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Originally Posted by alteredcourse
I know.
I had one of the worse panic attacks at work one day, and this lady sorta walking by said "you know, those things are all in the mind". I wanted to fuck her face with an ice pick. Statements like that are full of sense, while panic attacks are full of sympathetic nervous chemical floodings that render cognition absolutely useless.
It's not really so possible to control panic attacks as they come, as much as living a less stressed lifestyle as a whole. Sure, that might sound more like a bunch of useless advice. But its just like a person that just cannot lose weight no matter what they do, meanwhile other folks are pounding hot dogs and milkshakes with a tiny frame. The person with an ultra sensitive nervous system has to make very delicate tweaks in their overall life. You just have to reckon with how you manage stress. I for one cant be moving around changing jobs on a whim etc because I need the stability.
And then theres hormones - sugar and caffeine and fat in the diet igniting hormones that work against you.
I cant go on because this shit goes forever.
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Anyone who has never experienced a full on panic attack really has no idea.
It might be all fine afterward but at the time there is only so much (at least in my case) that I can do to try and halt it or reduce the severity. I have a million techniques that I use to cope, keep them at bay. I know what sets me off ( to a certain extent) and I avoid it.
I'm a different person when Im that far out of control. That is frightening in itself.