First Anxiety Attack

[Natalie059]

Hello, I just created an account here so I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I've had anxiety just in general for years. I worry about little things and my mind is constantly going. But this past week I was on vacation with my family and I read an article about something disturbing on the internet. I didn't mean to, but once I started reading it I couldn't stop. For some reason I can't get it out of my head, I just keep thinking about it. It was driving me crazy and I finally told my parents what was bothering me. Then last night I just lost it, I started crying and shaking like crazy because I was so upset that I couldn't stop thinking about what I read, and I had all these crazy thoughts going through my head about what was going to happen to me. My mom thought it would be better if we just went home because maybe being away from home was making it worse so we packed up and drove all the way home. I do feel a little bit better now that I'm home in my own room, but everything is still on my mind. I think at this point it's not so much what I read, it's more about me constantly telling myself to not think about it, if that makes sense. The thing is I've never had this happen before. I've read about scary things on the internet before and just forgotten about them so I can't understand why this is affecting me so much. And I've never had an anxiety attack like that before so now I'm really scared of what's happening to me. I don't know if the anxiety attack was just about that one thing or if there's more to this but I can't figure it out. The past three days I've felt light-headed and I don't want to eat at all. I just wish I could forget about what I read and move on but I can't seem to do that. I just started seeing a therapist a few weeks ago so I'm hoping when I see her again she can help me figure this out, but I just wanted some opinions from some other people struggling with anxiety because my family doesn't seem to understand. Thank you!

 

[janemariesayed]

Hello Natalie. Don't worry too much if you post something in the wrong place. I will just change it for you so please feel happy to post and chat with us.

Your family were very good to take you back home. And that really was quite understanding of them considering they have not suffered what you have. Forgive them what they don't know. As long as they are nice to you and treat you well is what matters?

I'm glad you felt better when you got home. Your therapist should be able to help you find out what it is that is the problem. Don't listen to things you read online. You are not silly for letting it get to you and scare you so don't feel that.

Try to get a hold of your thoughts and control them. They can be controlled with a bit of will power and dedication.

 

[Natalie059]

Hello Natalie. Don't worry too much if you post something in the wrong place. I will just change it for you so please feel happy to post and chat with us.

Your family were very good to take you back home. And that really was quite understanding of them considering they have not suffered what you have. Forgive them what they don't know. As long as they are nice to you and treat you well is what matters?

I'm glad you felt better when you got home. Your therapist should be able to help you find out what it is that is the problem. Don't listen to things you read online. You are not silly for letting it get to you and scare you so don't feel that.

Try to get a hold of your thoughts and control them. They can be controlled with a bit of will power and dedication.

Thank you so much for replying. I'm not upset at my family at all for not understanding what I have, they've done everything they can to help me and I'm very grateful for that. I just wanted to talk to some people who have the same feelings as I do because I thought that would help. It's very hard for me to control my thoughts because it seems the more I try to control them the worse they get. But thank you for the reassurance, I really appreciate it.