Extreme anxiety

[Will83]

Ok friends, breathing deep isn't working, trying to walk around isn't working what can I do to mellow out? I was just coming down off the mountain and damn near went off the cliff due to my trucks bed bouncing then fish tailing.....I wish I had a smoke on me right now but I'm attempting to quit that at the moment....so advice please. Hands are shakey, I'm sweating, and I feel like I'm hyperventilating. Trying to calm down but jeebus!! I've already drove a car off a cliff once in my life. And this moment just brought back flashbacks of that horrendous night

[Usagold]

Hey man, I know exactly how you're feeling. It's the effect of adrenaline on the body, nothing more. It won't hurt you. Let your body shake, don't worry about your breathing at all, your body will keep breathing whether you try to control it or not. Let yourself feel as nervous as your body wants to feel, and don't give it much thought. What you're feeling is normal after stressed normal and expected for someone who has PTSD. You're fine.

[Will83 in reply to Usagold]

Thank you, feels like high anxiety....I hate that feeling

[Usagold]

I feel the exact same way, maybe worse?, many nights. I've been waking up like that with my heart racing super fast, can't breathe right, with this awful nervous feeling, feel like I am totally going to die, I feel sick at my stomach, my BP shoots way up, my head feels like it's going to explode from the pressure, my body trembles. It's easy to tell you not to worry, but when it happens to me, it is incredibly scary, especially in the middle of the night, but it's my heart racing and skipping that scares me the most. If you don't fear the symptoms, they go away sooner.

[philly101]

Try taking a cold shower or splash cold water on your face. Take slow deep breaths and concentrate on your breathing. Try to mitigate the thought thats making you anxious. Don't think about what happened in the past, think about the present and right now. Sucks I know the feeling, had it today but eventually it will past.

[Agora1]

Will83, how are you doing today??

[Will83 in reply to Agora1]

Better

Still feel really anxious. But it's subsiding

[Agora1 in reply to Will83]

That was quite a scare you had. Feel better as the day goes on. Now deep

breathing will help you more in reclaiming some peace and calm.