When I don't Have a panic attack.....

[Scared2live]

I find it weird, that when I am not actually having a panic attack, I think something is wrong with me.... I am always having panic attacks and I hate them, but when I'm not having one I still think something is wrong, and i'm like why am I not having a panic attack, is something wrong with me???... Anyone else like this?

 

[panicsurvivor]

It's almost like your brain say's "don't forget to Panic".
Frustrating isn't it? Really this can get almost worse than having them. You can spend alot of your time focusing on them when they are not even happening. Truly a vicious cycle. Just try to remember (especially when you are having one) that it will go away. It is impossible to live in a state of Panic. Our bodies are not capable of that.
I try to use a visual method when I am having one. I Imagine that it is a tidal wave coming for me, Instead of running from it, I walk into it. Just let hit you and breathe as regularly as you can. Sometimes I even count.
Waiting for them, and dwelling on them after they come is actually much worse.
Sometimes I also try to think of them as just physical pain, and get macho about it and think that I have taken much more pain than this, and I can take even more.

 

[Scared2live]

It is impossible to live in a state of Panic. Our bodies are not capable of that.
^^ (what do you mean by this, you can die of a panic attack)?... Im starting a new job wesenday as a waitress, i have social phobia as well, ad i get really dizzy im just trying to believe in myself.. but I havent had a panic attack all day, and my mind has actually blocked out my OCD thoughts, and I have not worried abotu it today, but on a normal day id be freaking out watching the clock, i feel fine today, and i dont understand why... i try to face my panic attacks too, it doesnt happen all the time.. i was sitting there at the drs office it was pretty full and i was having one,and i kept saying in my head u are okay, u are okay, and then it just got worse, so i had to go sit outside.

 

[panicsurvivor]

Who told you that you can die from a panic attack? Every doctor I have ever talked to says the only way they can kill you is if you have a preexisting condition. Like heart disease, or epilepsy.I also have read in MANY books on panic,(and have experianced myself yay:that panic attacks can't last very long.
It's how you feel before and after that really sucks.
Constant Anxiety.
That's the thing that people like us need to avoid. Living in total fear 247. I have done it, and it is not fun. If you are living that way now I am very sorry, and I am here for you. Any time you feel like it drop a PM or IM.