TeacherBetsy, just breath, same here! I don't get depressed during the winter but boy do my panic attacks seem to pick up! I actually started a new cycle of panic/anxiety on Monday this week(first major attack I've had in almost a year!), and I'm sure it was made worse by the weather. I live about
an hour southwest of the city of Philadelphia, PA and yesterday was the first remotely sunny day we've had around here in nine days. It's been very rainy, cold and miserable outside. I've had a heck of a job just willing myself to get out of bed in the morning and go to work.
Other things that seem to trigger my panic/anxiety: Mazfire, I also have big issues with being outside my comfort zone. I used to be so anxious when I'd have to leave my parents(my 'safe' people), that even my first week of college was absolutely terrible. When I decided that I HAD to move out of my parents' house when I graduated, same thing. Every time I have to take a trip without them it's a big deal.
And stkitt, that lack of control I sometimes feel like I have over my life can drive me absolutely batty! Just the other night I was paying some bills and realized it had been just over a year since I'd last checked my credit score, so I trotted online to get my updated report. Big mistake. Apparently a cable company had(unbeknownst to me), charged me for two cable boxes that I'd left behind in my old apartment after they told me they'd come and pick them up. Since I didn't know about
this, they reported that I was in debt to a collection agency! Unfortunately the credit report didn't tell me any of this, so there I was for about
three hours thinking somebody had swiped my identity from under my very nose and was
opening all sorts of fraudulent accounts. Funny story now, but I was anxious as hell at the time!
