Having an attack

I'm going through an anxiety attack. I'm super cold. Granted it's not the warmest in the house but still. I got the shakes that come with the chills. Not fun  . I'm typing while it happens so I can remember it is only anxiety and nothing more. I'm breathing, making sure not to hyperventalate. It always starts with this feeling of hollowness in my chest. I'm not completely losing it, just the chills and shakes. I was doing well for a few days too. I've shut out my negative thinking. I think that this was brought on by a negative thought I didn't catch. I was warned about those. Usually I realize whe I have negative thoughts and I get through them. Starting to warm up a little. Only got a touch of the palps and my heart wanted to race but didn't. My symptoms are waning a bit, now I have to understand my illogical thoughts. i'm not having a heart attack. My heart was certified healthy less that 3 months ago. Everything came back normal or better. My fear is coming from outside stressers and not anything physically wrong with me. Maybe because its been cold in the house and I got cold I started to remember a previous attack. I have felt fine all day. I am fine. My boby is ok. Heart rate is fine, no random pains, no breath shortness. All this is in my heard. My mind is thinking catastrophiclly, there is no reason to think like that. I can't see the future. I'm not psychic. There is no reason to think anything is actually hurting or going to hurt me. I have no reason to fear. I'm still here and this started 10 min ago. I'm not having cheast pain. My heart isn't going to stop. My mind is causing my body to experience things that have no business being projected. I have felt like this before during other attacks. This could have been a major one, it wanted to start like a major one but it's receeding. Now I'm feeling kinda tired. Not too cold anymore. Not shaking. Ok, minuse tired, I don't feel that anxious anymore. I know that some might not believe that I had an attack while typing this. I have found when I have my anxiety to find a comfort zone, mine is knowledge and here is where I got it. I'm not the only one this happens too. Knowing and reading about others helps me to believe that  this isn't some fatal thing, just a miscommunication between my mind and body.  

Sounds like you have a good technique when you are having p/a's .. Hmmm I should try that.. Great distraction technique

Well done L.V!, rest up, and I hope that you continue to feel better for the remainder of the day:)
S.C.

I'm calm. I'm still alive. I didn't let my mind run away and take my body with it. That's what happened the first time I had an attack. Now I know what these are. My anxiety stems from a health phobia. I have to TRUST modern medicine, and add to that the things in my life I can control that are keeping me healthy. I eat better. I'm a healthy weight. I'm in good shape. I drink healthy things. I control these and that gives me comfort and lets me know I'm ok, and will continue to be ok.

I want to put what I go through here as a journal when it is important, like an attack, etc. I found knowing others are like me, makes me know that my phobia is nothing more than just that. A fear and not fatal.

No one else here, contrary to what they might think, is "crazy" because of anxiety. Neither am I. This can be worked through and managed. I hope my sharing helps others. Makes me feel better.

CBT is an awsome tool if you use it. You have to TRUST it though. I fancy myself to be a smart guy. I question EVERYthing. Sometimes to get control, you need to give it up.

Strong, I wish. I was as scard as heck. I just kept tellin myself about all the great test results I had at the doctors and the fact I have been down this road before.

I posted before that people tend to want to avoid and forget the things that hurt them. I've found with P/A that you need to remember what it was like each time and then remember the final outcome. That it was nothing more than fear and that physically you were ok. That makes it easier to get through a current attack.