been seeing a therapist and had different types of therapy for about 5 or 6 years now i do suffer from depression.and i know that i very much fear humiliation and rejection and i feel i know why this is too and yet i still panick evryday of my life and its making me feel scared and one point i didnt leave the house for months.i dotn want people to see me panick its embaressing but they do and it happens evryday :( and i end up having to get away from peopel as quickly as i can...i hate livign like this
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Katharin, i can really relate to how u feel,my panic shows too, i shake, get all jittery, but i go GREY...where all my blood kind of drains from me,it is hell, and i feel it rules me too (sorry brenda9 x), i refuse to put myself in certain situations where i know i will feel bad and get embarrassed ,so my lifes very limited.....keep in touch if u want to...Claire x
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thats how i feel like why do i put myself throught things time and time again i put myself in these scary uncomfortable situations thinkin if i face them it might get betetr but it doesnt...id rather go grey but i spose u'd rather be anything that what you are.Its the bright red bit and hot sweats that gets to me if i was panicking and noone could tell it would be fine its just they can clearly see and peopel are liek what the hell is going on i feel so alone and i panick over the most ridiculous things i mean soemoen comign up to me and saying hello....somone who is nice and is not threatning atall and yet i panick and have to try and get away from them....i dont know what to do anymore its happened for so long now sometimes i just feel liek giving up
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dont tell urself they control ur life, cos even tho they are just words, u begin to believe it, and they WILL end up controlling u i havnt had an attack for 2 weeks. wats helped is iv given control of my life to God. cos i cannot control my life. wen i try too take bak that control, i destroy myself, and get panic ataks. and yea, counselors help, drugs m,ay help temporarilly, but wont solve ur problems 4 u. hope u get thru this. i know u can xo
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I started getting panic attacks as well. They are scary, which makes them worse. I try to do the following and this seems to work

I get involved with GOD one on one each day. The longer the better.

I avoid bad or depressing news. you can do the same by turning off the TV and getting a book instead. That way you choose the content of what you see

Try to see 10 good things each day. Make it a game

Focus on someone else. I usually have a lot going on in my head when I panic- reach out to others to give them real assistance.

Find a group of friends to talk to.

I came across EFT, and it worked for me as well. I also, through the EFT site found a blog by a very upbeat young man, which I read often

http://www.karlblog.com/

Here is the link to the EFT manual download site. The manual is free. Please try it.

http://www.emofree.com/downloadeftmanual.asp
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