March 18th, 2010
For me anxiety and panic attacks go hand in hand. The reason I make this statement is because that was how it was for me, for many years. When I started to get anxious, I could not stop it going into a full blow panic attack.
The most frightening thing for me was that I never knew when I was going to have anxiety followed quickly by a panic attack. I could wake up in the morning feeling great and I could just be sitting watching television. Then that feeling of not feeling okay. This is really difficult to explain. But those of you who have anxiety and panic attacks will know what I mean.
It is just a strange feeling which just starts as a feeling, and then I would get anxious about that feeling, which then got stronger, which then lead to me having anxiety about that feeling. Then yes you guessed it, I would then go into a full blown panic attack. It’s crazy, but true and it is true for a lot of people who suffer from anxiety and panic attacks.
The most frustrating thing for me was that it’s not like having a physical illness that people can see and understand. Most of the time my friends and family where unaware of the fact that I was in an anxious state.
I gave up a long time ago trying to explain to them how I was feeling and what physical reactions where going on for me. If I could not understand it, then how could I expect them to understand? When I look back at how I was, and sometimes still can be. It does seem silly. But as silly as it may seem when you are in that situation it is very real and very frightening.
One last thing, if I had a penny for every time I was told to pull my socks up…then I would be rolling in money.
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