I had a panic attack today at work during a meeting...I feel so down...

bigcat1967

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First of all, I usually help people out w/ SA since I've been there and overcome a lot of crap. However, during a meeting at work today, I had to read some stuff off a chart in front of everyone - and I had a panic attack. I was so embarrassed. My voice shook and I could not breathe. I got through it but I'm sure ppl were looking at me funny. I didn't bother looking around at anyone.

I feel very depressed now. I am going to do some self-hypnosis and trying to defeat this.

I just had to get this off my chest - sorry guys...
 
Well done for getting through it. Work settings can be seem worse because we're in front of our peers, I'm sure that most people understand seeing some nervousness when others do a presentation, and remember that it always feels way worse to us than it appears to others.
 

Looking_in105

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First of all, I usually help people out w/ SA since I've been there and overcome a lot of crap. However, during a meeting at work today, I had to read some stuff off a chart in front of everyone - and I had a panic attack. I was so embarrassed. My voice shook and I could not breathe. I got through it but I'm sure ppl were looking at me funny. I didn't bother looking around at anyone.

I feel very depressed now. I am going to do some self-hypnosis and trying to defeat this.

I just had to get this off my chest - sorry guys...

wow...this is like my biggest nightmare :(
 

Dr. Doom

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Nothing to be sorry about, at least you read the chart and didnt stop. I would have been alot worse had you just walked out and quit. I understand though that its almost worse after going through it because now your going to dwell on it. What could I have done better, will they really care, how do I act in front of them the next time I see them, will they remember? Ect. ect.

I just wouldn't dwell on it too much, it happens to alot of us with SA. It's happened to me. The worse thing you can do is dwell on it.
 

panicsurvivor

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Stop worrying about it, and giving it space in your mind! Panic is fire. The more you feed it the worse it gets. If you give it nothing, it burns out. You had a panic attack, nothing more. It can not kill you. It can't last more than a few minutes, it is a physical manifestation of your anxiety. That's all. The real damage that it can do is what you do in between. Focusing on it, thinking about it, giving it weight in your mind is counterproductive. In the past people did not even know what a panic attack was. They called them dizzy spells. They would have one and then they would forget it. Don't be depressed!!!!::(:
Don't focus on it!!! You just had a dizzy spell.;););)
 
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