My panic attacks are horrible. I feel mentally and physically exhausted after each one. Sometimes I do not know why they came on or what provoked them. My head begins to spin, thoughts race through my mind, and I feel very light headed. I feel like I must escape but I do not know where to go. When people try to calm me down it makes me more nervous. I feel like I cannot breathe or swallow. I feel like my throat is closing and I constantly look in the mirror to make sure it is still open. I get sweaty and wreckless. My heart pounds. I feel claustrophobic in my own body. Like, I must escape my body. I feel so trapped.
So far the one thing that has helped me is repeating the Lord's Prayer over and over again in my head. sometimes I repeat it hundred times.