Right Now help: I think I just had a panic attack :’( - Help.com

Count backwards from 50. Slowly. Breathe in… Breathe out… Focus your mind on your heart. Listen for the beats….

Get a good quality of sleep. Things will be better after that.

Are we better now snow? Sip some water if you want to. Small sips.

Do you need to call for an ambulance? Call one!

What is it you are frightened of? You are safe indoors. No one is going to harm you. You are safe. (((hugs)))

Please calm down. You have people that care about you. Where is your brother, Big B.?

Call for him. I need to talk to him. Now please….

you’re ok honey. I have had this happen to me before. It is scary but you just need to try to relax and distract yourself. This very thing happened to me the other day. Everything will be ok. Did you pass out? Like go unconscious?

It is very important you have somebody with you right now. Please call him.

heysnowwhite wrote:
I’m so scared of everything of people of life of nottign getting anywhre and being noone. i have nothing to give and all the good in my life is slowly dying. my friends don’t talk to me anymore, my mums not here, i’m failing at college i hate home i hate work i have nothing :( and i’m lsoing my mind :( i don’t know what to do

I’m leaving you in Southern_Comfort’s capable hands . . . and your brother’s.

Life is full of uncertainty and doubt. There’s no road map from point A to point B. We have to make our own.

But I can tell you this right now: your life is NOT meaningless. You DO have a destiny. You are part of a Plan. You are not here by accident.

Be still . . . and FEEL the love that is washing over you right now . . . TRUST in that love! You will know the name of that love later . . . but for now, just trust it!

How can you say no one cares Anna. I’m here. Chev is here. Pond is here. We are just not THERE. But we are here. Now. And so are you.

Your ex? He is not ignoring you. He just doesn’t know why you need him right now. Not his fault.

I would fly there in a heartbeat; you know that. Right now this is the best I can do. Trust me, I wish I could be there.

Your imagination is playing tricks in your head. Messaging is not talking to him. You can’t say he’s ignoring you. You don’t know what circumstances he is in right now. Nor does he know yours. Lack of information is not ignorance.

I need to leave here in about 4 minutes (at work). I will be back shortly. Please do not leave.

I’m back.

Friend in London?? Nice to have friends in high places…
So how are you at this point? Has the crying stopped? Has the heart not???

You have each other; that is your answer.

I notice this post suddenly became “most popular” — this is a good thing, because the more people who notice can try to help, but sometimes it also makes for more random comments. Like this random comment, for example.

If she’s still talking to you she cares. If you are still talking to her you care.

And YOU are not going anywhere. If I have to come to that hospital myself you are going to get one serious spanking and then lots of hugs. No more talk of you going anywhere…

So we mean nothing to you? Would you rather I leave you alone?

No don’t. I’m sorry.

Snow, You have to step out of your fears and let people in, You keep putting up defences against those who are trying to help you, simply because they love you.

Be still, stop struggling against them and just breathe

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/panic…

ur hot

Guuuuurl calm yourself, your choosing to feel this way. Change your attitude.

i get panic attacks all the time around people i dont know. this morning it took me an hour to bring up the courage to leave my house to get a hair cut. I usually fix my anxieties with alot of alcohol or weed

Don’t take that kind of $#!% from panic! You attack that panic right back! In fact, after conducting a retaliatory strike on panic, you should follow with a preemptive strike on panic to put this whole thing to rest!

All humor aside, panic attacks aren’t terribly uncommon. The worst thing is to let the fact that you HAD a panic attack cause a NEW panic attack.

So you had a panic attack, that sucks, maybe when you get a moment you should see a doc about some Xanax potentially, but until then you just gotta chill and not panic about having had a panic attack.

Try to focus solely and resolutely on an incredibly dull task until you can complete it in its entirety. Find a bookshelf and from a seated position near enough to see the titles of the books, search for all the letters of the alphabet in serial order, starting over with the title of the first book until you have either made it through all letters and have made an inventory of which letters are missing. Once you can do this calmly and completely, you should no longer be prone to panicking about a prior panic attack.

maybe it’s an anxiety attack, or could be nightmares

What did you last have to eat snow?

Have you been eating fairly normal up until yesterday? How is your heart beat? Is there any place you can go to get your blood pressure checked? Most pharmacies over here have machines that do it for free. I think you need to see a medical professional. This is not normal and for it to last this long worries me.

How about a nice long walk, and a couple of cups of strong tea?

Any cats around? If so, watch them–they will teach you a lot about how to go through life!

Drinking?? As in alcohol?

Any recent vomitting? Please answer snowwhite. Your health is in danger.

And no Tea… or coffee.

You have alcohol poisoning. All the symptoms you have described so far points to it.

Alcohol Poisoning Treatment
Myths such as drinking black coffee, taking a cold shower or sleeping it off, are just that, myths. These suggestions do not prevent or halt the symptoms of alcohol poisoning. It is important to know the signs and symptoms of alcohol poisoning, as medical treatment is needed as soon as possible. Treatment for alcohol poisoning basically depends on the stage of advancement. Vomiting is the first step because it will help to purge the alcohol from the system. Medical personnel will typically pump the stomach or if the person is awake, they may be given a drinkable charcoal treatment. Typically when someone is admitted to the hospital for alcohol poisoning, they are given oxygen therapy, fluids through an IV to prevent dehydration, given glucose and thiamin, they are monitored for breathing difficulties and/or choking.
Alcohol poisoning is an extremely serious condition. When treatment is not immediately administered, the person can suffer with severe consequences including irreversible brain damage and in the worst case scenario, death.

Please see a medical professional today snow. Don’t call. Just walk in and tell them you need to see someone as soon as possible. I am really concerned about this. Please do what I ask. It IS that important!

If Ben can go with take him with you.

You don’t have to drink a lot… It can accumilate in the blood over time. The pain you are having in your heart is the toxins in the blood being rejected.

If I where there right now I’d drag you to a clinic myself. Please go see someone. This is scary. I don’t want you having to go back to the hospital. I care about you! Please understand that….

yea i dont think you have alcohol poisoning, i think your stress levels are really high from all this stuff going on all at once. for any normal human being this kind of thing would be extremely tough! just know that things will be better in due time, even though waiting for things to settle can be a pain! its just a rough spot, youll be ok! ♥♥

Not worry???? Sorry, that’s not in my vocabulary. At least not for those I have a deep and fond affection for. My apologies….

southern_comfort wrote:
Not worry???? Sorry, that’s not in my vocabulary. At least not for those I have a deep and fond affection for. My apologies….

i dont know why you are appologizing for something you did not do. she means, she doesnt want anyone worrying about her, she wanted advice.

im kinda suffering from panic attacks latly too..feeling that ur lost n u dont know wer u goin whats gonna happin n all that..i get it too sometime..depressing feelings.. i haven’t figurd out the way to deal with it, but i noticed when am around people i love i am free and happy..spend time with people you love , let them help you by their company..it’s all gonna be alright ..trust me

take some1 with you. A friend, a family member, anyone who can give you strength to carry on. Tomorrow will come sooner or later, panicing won’t bring you anything right now. Once you walk into that room all the fears will go away..so just believe in yourself, know what you want. U want the thing bad than nothing can stop you. We fear what we don’t know. believe in your self and go for what you want!

I gave you my best answer. If you are sure that I am completely bonkers and it’s something else than it will be the will of your mind to overpower what your body is trying to tell you. I know you are strong but that is asking a lot for your mind to do.

The only thing I have left to say is to ask for help from above. He knows you better than I could ever do in a lifetime. You need reassurance that it will be alright. The only ones that can do that affectively are sitting in the same house with you. My hugs are useless. But I’ll never stop caring. As long as I can still breathe I will always care.

Now I’m crying…

heysnowwhite wrote:
i really need to get over this :/ i have to travel to london tomorrow for a university interview can already feel myself starting to panic and i will not makea good impression if i’m cryin constantly

You could change the date of the interview. Something happened, an emergency arose that you are busy trying to deal with.

That only postpones her anxiety, not relieves or quelches it.

mindhealer wrote:

heysnowwhite wrote:
i really need to get over this :/ i have to travel to london tomorrow for a university interview can already feel myself starting to panic and i will not makea good impression if i’m cryin constantly

You could change the date of the interview. Something happened, an emergency arose that you are busy trying to deal with.

fact! by saying its unlikely for u to get in, u will have lower chances in actually getting in. U have to know how bad you want it, if its bad then u got to man up and do what u have to do. If it’s just an interview and your not that much into it, then it will show and your interviewer will know. Do you wana get in or not?
As for going alone, think of tommorow as a normal trip to the supermarket, you just have to go in, wait for the questions and the rest will come by itself.

southern_comfort wrote:
That only postpones her anxiety, not relieves or quelches it.

Well she seemed worried about not doing well at the interview due to unintentionally crying a lot. And at some levels of emotional-insecurity/woundedness people just tend to cry a lot. There isn’t always a quick fix.

heysnowwhite wrote:
but i feel like i have to prepare1 i dont feel ready :( of course i want to get in but only 25% of those interviewed are accepted., trying to think positively btu mu mind keeps fighting back

You know what you know snow. You can’t cram anymore into that brain of yours if you tried. Ask you dad or brother to do a mock-interview with you. Your dad would probably do better at this thinking of question you might get. That kind of training I think would be invaluable in the interview tomorrow.

let’s create a scenario, we try to come up with how it’s going to be: your waiting to be called in, u get called, u walk in, greetings u sit down, 1st thing the probly gonna ask to introduce yourself, your talk about yourself, name age what your dd be4, wat will they ask??? they gonna ask for example, y do u want to get into this? or y did you choose this major? y did you choose this university? they r looking for motives, they wana see how bad u want it, they want to know that you r the right person. if you can answer these than your almost there. 25% might seem low but you gonna try your best right, and if u didnt get it, the u know u dd the best you could.

“If at first you don’t succeed try try again.”

If you don’t get in, you are not a failure. You go back and try again. And again. And again. And they let you in so they don’t have to see you anymore… LOL

hey, life is too short to waste it on being sad! now go grab something to eat make a spin in the place, open a happy song or think of baby’s, there’s nothing more adorable than baby’s :)

here is a short film i think u should watch to get your mind of it, i reeeealy advise it : http://www.sockshare.com/file/AMISPM7… .. :)

That’s what I wanted to get your brother to do yesterday; just give you a hug. I knew a cyber hug wouldn’t cut it. You need the touch of physical human contact. Hugs from brothers are nice too….

You prefer I pay some bum living on the streets 50 quid to come in and hug you instead…?

Ben or a bum off the street…? Yeah, tough choice.

I asked the bum if he wanted to hug Ben instead. He said yeah but wants double his usual fee. Got a couple Euros I can borrow?

I have severe panic disorder. I’m looking to get help too :’( They are awful.

southern_comfort wrote:
I gave you my best answer. If you are sure that I am completely bonkers and it’s something else than it will be the will of your mind to overpower what your body is trying to tell you. I know you are strong but that is asking a lot for your mind to do.

The only thing I have left to say is to ask for help from above. He knows you better than I could ever do in a lifetime. You need reassurance that it will be alright. The only ones that can do that affectively are sitting in the same house with you. My hugs are useless. But I’ll never stop caring. As long as I can still breathe I will always care.

this is a post to help her out, not for YOU to fish for sympathy. there was no point in you telling her that you cant help anymore, your hugs are useless… what other purpose do those words have other than to fish for “oh no, youre hugs are so helpful i love it” i mean come on man.

snowwhite- like i said to you yesterday, just go in with a smile, be yourself! if you try to be something you are not, they will see it, so just be you and youll do great! dont try and over prep yourself for this, its going to make your anxiety worse because youre constantly going over what you need to during/after all your practicing. just relax for the next few days, and prep a little the night before, and maybe just a quick run through in the morning. you should try going and sitting in a jacuzzi for a bit to relax your body, or a steam room if you have those available in your area. to possibly* help you sleep, you could do some sort of workout to use up the last bit of energy you have so that way your body and mind will WANT to relax and go to sleep. hope your day goes well friend!

Anonymous wrote:
I have severe panic disorder. I’m looking to get help too :’( They are awful.

look at it as a stage, look at it like you wont have it forever. anxiety problems are becoming more and more common due to the way society works these days. there are tons of pressures now, that are worse than what they used to be years ago. i know everyone will probably flame me for saying this, but weed can help. i used it for anxiety, depression, and anger issues…its the one thing i can say actually helped. pills made the depression worse, and the anxiety better it was stupid.
the mind is so powerful that it will think on things that you dont even want to think about, so the best way i can say to avoid that kind of thing, is by severe distraction! do anything you can think of, just to preoccupy your mind, whether it be drawing on an etch-e-sketch, writing down things you feel, drawing, ripping paper, throwing cards, or anything that will consume some time up. sorry to hear you have bad anxiety, wish you the best!

CodyCorona wrote:
i know everyone will probably flame me for saying this, but weed can help.

I won’t flame you, but I’ll point out that the opposite is also true: weed makes many people paranoid, which can be an anxiety that can spiral out of control into panic attacks. That’s probably not really common but I’ve seen it happen.

i do agree, weed affects everyone differently. i know that constant weed smokers often find themselves more anxiety filled or like you said, paranoid. if something can help, why not give it a shot, right? if it doesnt help, then throw it away, its a plant;biodegradable :P

Did you go to your interview?

Good.

yayyy snowwhite!!! i told you itd go well :D and what you told me, really makes me want to go explore the uk!!

Good for you snow. I’m so happy you went through with it. How soon do you learn if you get accepted in?

That place definitely looks great (from briefly browsing the website), but there are also tons of other good schools in and around London.

holy ****! thats a nice campus! i like the arhcitecture and the scenery! now…if only i had my art portfolio finished enough to send to there. haha

well, my studies consist of me drawing. so i dont know how much of a help id really be! xD

i could easily do that! itd be all hand drawn though, i cant do computer graphics at allllll :]

I’m sorry snow. I am here if you want to talk. You are my friend so you are not alone.

heysnowwhite wrote:
oh god i just had anothr one :( tonighth has breen awful my dad iis in such a state and the stress of it completely took over me everything becamr so out of place and surreal like i didnn’y know where i was or where i was going luckily i hid buyt ifeel so trapped :( i have no family anymore, my friends here don’t care…i’m stuck. i’ve turned into this pathetic emotional wreck and i hatre myself for it.

use all of that as motivation to go to a uni!!!! ♥