Just need some feedback.

[WearyChild]

Well I'm in the middle of a panic attack right now. I decided I was going to try and get through this one without freaking out to my friend on the phone or crying to my mom. *deep breath* Just everything feels off balance and then I think about my breathing and chest pains and I just need some positivity or just some ideas from all you lovely people who got screwed over in the roulette of life.

Basically todays attack was started while watching Moulin Rouge (sad I know but yeah) so I stopped watching it and did the dishes but all I could think about were negatives and I don't know how to think positive anymore.

Whenever I'm having a 'attack' my mind just seizes up onto a one track lane headed to fear and loathing. Anyone have any good calming habits or techniques for over thinking breathing and chest pains? Oh and main thing, light headedness, fricken hate that.

 

[philly2bits]

When I used to have panic attacks I would try to do some strenuous physical activity to get my mind off it. If I was at home I would just run down the street until I couldn't run anymore. I think it helped because my body was doing something that went along with how I felt mentally. all the symptoms of the attack blended with the normal affects of running so I would at least feel "normal" in a way.

 

[WearyChild]

When I used to have panic attacks I would try to do some strenuous physical activity to get my mind off it. If I was at home I would just run down the street until I couldn't run anymore. I think it helped because my body was doing something that went along with how I felt mentally. all the symptoms of the attack blended with the normal affects of running so I would at least feel "normal" in a way.

Nice thought and I understand it but since most of the panic comes from not wanting to die and the fact that I haven't left the house in so long I probably couldn't run keep me from that.

 

[Noca]

I know how to treat your lightheadedness. I am currently being treated for blood injury phobia and my primary treatment is exposure therapy mixed with body tension. If you start to feel lightheaded you just tense every muscle up in your body, like flexing your arm muscles, only do this to your ENTIRE body. This will effectively raise your blood pressure and will counteract your lightheadedness. Its best to flex for 10 seconds at a time. Stop flexing if you feel a headache coming on unless you feel like your going to black out, then you would continue flexing till the panic has gone.

Hope this helps.

 

[philly2bits]

Nice thought and I understand it but since most of the panic comes from not wanting to die and the fact that I haven't left the house in so long I probably couldn't run keep me from that.

I see. I would run just to help with any given attack once it was happening. It didn't really help at all with getting them in the first place.

 

[apollo]

Get up

Splash really cold water on your face

Massage the front part of your neck

Lie down tense up your body, let go

Take deep breaths slowly count to 7 when inhaling and exhaling

Try to think of something else, make up a story in your head

 

[WearyChild]

Thanks for the tips for yesterdays 'attack' I got over it fairly easily because I was over tired so i slept away my problems. Right now however I am two hours into another attack. I've read before that a panic attack only last a maximum of half an hour, I'm living proof thats a lie. Today was going great cleaned the entire house top to bottom then cooked dinner and lets just say eating+chestpain+overthinking has landed me here. Back in the realm of what the hell do I do/I don't want to be sick/wait did she just say lung not heart I don't want to go to hospital/I hate this. Ah well I'm doomed, first genuinely decent day in months and it screws me over.

 

[WearyChild]

Day three of hell week was alright, had a bit of anxiety when I first woke up but been was alright until dinner in which now I am currently over tired but can't sleep because of 'pain' in the general rib area and a crampy dull pain feeling in left wrist. Does anyone know all the areas its normal to feel pain? Man today has been crappy, thinking about what life was like a year ago and although it wasn't much at all just the memories of going for late night walks and going to my friends house are amazing to me right now.