Lingering impending doom

[Jamescrider]

Has anyone felt this before were u just had a panic attack and this impending doom just stays there for a long time

[kuroe]

yeah, I experience it quite a lot! Try and take your mind off of it, a walk usually helps me or watching something

[Jamescrider in reply to kuroe]

Thank u I had it before I just forgot how bad it can be it's like a bunch of fear built in u and u can't get it out

[kuroe in reply to Jamescrider]

yeah! just remind yourself it is your mind playing tricks on you, you’re in control

[Jamescrider in reply to kuroe]

Ok I will thank u 😊

[TopGunGiraffe]

Oh, honey you are so not alone on this!!!

Here are a couple things I do when this happens to me:

- drinking herbal tea (sleepy time tea at night helps me relax, as that seems to be when my brain races the most and i lay there feeling this overwhelming doom that i see no end to)

- taking a hot bath with Epsom salt (lavender or pink Himalayan)

- youtube meditations and really getting deep into them (this could take practice but keep trying!)

-yoga

-going for a run or walk

- practicing taking long, slow, and deep breaths in the quiet to relax my nerves

-listening to music that makes me happy as I sit criss-cross, again working on my breathing

-writing down how I am feeling in a journal

-talk to someone who understands how you are feeling and might be going through something similar (i'm always here if you need anything)

There's a lot more, but i don't want to sound too cliche. This tends to happen because we have become accustom to letting our brains do this to us and go on (what feels like) a never ending cycle. When this happens to me it is because I am overthinking and constantly replaying things in my head that I should, instead, let go of. We need to learn how to break this cycle and think about anything that makes us happy. Try finding a "happy place" in your mind. After you've practiced this, it truly starts to work. All of this takes time and consistency so just keep working on it. Just know you aren't alone.

[Jamescrider in reply to TopGunGiraffe]

Thank u I appreciate that

[kvolm2016]

Sorry that you are experiencing this but it is definitely not an uncommon feeling

Is this your first time with it lingering? What do you do to get through your panic attacks?

[Jamescrider in reply to kvolm2016]

It was my second one and yea I had this feeling before when I had my first one and I forgot how bad it felt but eventually it passed

[kvolm2016 in reply to Jamescrider]

So is it still lingering or has it passed this time too? Are you familiar with journaling as a way of recording your thoughts, feelings and experiences? This might help you in being better prepared for how to handle these next time.

[Jamescrider]

Yea it's still lingering as it had before and no I'm not familiar with that but it sounds pretty good how does it work ?

[kvolm2016 in reply to Jamescrider]

Basically journaling is just writing down experiences but not from a facts perspective but from a thoughts and feelings perspective. Writing it down can be a helpful way to get the thoughts and feelings out so we are not continuing to carry them around inside us and replay them over and over. Writing it down can also be helpful if you know you are experiencing something that you have been through before because you can go back and look at what you wrote before. For me, this is helpful to recognize that I got through this experience before and I will again, and maybe even in a quicker and easier way!

This article talks about keeping a journal but the main reason I wanted to share it was for the list of "soul words" that I find so helpful in writing down my thoughts and feelings. Take a look bit.ly/34GjCim.

[moggie8]

Yes I get this daily with my constant anxiety it's the fight flight trying to convince you that something bad will happen to get us to move it's horrible your brain thinks u are in danger I hate it it scares the shit out of me and we fall for this bluff well I do

[MindfulMoment]

I have panic disorder and this is very common. On a bad cycle or panic I can have rolling panic attacks all day for a week straight, longer if I don’t do something to stop it. It’s awful. It’s like the fear of the next panic attack actually brings on a new one and then there’s a bit of relief but it just goes back up again. Reminds me of contractions in the brain. My favorite “talk down” meditation is a channel on YouTube called anxiety fitness. Panic attacks are bizarre and our minds bounce around trying to figure out what’s happening and why. That cycle of over thinking and constant rumination only encourages more fight or flight. Worrying feels like control in the moment but it isn’t really, it’s a bandaid on an amputation. You have to hijack the brain long enough that the hormones can get out of the blood stream. It’s all chemical but it sure feels like this time for real is the real thing. I feel for you. I get it. It does get better though.