panic attacks

Sudden periods of intense fear. But remember, you're not alone.

I Had No Idea I Was Having Panic Attacks
Chalk another thing up to misrepresentation in media. In TV shows and movies when someone has a panic attack it’s a big deal. They clutch their chest, fall to the ground, or are sure it’s a heart attack. They heave big, panicked breaths.
By Erica Ball5 years ago in Psyche
My medical emergency flight landing
A little over a year ago, I experienced one of the worst days of my 23 years of living. I was just sitting at work one morning when my fiance (now husband) called and said his father had a heart attack the night before. My fiance's dad and step mom were in San Antonio visiting her daughter who just recently had a baby. My fiance had the plan to leave and go see him. He wanted me to stay home. I protested. I should have listened to him and stay home. But I am a Taurus and extremely stubborn.
By Krista Garlock5 years ago in Psyche
Surviving Your Panic Attack
It's torture. There's no other way to describe the feelings and physical elements of dealing with a panic attack. You are under attack from your own mind and your own body. It can last for what seems like an eternity and feels like you may actually be dying. My first panic attack resulted in a 911 phone call and an ambulance ride due to my true and sincere belief that my heart was failing. But I'm not writing this article to discuss the symptoms and the triggers. By now, you likely already deal with them on a day-to-day basis. This article is a few tips and tricks I've picked up along the last three years that have given me a winning edge in the moment of a panic attack.
By Jon Jones5 years ago in Psyche
What was that nightmare all about?
The nightmare began in the house, and it ended in the house. I never left the house, but I was trying. I remember the shake I felt the second before I woke up, sweating and scared to fall back to sleep.
By Charity Faye Alexander5 years ago in Psyche
Anxiety or Panic Attacks Symptoms
How do you know yours are anxiety or panic attacks symptoms or a sign of something else? I hope this will help you. Anxiety and panic attacks symptoms are very similar, but, as different hormones are involved, the symptoms are slightly different. The main difference between anxiety and panic attack symptoms are in the severity and duration of the symptoms.
By Suzanne Zacharia5 years ago in Psyche
Mental Health - Panic Attack
Sometimes I feel like my brain turns to jelly, and slides out of my ears into a puddle on the floor around my feet. So I’m left with a hollow coconut skull, slipping up on my own thoughts. This results in a complete inability to carry out every day tasks without freaking out massively, and making giant astral comets out of tiny little moon craters.
By Laura Rose5 years ago in Psyche
Depression, Anxiety and Panic attack labelled me a psychopath
Suffering from mental illness was never my choice. My situations and circumstances lead into mental illness. Born in a backward community family with lack of knowledge about mental illness made my illness more pathetic. I could not speak about my illness since they consider it as a person who is psychotic and mad. Consulting a psychiatrist was a crime because after that a person is completely labelled as psychotic, and after that whenever we speak they consider it as a mad person’s actions. Same with me, begged my family to take to consult a doctor because I knew my situations were getting bad. Sleepless nights, loneliness, suicidal tendencies, frequent panic attacks and anxiety made me weak day by day. It is very important to have your loved ones who either understand your condition or are willing to try. They blamed me for my symptoms of my illness and making thoughtless remarks which made me feel bad and discouraged. I wanted to overcome with help of everyone but later I fought with it by myself, because I understood that not everyone understands.
By FRS5 years ago in Psyche
What causes us to feel panic?
To give you a background into this article; i am a recent MSc Psychology graduate and i have been asked many questions over my years studying and i thought i would share some of these questions and anwers with you.
By Nicole Murray5 years ago in Psyche
Letters to my mental health
Hey there Panic. It's 3.55pm on a Monday afternoon. The weather is gloomy and I didn't sleep well. I should be working but you have decided to come and see me. It feels like it has been a while. It's not so nice to have you around again that sounds horrible but it's true. Every time you turn up uninvited to my house you break plates and leave a mud trail across the floor and I am not sure how much more I can take. It would be nice if you atleast cleaned up after yourself but I always feel in a mess when you leave. Just once I ask you Panic, to at least throw some of your rubbish away instead of leaving it with me. It's kind of tiring clearing up after you.
By TheAdventuresOfRoo5 years ago in Psyche
Panic Attacks & Playlists
I can’t say for sure when my first panic attack was. The first one I remember happened when I was 21. I finished an episode of The Office and the next thing I knew, I was face down on the living room carpet in tears, unable to catch my breath, and utterly bewildered as to why. Nearly a decade later, I still don’t have an answer. This is little more than a snapshot memory to me; I know there were incidents before and many know there have been incidents since. They’ve grown and changed, as I have, and while I still haven’t cracked the formula indicative of their cause, there are certain signs I’ve become well acquainted with:
By Sarah Sackett6 years ago in Psyche
I'm Not Dying...
Just An Anxious Kid When I was in 5th grade, I had my first major panic attack. It was around the time I'd be going to bed, and I was just sitting in my room. The heart palpitations came first. Next was the shortness of breath, followed by lightheadedness. Shortly after came the internal shutdown. My stomach dropped. My entire body went numb. I couldn't feel a single thing. Finally, there was a massive burst of adrenaline. The fight or flight kicked in. I sprung out of bed and did a few laps around the house. This continued until my mom finally found me and calmed me down. I remember wanting to get up and move so I could bring some feeling back to my body. Anything just to keep myself alive. I seriously thought I was going to have a heart attack and die. This was a fear I've never felt before. It was the first time I remember completely losing control of my body.
By Mary Molluso6 years ago in Psyche
I don't know.
Trapped. Trapped. Trapped. Forcing myself to hear the keyboard clicks that refuse to let me sleep even if I could. God knows I want to - or do I? I don't know anymore. That's my answer for most things; sometimes I feign ignorance and other times I don't. I just don't know.
By Hannah Marsh6 years ago in Psyche