Panic Attacks
Hi I'm Kim and I have had panic attacks since I was eight years old. My first one I remember so well.
I thought I was dying and I started screaming for my mom who came running. She took me to the doctor the same day and at the office it started again my body went numb and I felt like I was slipping away from reality. I started screaming and the doctor told me to stop it. He told my mom "It was just my nerves".
No one stopped to ask or question why an eight year old would have such a problem back then. As I got older the problems only got worse. I missed so much school and was always sick. Very little was known about anxiety disorder back then and I thought I was going crazy. I was afraid to be alone or to go anywhere.
It was not until I was grown and had kids that a doctor I saw said have you thought of seeing a therapist? I agreed to and met a wonderful Christian man who finally said to me one day you have panic attacks! Panic attacks? Anxiety disorder? I'm NOT crazy!
Of course things have come a long way since and there much information about panic and anxiety now! I still struggle with it and take medication every day. The important thing is that there is help and HOPE!
Therapy and medication can help very much as can educating yourself about the disorder. It is important to slow everything down when you have a panic attack, your thinking and your breathing. The more worked up you get and the faster you breath the more your body feels it is in danger. You need to convince your body that it is not in danger. You can do this by slowing breathing and self talk.
I always use prayer and Jesus to help me slow down and hold me. You can feel your body relax and start to slow down, then take a nice deep breath. Always remember NO ONE HAS EVER DIED FROM A PANIC ATTACK. It is scary but not dangerous. It will pass.
Please let me know if I can be of any help to you,
I am always happy to make a new friend or help an old friend.
We can beat panic and we will.
Have a blessed day.
with love,
Kim
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