Worried and scared .

Earlier on today my oven caught fire because of grease that spilled in it. I put out the fire but the house was full of smoke I opened the door and windows straight away to let smoke out but now I'm panicking and worrying about smoke inhalation. I'm worried about my kids having breathed it in but they seem fine . I'm a smoker and I have smoked since it happened because it frightened the life out of me still on edge with anxiety over it but on top of it I'm worrying in case something happens to me because of breathing in the smoke. If something was to happen would it have happened by now the oven fire was at 5 o clock this evening.

Bb,

Since you opened the windows right away, I am sure you are all fine . You would have known by now if you needed to be seen. You would be having breathing difficulties/uncontrolled coughing ect. ..

However, it sounds like you are just experiencing post anxiety after such a scary happening. I am sorry you had to go through this....but glad that you are safe now.:)

S.C.

Thanks scaredy cat. It frightened the life out of me. I was shaking for ages after it happened. I'm hoping we will be ok. Had chest pains after it but I think that was anxiety cause I have had heart tests done before and they all fine except tachycardia. I'm still scared over it all which is hard to deal with.

Of course you were frightened and still dealing with the after effects!

It is not unusual for the anxious feelings to stick around...and even be worse once the threat is gone.

Try doing some coping skills to decompress and leave the anxiety behind, where it belongs!

S.C.

I think you'll be fine. Like others have said, if the amount you breathed in was truly hazardous, you'd know it by now. Perhaps the smoke irritated your lungs, throat and sinuses but a lot can cause that...including all the pollen here in Texas that's starting to wreck havoc with my airways!

Now you have a story to tell the grandkids! :)