Panic attack?

[TrishaJo]

I was talking to my mom about upcoming doctors appointment about my swollen arm. Then boom I get a heat sensation on my head, neck, stomach, swollen arm, and my thighs. I have this lingering tension headache and it got worse. Is this a panic attack I can’t tell I’m new to this

 

[Cuchculan]

The whole thing can work a bit like this. You have an appointment coming up. Maybe you are a bit anxious about that? Very common to think ahead of ourselves. So the anxiety can be a bit higher. But things seem normal. Then you feel a bit hot. Your mind kicks into play. Why am I feeling hot? It comes up with its own answer. So the mind reacts to that. Once this happens we begin to feel our anxiety symptoms. Hence they say if we can change how we think or how we react, the rest will all change too. They are all linked together. One kicks off. Kicking off the next one. In turn kicking off the next one. Next time try take a step backwards. Just breathe. Try and remain in control. Easier said than done. But with time you can learn how to do this.

 

[TrishaJo]

Okay I’ll try that right now

The whole thing can work a bit like this. You have an appointment coming you. Maybe you are a bit anxious about that? Very common to think ahead of ourselves. So the anxiety can be a bit higher. But things seem normal. Then you feel a bit hot. Your mind kicks into play. Why am I feeling hot? It comes up with its own answer. So the mind reacts to that. Once this happens we begin to feel our anxiety symptoms. Hence they say if we can change how we think or how we react, the rest will all change too. They are all linked together. One kicks off. Kicking off the next one. In turn kicking off the next one. Next time try take a step backwards. Just breathe. Try and remain in control. Easier said than done. But with time you can learn how to do this.

 

[Cuchculan]

We can try and help you as best we can. Most of the hard work is done by the person with the anxiety. They are the ones who have to face their fears. Live with the bad feelings their anxiety brings on. It is never nice. Never easy. But with time we can learn. How to deal with the anxiety. To make it become weaker. We are the ones who feed it. Give it the power it has. Just by been afraid of it. Thinking something really bad will happen to us. But how often have we thought that exact thought? Hundreds of times. Has anything bad really ever happened to us? Other than anxiety and how that makes us feel. All about learning. That nothing bad is going to happen. They are all just feelings. Not nice feelings. But we are feeding the fear that brings them on. Even when we don't mean to. Is just or natural reaction because we suffer from anxiety. Hard as it might be, and it can be hard, just try and relax. Tell yourself they are just feelings. Nothing worse. They do go away. Once you see this happening, you can learn how to make them go away more often.