Panic attacks?? : (

[~butterfly~]

So last year my track coach and my counsilor and some of my teachers thought I might have panic attacks or anxiety issues. I haven't really thought anything about these sort of things, but the oddest things will in a way 'trigger' me. Not in the eating disorder way...not completely anyway. my 'triggers' are like triggers to not eating.

So I'll get really freaked out at the things normal people don't even care about. Like small things, forgetting my swimsuit actually was one reason once. I ended up almost hyperventalating and it..scared me. Not only the hyperventalating thing, but just the fact that I couldn't find it. And this is confusing, because I really didn't care, it just scared me...like something really really bad was going to happen.

sometimes these happen randomly. one time I was just walking up the stairs, next thing I know I'm in the bathroom, on the ground, crying and scared...and i don't want to go to school because I'm terrified something bad's going to happen.

i've ended up backed up walls, trying to calm my breathing, its happened in races...i don't know what to do. Does this sound like panic attacks/anxiety issues? if not, does anyone have any clue what it could be? Its freaking me out and I hate it. i've hurt myself when I get them, just from where my nails dig into my skin, its seems that it makes it easier to deal with if i rake my nails up my legs or across my stomach or dig my nails into my arm...please help...

[silver_elf]

Yeah it does sound a lot like panic attacks... I get them too (less now, I`m on antidepressants and they help a little) and it's the scariest thing on earth. For me it's if I can't seem to do something right like at school or at taekwondo I get hysterical and become really scared that if I can't do it it'll be the end of the world or something (actually I don't know what I'm scared of) I barely manage to hide them.
Another really big panic-trigger for me (worse than the first, actually) is if I'm walkin alone down a street and there's a stranger in sight I'll FREAK out and run to another, busier street, usually ending up in tears and choking on my breath.

I just recently managed to fix my test anxiety, thank goodness. I'm proud of myself for that.

I wish they would go away but they probably will take a lot of time, therapy and meds to do so. and I'm really sick of therapy, so...

good luck with yours

[~butterfly~]

I just recently managed to fix my test anxiety, thank goodness. I'm proud of myself for that.

first off, CONGRATS! That's a really good thing to get over..My mom got me tested for sports induced asthma, which wasn't really tested I guess, but the inhaler helps when I have issues breathing...when I was running.

I'm still dealing with panic attack stuff, but there's no way she'll believe me (took me 2 friggin years to get her to take me to the doctor for asthma...). I had another 'attack' today. I managed not to hurt myself...but I payed for it with a binge. :'( I'd rather hurt myself. I don't care if I still have scars from last time...how are some of the ways you deal?

And yeah, I've got the thing with strangers as well. In a way, not as bad as you, but I almost cried in barnes and noble because some stranger talked to me. And he creeped me out...lol, kinda funny now that I think of it..

I've also got one with control (not surprising). My boyfriend didn't understand it. *sigh* o well. Tis life...