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Gamma_Rayz
By: Gamma_Rayz
Mood: Mellow
Date: Aug 13, 2012
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I don't understand why i get panic attacks, i started having them in my very early twenties and since then they come and go. I can go months without having one and then go to having one every day for a couple weeks or more than one in a day.

I have went to the Emergency room atleast seven times thinking and claiming i am having a heart attack and/or cannot breathe. Every single time i go they say i am perfectly healthy and 100% nothing is wrong with me and i am not going to have a heart attack.

I exercise very regularly and eat very healthy, i do not smoke and rarelyhave any alcohol. I try and do everything i can to be as healthy as i possibly can to avoid panic and anxiety attacks.

But they still come and every time they do no matter how many doctors tell me i am very healthy and have no issues i feel like i am having chest pains and am going to pass out. I wish i could understand and correct the problem. It really sucks to have to worry in the back of your mind if, when, and where you may have another and who will be around.

I refuse to take medication, i honeslty do not believe that is the answer, there has to be a key to make it stop, i am so tired of it...I often wonder what can i do to make myself healthier emotionally, mentally, and physically. I just wish i never had to worry about this sort of thing and it wasn't even a thought in my mind. But until then i will look for the answers.....


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From: mazda_lady
Aug 13 2012, 7:31 am
Hey Gamma, First of all,im here to give you hope,as i am someone who suffered with these dibilitating attacks for many years 24 hours a day,i am now cured and no longer have them.
There is no doc/therapist out there who can cure you and no magic meds either,meds will only take the edge off of what you are feeling.
The only tool you need to cure yourself is inside of you,anxiety does not discriminate, between you being healthy or not.
Basically you are allowing intrusive thoughts to run amok in your head, because you are to aware of your innerself, you have forgotten how to interact with the outside world and taking in, all that is going on around you.
The only way through this, is to accept that those feelings are there, because they gonna be there anyways, PAY THEM NO HEED,but carry on doing what you was doing, before the attack came on.
IF you can hang on in there and do this, the attacks will lessen in time, untill they totally disappear, it is hard work, but worth it for the end results.
Everyday tell yourself positive thoughts in your head,as REPETITION is the key, if you can do this, your brain will then start to condition itself to thinking this way,breaking your cycle of negative thoughts,which is what is bringing on the attacks.
You must drop the FEAR,the attacks cannot and will not harm you in anyway, they are just feelings, nothing more nothing less.
Fear will only intensify what ever you are feeling twicefold,you mentioned you feel chest pain and breathing problems.
Next time you start feeling this way,let your shoulders relax,hang loose and limp infront of you,this in turn will untighten the chest and ease any pain your feeling, it will also allow your breathing to regulate again,which in turn will relax the rest of the body.
I do hope some of this will be of some use to you,im always here if you need to talk, or need any advice,good luck and tc.

mazda_lady


From: Classified_Flower
Aug 13 2012, 4:20 am
Its finding your triggers and the root of those issues. Ie. for me it was not being able to handle things. That alone led me down a few deep dark paths into my subconscious and my past. There are more triggers than that one for me. Something must be causing your panic attacks to resurface. One simple thing could just be that you have pre orchestrated this timeline in your mind of free time and time to panic. You will not be aware! But you realize... Hey it's been a few months since my panic attacks. They are about due again! Then you worry and worry and feel things and get yourself into that poor mindset and BOOM - panic. On the other hand - it could have absolutely nothing to do with that. Just throwing things out there :) everyone is different right?!

Classified_Flower