Anxiety and source

Hi People,

I have been very curious if some people actually know their source of panic and anxiety attacks, whether its childhood related or not, or events that build up, which brings on the full blown anxiety. or is anxiety a sub conscious thing and we have to figure out the source, or its just a state of mind that is just there.


for me yes, i had some occasions at childhood that i think might have contributed until now.

thanks

Very well said S.C

quote.. "Would it have showed up anyway, even without the stressors and triggers...maybe? I probably will never know."

that is the question that goes through my head.

i have been through some life threatening situations from just being "stupid", nothing related to medical issues,". i have always laughed it off, tells story about it.

i know i get really anxious/nervous when im waiting for the plane, or the dentist, but the stressors pass when im in in the plane or the dentist is working on me.

so basically im confused why the anxiety showed up, and i have been trying to figure out the main source.

referring to my first experience with anxiety i had bad anxiety when i was a kid i would be eating and seconds later i would run around the house feeling i was dying or choking to death, i did get bullied as a kid by 1 particular person, but when i had the anxiety attack i did not think about that person at all, i just remembered i felt scared for no reason.

so these days i feel nervous like im always waiting for a plane ride or for something to happen, which makes me more nervous about feeling nervous which drives me into panic mode. makes me really curious if my mind is actually worried about something or its just nature.

thanks

Wish I knew the answer to this question. I've heard that if we figure out the source of the problem we can figure out our anxiety. So far, I can't. I've never been abused, had a good childhood and no major problems in my life.

Mine just sort of showed up one day and stuck around. I hate it.

It does run in my family.

I dealt with my anxiety for years and i was able to blow it off as being antsy, then when in my 40's
it would allow panic to break through, i always had one reoccurring thought with my attacks,

"O", I am dying! and thats how my panic always felt and each time i believed this was it, I will never
forget the first one, i was talking to my wife and was sitting down on the couch the feeling was like
i just kept falling, my unprofessional description was a free fall through hell, almost all the others was
due to a fear of the next one, but the feeling that i was dying was always there! Not all but a significant number of people i know have described the same feeling, I am dying it's horrible but i also learned to fight back by understanding that it was just a feeling, and feelings are not facts, it's been several years now that i came to grips with my mortality issues, "once to be born, once to die, in between i will live the best i can and i will not rehearse the day of my death, Peace
Larry ***

I was born with a heart disease (Tetralogy of Fallot), then later got atrial fibrillation (AFIB).
So I believe that is where my panic/anxiety came from.

Fear of dying was my big thing. Got therapy and learned how and what to think, also talked and thought about death - scary but we all have to do it (die)-
My religion helped me a lot, life after death. So for me there is hope, in life and after life.

Janco
www.myafibheart.com/blog/

Hello Janco and welcome,

Thanks for joining in the sharing and support here. I am pleased to hear that you have come quite a way in your journey to wellness.

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Scaredy Cat

I have not fought to answer why I feel this way. Maybe because I have always known it ran in the family, I was abused throughout childhood, raped, lost close friends and family to death, suffered PTSD, etc. Like most everyone, from the time I started having panic attacks, I was sure each one would be my last breath. I can usually control them now, with occasional uncomfortable ones, but I've also lowered my Xanax dose to .5 or .75/day from 4 mg a day back in the beginning. (I don't know how I functioned...I weighed 1/2 what I do now, so I was quite skinny.)

I have been in counseling on and off most of my life (since teen years), and even in partial hospitalization programs, so I know the number of people who go through this is huge. I agree that for most if not all of us, it is a combination of things.