panic attack?
Now i am at a point in after having an ordeal with a panic attack that was accompanied by heart racing and all these crazy things 6 months ago now i think and kind of understand I am okay and it isnt my heart and am 15 years old. I still kind of think it may be my heart so i am still scared. Like i worry so much now and am on the preventive side for everything i always ask a question or throw something out to see if my parents to see if they are ok. I have become basically extremely empathatic. So like I feel for everyone and worry a lot when i see some is sad and I get sad too. today i was looking at something and see a teen died and I get very sad and start to think i can die to and the world is like not fair. So then i start to panic and think i could die too now. I have never experienced extreme heart pounding since that one insident so i am thinking that it isnt panic attacks but maybe something else? Also always worry is this normal? can someone please relate with me?
also i am very smart and get like 4.2 GPA at school also i am into investing and business. I am working on my company and trying hard to be rich at the youngest age I can. Also every day at school i would feel nervous but I WAS NEVER ABSENT NOT A DAY I DEALT WITH It. i play sports always excercise on basketball team. NO DRUGS NO ALCOHOL, etc. NO stimulants. I should be the last person to have this trouble but why am i having it? I am social too
also i dont know how i could accept religion because i know how corrup it is not to offend anyone but i have learned the facts in history class. SORRY IF IM BEING RUDE
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Hi! Sorry to hear you are suffering panic attacks and severe worry. If you want to try some self-help, the following steps should help eliminate (or significantly reduce) your panic attacks:
1.Breathe properly – if you control your breathing, you control panic. As soon as you notice the signs of anxiety, check your breathing: breathe in slowly through your nose pushing your tummy out (to the count of 5 or so). Breathe out slowly and for a bit longer (to the count of 7 or so) through your mouth. Do not breathe rapidly or shallowly (in the chest area). This will soon restore the balance of oxygen and you will feel a lot better.
2. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy! CBT is proven to be the most effective thing for panic attacks, worry and anxiety. It takes a bit of work, but it is super effective. (After 15 years of panic attacks, mine stopped completely).You can speak to your doctor about taking a course or you can take a course for free online at: http://www.livinglifetothefull.com/elear...
3. Try relaxation exercise tapes (progressive muscular relaxation). They really help if you practise often enough. This site has instructions on how to do it without the tapes (and other useful info): http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resource...
I hope you feel better soon. Best of luck!
Well, what your experiencing is fairly common among teenagers. You grow out of childhood. You come to know that the world isn’t fair, people hurt even you and your own loved ones hurt and that yes, one day you and everyone you know will die.
The anxiety is a reflection of your fears and your frustration with this fact. It’s okay to have these worries, we all have them, but you need to learn how to deal with them. Find an outlet. Many people turn to religion to help them deny these facts of life.
As for the panic attack, yes it is possible to have a single panic attack and never have one again in your life. It’s common enough.
I do suggest that you talk to someone, maybe your parents, about your worries, fears and yes, your teen angst. Hopefully you learn to move on from those facts. Obsessing over the hells of life doesn’t make for much of a life and it can lead to mental illness, so talk to someone.
EDIT: Mental illness can get to anyone no matter how brilliant, social or drug free. In fact, people who are more intelligent are often more likely to develop certain types of mental illness and while having friends and a great support system is good and can prevent these issues, it won’t stop it from happening each and every time. Besides, teen angst happens to everyone!
I can relate, man, and I’m 42-years of age and I dealt with depression, anxiety, and PTSD for most of my life. I wish someone had shared their experience(s) with me when I was younger. Maybe I wouldn’t have to have gone through the hell I went through when I was younger. Yes, you’re empathic, but empathy must be tempered with balance. I experienced a great many things in my 42 years that I never would have or did experience at 15. So as much as I care, and you will see by my answers that I do care, I have to create a balance between feeling for and helping others and feeling for and helping myself.
You are definitely experiencing acute anxiety that expresses itself for now in your feelings for others. But right now you’ve got to focus on yourself and on your feelings. I encourage you to start or continue treatment with a psychiatrist, but please go through therapy to learn how to change the way you feel by changing the way you think, okay? Feel better and my thoughts are with you.
What you are describing, the racing heart, is normal for someone having panic attacks.
I had panic attacks. The doctor prescribed Prozac but I realized my panic attacks were stemming from the situation I was in. I found out I had lost some of my vision and the doctor suggested my loss of vision could be due to an aneurysm, tumor, or MS.
Because I realized the attacks were due to my situation I did not take the Prozac. What I did do was to try to change my body memory so that I wouldn’t have the response of thinking I couldn’t breathe and was going to pass out (heart racing).
I got out and rode my bike faithfully 7 miles every day. I also put a rubber band on my wrist and if I got REALLY carried away, I’d snap the band which would hurt and give me something else to think about. Within a year, and without meds, I was okay.
Once you’ve experienced a panic attack your body can resort to panic attacks if stressed again. Since I worked my panic attacks out by exercise, I’m happy to report I’ve only had two very mild episodes in the 18 years since I had the original panic attacks.
Good luck.
See anxiety and panic attacks, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris on pages 6, and 8.