Happy Hanukkah from my family to all of you. I am coming down from probably the worst panic attack I've ever had. It was seriously horrible. I was sitting on my bed watching TV (no real reason to feel stressed) and I suddenly felt like I couldn't breathe (normal), chest pain (normal), panic obviously (normal). But I didn't know where I was either or what day it was or if I saw my therapist this morning. I went from one minute in my own room and suddenly had no idea where I was and I was terrified. I texted with my therapist and that started pulling me out of it. I took some anxiety meds and that helped. I know where I am now but I feel so drained from the attack. Has anyone ever had a symptom like that or familiar with it? It was a first for me.
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BFreudel, when I had first started experiencing Panic Attacks, I use to feel like you did tonight. It was like this overwhelming feeling took over, not only my body, but my mind as well. The after effects were completely drained physically and mentally. It was truly a whole body experience.
I use to feel that it hit me hard and strong within moments. I never saw a reason at that time as to what brought it on. You are not alone xx
That makes me feel better. It really scared me because I've never had symptoms like that before. I've had the trouble breathing and chest tightness but never been so disoriented.
What your experiencing is dissociation its not fun to deal with I panicked in the middle of the night was super confused it’s like a flashback sort of but I don’t have PTSD but it’s like that its super scary too
So that's dissociation? That's really interesting to me because I've read about it but that's the first time I've experienced it. I always thought of it differently. It really puts all the descriptions I've read together now and makes sense. Thank you for explaining that to me. It was probably the most afraid I have ever felt in my life. It wasn't just that I felt I was going to die or something terrible would happen. I thought I was crazy, insane, out of my mind (I don't mean those in any pejorative way). Even tonight I still feel afraid it's going to happen again and I can't figure out what caused it. I was in a safe place, watching a relaxing show, and it just happened. I feel like I'm still trying to process the whole thing.
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Physical Symptoms Trigger Panic Attacks
Panic attacks at night
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