I can't complete a thought!

I started to panic, so I tried using mindfulness techniques like focusing on an object and how it looks, etc., but I can't think through how anything looks or feels or anything! And when I try harder I just feel sick. I'm afraid I'm going to have a seizure or a stroke or something.

[RyRywifey]

That's Derealization smh.. It did that to me for almost 3 months.. Nothing bad is gonna happen to you at all though. Try taking Magnesium. It's what helped cure me

[Tatjana84]

Hugs to you

You won't have a seizure or stroke, it's a panic attack ... It's hard focusing on the objects when you are convinced that something is wrong with you. I first start by saying out loud 'it's just a panic attack, it's just a panic attack , breathe, breathe ' , and that always helps, and then to keep my mind of it, I would sometimes focus on a object, it's shape and size... It's not easy at the beginning, but slowly you mind starts to accept it. xoxoox

[Pat9]

you seem to have a lot of adrenaline still in your body, when you are very anxious like this it is hard to meditate, I stumbled across a book the other day about thinking and it is so helpful please try it it really calms you down and helps you see if you can just let thoughts go you can feel instantly calm it is called Stop Thinking, Start Living: Discover Lifelong Happiness by Richard Carlson.. trust me i was in a right state the other day and I started reading this and it is like taking a tranquillizer gentle hugs xxx

[jrcnpg]

I know how you feel. One of the best pieces of advice I was given by my GP which was if you are in a supermarkeket, for instance, and you feel the onset of a panic attack or as I like to call it an overflow of anxiety, stop, pick up a product from the shelf which will give ther people no idea of what you are going through andthen 'pretend' you are reading the label. Give yourself a couple of minutes doing this during which tme you can close your eyes untl you feel confident enough to continue what it is that you need to do. Mindfulness, for me, is just 'silly'! Why on earth they keep romoting it I have no idea because it simp[ly doesd not work. Far too Zen for my likking!