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LadyWench
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I've had panic attacks in the shower, yes. Not fun at all. I'm like you, I feel that I need to hurry up and rush through the rest of my bathing just so I can get out and try to get over the anxiety. Ironically, I sometimes take showers to try and calm down from a panic attack, though. Depending on how severe it is, it sometimes helps.
agoraphobickatie
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ahhhh! i thought i might have been the ONLY one in the world like this! haha... i don't know, i've pretty much gotten over it, but i was that way for a while when i lived with my boyfriend, and i liked to shower when i was home alone too... the hot water would make me feel weak and i would start freaking out like i might faint or something and i would get panic attacks in the shower... craziness! i found that turning the water to cool or cold really helped me feel better, and i also started bringing my phone (ipod/mp3 player/whatever ya got) in the bathroom and playing a play list of songs that would make me smile and keep my attention elsewhere... that's pretty much all i did to help me quit freaking out in the shower, now i don't usually feel the panic coming on, but if i do i try to do those two things and it helps 
hope ya start feelin' better!
hope ya start feelin' better!ahhhh! i thought i might have been the ONLY one in the world like this! haha... i don't know, i've pretty much gotten over it, but i was that way for a while when i lived with my boyfriend, and i liked to shower when i was home alone too... the hot water would make me feel weak and i would start freaking out like i might faint or something and i would get panic attacks in the shower... craziness! i found that turning the water to cool or cold really helped me feel better, and i also started bringing my phone (ipod/mp3 player/whatever ya got) in the bathroom and playing a play list of songs that would make me smile and keep my attention elsewhere... that's pretty much all i did to help me quit freaking out in the shower, now i don't usually feel the panic coming on, but if i do i try to do those two things and it helps
yeah I actually did faint once from having the water too hot, so I think that's what triggers it. I always turn the water very cold before I get out. I used to play Elliott Smith while I was in the shower, and that would help a bit. Hope you start feeling better too!
thursdays_child
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Showers are stressful for me, though I haven't quite had a panic attack during one, I don't think. I think mine also stress me out because I have FMS, and it makes it harder to shower. I find myself rushing through.
Darker Than Black
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no, that never happened, unless if it is a public shower place with no separate shower rooms
Square_Eyes
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Showers are one of the few simple things that actually lift my mood. Everything about me, both physically and emotionally, feels drastically different afterwards. I generally feel more energetic, positive and focused after a good shower.
Lonelykitsune
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I am ok with showers when im alone or with family in the house but i hate them at othr peoples houses,or on an ovrnight school or something.Ive never had a panic attack though
I don't have a problem with showers, if anything I love them. When I was younger though I use to rush through them, especially at night because I thought an alien would look in through the window (lol).
Hot showers just relax me, it's a great place to get away from everything, especially while there are other people in your house. I do tend to feel better after a nice bath too.
Hot showers just relax me, it's a great place to get away from everything, especially while there are other people in your house. I do tend to feel better after a nice bath too.
206Raider
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actually I always shower when I'm feeling stressed or anxious becuase it calms me down, it sucks that ya'll get panic attacks. I guess I probably would get a lot more anxious at other people's houses though, having a car is good though becuase if I go to a party and pass out (havent for awhile though, drinking hasn't sounded like fun lately) like I have on the bathroom floor, I always just leave in the morning, I don't want to shower over there, I just want to leave.
