EGirl,
When I was having panic attacks, I would tell my brother I felt as if I was going to pass out. He told just to go with it, that maybe I would like it better in the next world, if that was in fact where I went. I thought he was crazy and, truth be, it pissed me off.
What ended up happening is that I would go and sit in a chair when the spinning first started, and as the waves of anxiety washed over me, I kept breathing in a counted measure and finally learned how to let it happen. In time I learned how to realize when one was coming, just as people with migraines usually can feel their symptoms coming on.
I am hoping what the therapist is recommending will work for you and your panic attacks will come to an end. It is a relief to realize YOU are the one who has the POWER over them. Really, you do.
Best of luck to you.
t*
When I was having panic attacks, I would tell my brother I felt as if I was going to pass out. He told just to go with it, that maybe I would like it better in the next world, if that was in fact where I went. I thought he was crazy and, truth be, it pissed me off.
What ended up happening is that I would go and sit in a chair when the spinning first started, and as the waves of anxiety washed over me, I kept breathing in a counted measure and finally learned how to let it happen. In time I learned how to realize when one was coming, just as people with migraines usually can feel their symptoms coming on.
I am hoping what the therapist is recommending will work for you and your panic attacks will come to an end. It is a relief to realize YOU are the one who has the POWER over them. Really, you do.
Best of luck to you.
t*
