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[Boat2den]

Anyone else end up with anxiety months after losing people? I think I stuffed my two losses and it came out in panic months later.

[Beevee]

Hi. Sorry to learn about the loss of loved ones. Anxiety / panic attacks can develop after trauma of any description or prolonged stress. Your mind and body is reacting normally and the best advice I can give you is to accept how you are thinking and feeling and your abnormal levels of anxiety will gradually fade away. Time is the healer.

[EndUser13]

Welcome to the forums

My sympathies for your losses. My panic disorder is trauma based but like you, it's likely a response to the mind figuring out a way to deal with stress (a very uncomfortable, inconvenient way).

[Boat2den in reply to EndUser13]

yes, I understand the trauma piece too. Anxiety has been motivating for me to get help…

[EndUser13 in reply to Boat2den]

There is an exceptional "Heal My PTSD" forum here on Health Unlocked. Lots of the people on this forum are pretty friendly and supportive, you've found a good place!

[CL3V3R-G1RL in reply to Boat2den]

There's also a bereavement & grief forum here on HU as well. People are really friendly. Join all of them I say. Can never have enough support 🫂 ❤️

[SayNOtoPanic]

months, even years later, to where u say wtf and get caught off guard. 😩. Hang in there dear. Ur not alone. And focusing on helping urself is wonderful.

[catsrock]

Posted this in response to someone else, but I highly recommend the book, "It's OK that You're Not OK," by Megan Devine about grief. I'm sorry for your losses.

[designguy]

I think it is very common especially with those of us that were taught, shamed or punished for showing big emotions and the anxiety is a signal that you need to process them. I've found that it's usually way less painful to actually process the emotions than to have the anxiety anyway. The best thing you can do is allow yourself to grieve and really get in touch with the emotions and process them, you might check out youtube for info on it and there are also good books about it.