Scary feeling, anxious, sick...

[Peace65]

Hi I'm kind of new to this, but I needed some closure .. about 5 years ago I experienced my first panic attack, where I felt fear, my heart was beating so hard and fast, my left arm had a weird sensation a almost like a numb feeling, I thought I was going to die.. I didn't not know what was going on.. I went to he doctor and she told me to relax and try to meditate, that I was just anxious... then I started having more panic attacks but I learned how to handle them.. a few months went by and here I fall again but now is even worse ..I feel really sick of feeling this way.. scared, heart beat out of control, stomach cramps, scary feeling in stomach all the time, weird feeling in my left arm ... always think the worse , im so scared ... 😭 I don't know what to do.. I feel so anxious right now..

[reillyj]

Hi, Your doctor should be able to do health check to reassure you about your physical symptoms. When I get anxious I get symptoms like butterflies in stomach, nausea, heart beating as if I ran 100m Olympics, pain in my head, lightheaded or dizzy, numb leg, tingling toes, detached from my body. I remember times things didn't go well for me and imagine worst scenario for future event. I know I have negative filter on and if I took it off and observed situation neutrally, things are probably not so bad as I see them.

I find noting anxiety helps. Rather than stop things I find saying yes helpful-yes I am so scared now, I am feeling that I am so scared now, I can see that I am feeling so scared now, yes my heart is racing now, yes I can see that my heart feels like it is racing now, yes I am going to do my breathing now, yes this is what I see now, yes this is what I hear now, yes this is where I am now, yes this is what I am going to do now (small step like drink a bit of water)....

I hope this helps, all the best to you

[Peace65 in reply to reillyj]

Thank you

[Funkyfaerie]

Hi,

Slow deep breathing should help us all recover slowly from these situations, but I know it's very hard to do in the middle of a panic , have you tried breathing into a paper bag or any sort of bag that does actually work and slow your breathing down.It's not a miracle worker for me, but it helps me take a little bit of control.

Thinking of you x