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My panic attacks increase more & more by the day now that school is starting.

I’m starting to get the tingling thing in my face & the annoyance of trying really hard to breathe (no i’m not overweight). My mom know’s I have flashbacks, But never “understands why”. It feels like she’s not listening at all. 1 year ago, my therapist said had school phobia. I know once I begin the school year, I’d eventually have trouble dealing with these flashbacks. I wanted to go back to therapy. But when I used to go to therapy, I saw my mom more strained & stress…I feel as if I’m a burden to my family because of this. I don’t know what to do-Take the therapy or just hide what troubles me for the sake of my mom… I don’t want to hurt her anymore…
Any advice on what to do would be good right about now..

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Neutra offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 19 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 2 weeks ago (10 minutes after post)

If it’s something programed into your mind then no matter of theropy can take it away. The best thing you can do personally is to just see that this is a new beginning, that this is a chance to bring something good into your life.

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (4 days, 20 hours after post)

did something happen?

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x_glitter offline Verified User (3 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (4 days, 21 hours after post)

coffeefire wrote:
did something happen?

Schoolwise- Extreme ridicule abotu my weight, people shunning me for wearing dark clothing, guys using me thinking they were going to actually get something out of me, almost getting sentecnced for 2 years to a detention facility because I couldn’t what people were throwing at me- Basically in school I was always known for being the weird psycho loner that nobody would look to even though I’m a friendly person up front. That’s not the whole bio but whatever…
Home- an egotistical sister that would bash me in public & in front of her friends sometimes calling me a cheeseball for fitting into a size 14, mom smokes, dad drinks, brothers are distant-one goes out & doesn’t come back the next day,self mutilation & overdoses (me), & bulimia turned to the beginning of anorexia.
That’s my life from age 11 to now. I’m now afraid of the school doors because all of that rushes in my head & then the panic attack begins. & I’m scared because I have enough problems right now. I don’t want new ones to surface…

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (5 days, 16 hours after post)

that’s a lot of baggage you’re carrying around..it might help to talk to your gp about getting some emotional support through a counsellor. and by that i don’t mean some warped shrink who will suggest some stupid drug to pep you up..i mean someone who you can discuss your issues with…how old are you and what are you studying?

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An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (5 days, 18 hours after post)

coffeefire wrote:
that’s a lot of baggage you’re carrying around..it might help to talk to your gp about getting some emotional support through a counsellor. and by that i don’t mean some warped shrink who will suggest some stupid drug to pep you up..i mean someone who you can discuss your issues with…how old are you and what are you studying?

Btw, sorry I left this post anon. :/
I’m only 15.

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (6 days, 12 hours after post)

you should see someone..talk to your doctor

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