Scared at desk. Please support. Panic attack at work.

[Dolphin80]

I’m scared at my desk. Having panic attack at work. Please support me.

[EleanorRose]

Hey

What can you do to relieve your anxiety?

Can you get up from your desk for a bit - go somewhere quiet, have a little walk, get a drink, perhaps pop outside for some fresh air?

I’m here for you if you want to chat but I think you need to focus on what’s going to help you to calm down first.

Eleanor

[Dolphin80 in reply to EleanorRose]

Scared to leave desk. I just want to go home.

[EleanorRose in reply to Dolphin80]

Ok, if leaving your desk isn’t an option for you, can you focus on something?Take some deep breaths or quietly look at something on your phone which you enjoy?

It doesn’t sound like you can do home yet - how many more hours of work do you have?

[Dolphin80 in reply to EleanorRose]

15 mins. I am suffering with severe depression too.

[EleanorRose in reply to Dolphin80]

15 minutes isn’t long! You can make it. It probably feels like an eternity but you are so nearly there. You’re probably only 10 minutes away from being able to start to pack up.

Forget about work, focus on you and your breathing and what you are going to do when you get finish to help make you feel less anxious.

[Dolphin80 in reply to EleanorRose]

That’s what I’m doing. Forgetting about work.

[Dolphin80 in reply to EleanorRose]

Have u been depressed before?

[EleanorRose in reply to Dolphin80]

Me?

Yes, I have.

[Dolphin80 in reply to EleanorRose]

Forcing myself to go to work. My mood feels flatlined. I’m scared.

[Icewall42 in reply to Dolphin80]

Also, these things generally peak in 10 minutes, but sometimes they can last longer, so don't think about the amount of time that has passed. Some bodies take longer to wind down and recover. This thing won't hurt you, and you cannot die from it. You won't go crazy, either. It just really, really, really sucks.

[Dolphin80 in reply to Icewall42]

Thank you.

[Icewall42]

Get some fresh air if you can. Take deep breaths. Inhale 4 seconds, hold it for 7 seconds, exhale for 8 seconds. It'll pass--it's just a bad feeling. Let it happen and don't try to fight it.

[Dolphin80 in reply to Icewall42]

Ok thank you.

[Icewall42 in reply to Dolphin80]

Has this ever happened to you before?

[Dolphin80 in reply to Icewall42]

Yes often. I suffer with depression/ anxiety.

[courageovercomfort]

Hang in there Dolphin 80!!! I had to leave work today bc my depression and anxiety got so bad. I had to go to my Moms and cry a lot & rest. And I had to take my emergency medicine (Xanax). It has helped me feel more like myself. I think I’ll be well enough to go to the book fair tonight w my son.

Just keep swimming dolphin. There is nothing “wrong” w you (or me).

[Dolphin80 in reply to courageovercomfort]

Thank u so much. It’s so hard to go to work while depressed.

[courageovercomfort in reply to Dolphin80]

So so stinking hard.

[Hidden]

I dont know if its ok but Im asking God to relieve your anxiety. So sorry you have to deal with it.

[Dolphin80 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you!

[33xfb]

Bright place is that you did manage to make yourself go to work. I haven't been able to make myself go to work in going on 2 weeks. It's the longest I've been out since my pnuemonia episode back in 2014. Praying you feel better soon.

[Hidden]

Hope today is a better day for you Dolphin80🌻

[Dolphin80 in reply to Hidden]

Thank u. A little better.

[utep99]

Know that we are with you and we care! Breathe and know we stand behind you and God loves you he is there he will see you through. Just believe.

[Lulububs]

Just remember it only a minute feeling...it will come and it will

Pass....

Breath ... real belly breathing from deep inside gut not shallow chest breathing it breeds anxiety.

Calm Urself

Then put ur ipod on listen to ur favourite music and get lost in it.

I used to really suffer .. panic attacks.. anxiety and i read a book called “ feel the fear and do it anyway” it teaches us that fear is just a moments feeling, that nothing ever as bad as u thought or built it up to b.

Then let urself feel that fear but then make urself do it anyway.. ie i always had a fear of heights so i did a bungee jump.. the fear before doin it was worse then doin it .. i never had that fear since.

Sometimes our thoughts are our worst enemy.

U need to take urself out of that moment

[Samson1953]

My prayets are with you to feel peace. Cl8se yr eye n think of yr best dun times. I think of me walking along a beautiful beach with a beautiful sunset.

[Omghelpme]

Hi how are you now?

[Omghelpme]

How are you doing?

[Dolphin80 in reply to Omghelpme]

Mood still feels flat unfortunately.

[Dolphin80 in reply to Omghelpme]

I hope to feel better soon.

[Omghelpme]

Do you find that you feel just a bit different each day, even if it’s not good yet?