Ever felt like a panick attack will be your death? heres my story.

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Hello my name is katie and im 17 years old here a little story to tell you about my experiance about my panick attacks. My ever first experiance haveing a panick attack I was 16 it was so bad, I was with 2 of my friend on the train back from Cardiff everything was going great, hade a great day out shopping hade fun with my mates, but as i was standing on the train I was looking around the train was so full of people,I thought to myself that i feel so costaforbic I looked around at everyone all squished together and then suddently my hand started tingling my legs started tingling and everything was so loud and my head hurt, my hard was going so fast i couldnt breath.A woman on the side of me noticed I didnt look right I didnt know what was happening the woman came up to me and asked am I okay she knew straight away I was haveing a panick attackĀ  my friends was laughing at me because they didnt know what was wrong with me they kept laughing because they thought it was really funny that i was haeing a panick attack on the train but it wernt funny atal they dont know what its like because they aint hade one, The nice woman she told me and I panicked more I started crying infront of everyone I needed to get of the train so bad I thought I was going to die I didnt know what was happening. THhe lovoly woman saved my life she told me she was a doctor and I thought i was in good hand I felt that i was going to be ok but I was still haveing the panick attack it was lasting for 10 mins now then finally i could get off the train at my stop i got off the train fell to the ground still struggling to breath panicked more as everyone was crouding me asking if i was okay, I sat down on the train station The woman stayed with me to ensure i was okay before she left , she gave me a fag I started getting my breath back and i was okay I thanked the woman for beeing there for me she was so helpfull. As the woman left my friends told she that she lied to me so that i would think she was a doctor but she lied to help me wich i am greatfull for. later that day i went home to my mother told her all about it she told me everything is going to be okay later on that night I was in bed trying to sleep as i hade school the next day It happended again i hade another panick attack because i was lying there thinking about what happened on the train and boosh i was haveing a paniick attack that happened alot after that day i was haveing panick attacks atleat 3 times a week and a couple of times in the days I was so scared. it finally slowed down i thought to myself if i try and forget what happened that day on the train i wouldnt know what a panick attack was like and my body would think that iv never hade a panick attack before so it wouldnt happen now if you get what i mean. after all the weeks of panick attacks it finally stoped for a while. but everyday of my life now im scared of everything , its been a year and i havnt been on a train to Cardiff because im to scared to scared to go throught it again,Im scared of going on holiday on a plain im scared of everything you can imagine ill panick if i cant get out of the bathroom im just so scared , i know i aint alone in these feeling its just we need to find away how to come over theese fears some how and be able to do the things we want to instead of beeing scared sad anyone feel the same? do you have a story? what do you think of my experiance ? is yours similar?

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  • Posted

    its only a short story if i told you the whole thing my fingers would drop of from typing , but anyway feel free to let me know what u think
  • Posted

    Seems to me that you are afraid of flying and public transport and feeling closed in with lots of people .i think alot of people are scared to fly .its along way up there and the things that can happen .but there are lots of flights that go to different countries everyday .but i know what you mean .you worry about what can go wrong .try to relax deep breaths
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      It feels like these panick attacks are holding me back , I miss out on alot. My friends are always going Cardiff but im to scared to go so i would stay behind and miss out, also there was this trip to the pit and everyone went down there but I thought to myself I shouldnt go down there because I will have a panick attach so I stayed behind and its really upseting knowing I cant do things because im scared and it always leaves me crying over it.
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    Katie, there is a solution to your panic attacks. You will find this difficult to believe but it will work. When you feel the attack coming on make a concious effort to make it WORSE. That's. right, try hard in your mind to make it worse. Panick attacks are self limiting events. They will not cause you to loose cotrol, or die or pass out. That is your fear and that will feed the panic. Face the fear head on and it will leave you. I promise you it will work. I have been where you are now.

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