Reaching Out

I know how it feels to tell yourself that is is just a panic attack...and have yourself say back 'Yeah right!'

Will it help to have someone else tell you that it is panic? I certainly have felt all of these symptoms before...but it always tend to feel like the worst one...or the first time, right?

Give yourself some time to come down from the stressful last couple of days...it will happen, and you will feel calmer soon.

Know that you have our support here, and that we know what you are going through.

Wishing you a blessed and calm weekend.:)

S.C.

P.S.  Well wishes for your dad!!

I feel so amped up that I could just freak out and cry! I am terrified. I feel as if I cannot begin to fathom functioning. I am at work and get off in 1.5 hrs, need to go pick up my kids from daycare... I feel like that all seems just too much at the moment. I fear I won't be able to, yet I HAVE to.

Thanks S.C.,

The recent passing of my aunt late December, my father being ill with some unknown infection that landed him in the hospital, my uncle suffering at the moment with another illness.... and me having severe health anxiety doesn't quite match.

I feel the effects/symptoms of the stress & fear its something to the extreme of what they had/have & fear dying immediately. Living in the moment is what I am trying to practice. Takes lots of practice! I'm also trying to accept that its normal to have anxiety after what just happened in the last couple days.. but because I had been doing great I feel like its three steps backwards. :(

Since last night I have been searching outside of myself for help instead of inward. I know only I can help myself calm down. My husband said some hurtful things in anger/frustration & I cried telling him he has NO IDEA how hard I am working to get better and the internal struggle I face nearly every waking moment in order to keep myself from panicing. Its not easy. Its tiring. But I am working extremely hard not only for myself, but for him and my children too. I wish he could recognize that before saying hurtful things.

I'm kinda getting off subject and venting here, but thank you for your encouraging words. I am calmed a little at the moment and am going to work on staying calm the rest of the day and letting the feelings appear and try not to give them the strength to overpower me and put me in the miserable panic/anxious state.

JPE, I am the Champion of the Jerks,
I don't remember wear I posted it but its here somewhere,
read it and Forgive your Husband. "The only way he will ever understand is to have one". God forbid even one more person should suffer such.
I honestly think women are more compassionate and understanding
Not many men will admit to such a thing as P/A/D
I do know that everyone who uses the systems here to get well, will succeeder
I have a saying, it took me a long time to say this because I always thought my Panic/anxiety was worse than other peoples, what I now think is it really is worse to Us! Probably much the same for all of us in reality.

"I know that I am one day destine to die, I absolutely refuse to die every day"!

Larry ***