raiinbowstarsx3
11-04-2015, 03:58 AM
So I've been having panic attacks every couple of days for the past 3 weeks.
I used to have one really bad panic attack (with most symptoms) maybe one or twice a year at maximum. However, I seemed to have gotten myself in a rough situation.
I mean, am I stressed out or something?? I was completely fine beforehand. I was dehydrated before for a little while and I still believe I need more water daily but I highly doubt that's the main reason?
I don't understand because I'm not one to stress out much about anything! I'm in community college and honestly I'm not one of those students who worry about every single test (unfortunately haha). I'm one of those students who does their work and I mostly have a don't-care,dont-worry-about-it attitude like if I do badly on a test and I'm worried, I tell myself "There's nothing you can do about it now, no need to stress out about it" and after that I'm completely fine.
I've always been a little anxious sometimes due to being bullied in my past but that was the past and I'm hardly as anxious as I am right now.
Like, every since I've been having these recurring awful panic attacks (rapid heartbeat, tingling numb sensation in legs and arms, cold/hot flashes, trembling, nausea which leads to vomiting, abdominal pain, etc.) and it has rapidly turned into something much worse than just a nightly panic attack.
Now, I seem to be anxious almost all the time. I try deep breathing exercises and it sometimes helps but in the end, I still know I am anxious. It is really awful how this spiraled out of control. I feel like I can't control myself anymore. I've also constantly have this heartbeat that seems to be beating faster than normally. I tried an BPM app and I think I was around 80 beats per minute at resting but it just feels like my heart is pumping harder than usual? And I feel like i have shortness of breath almost all the time too.
And I have occasional moments in which my thoughts feel like they are going thousands of miles per hour and I can't stop them. It drives me crazy and makes me want to scream.I think that is called racing thoughts.
And whenever night rolls around, my anxiety skyrockets.
I just don't know what is going on? I know I have self-confidence issues and I tend to think negatively of myself. I think maybe this could have possibly started because I've been feeling awful about myself while at work? I think I've been thinking everything I've been doing at work has been wrong or something. That's the only reason I can think of that could have caused this.
To any of you mental health experts (or anyone for that matter) out there,
do you think my self-confidence issues is the reason for all this? I mean, can negative thoughts REALLY become this out of control? If so, I don't know how I even managed to do that. How do I get out of this hole I keep digging myself?
I used to have one really bad panic attack (with most symptoms) maybe one or twice a year at maximum. However, I seemed to have gotten myself in a rough situation.
I mean, am I stressed out or something?? I was completely fine beforehand. I was dehydrated before for a little while and I still believe I need more water daily but I highly doubt that's the main reason?
I don't understand because I'm not one to stress out much about anything! I'm in community college and honestly I'm not one of those students who worry about every single test (unfortunately haha). I'm one of those students who does their work and I mostly have a don't-care,dont-worry-about-it attitude like if I do badly on a test and I'm worried, I tell myself "There's nothing you can do about it now, no need to stress out about it" and after that I'm completely fine.
I've always been a little anxious sometimes due to being bullied in my past but that was the past and I'm hardly as anxious as I am right now.
Like, every since I've been having these recurring awful panic attacks (rapid heartbeat, tingling numb sensation in legs and arms, cold/hot flashes, trembling, nausea which leads to vomiting, abdominal pain, etc.) and it has rapidly turned into something much worse than just a nightly panic attack.
Now, I seem to be anxious almost all the time. I try deep breathing exercises and it sometimes helps but in the end, I still know I am anxious. It is really awful how this spiraled out of control. I feel like I can't control myself anymore. I've also constantly have this heartbeat that seems to be beating faster than normally. I tried an BPM app and I think I was around 80 beats per minute at resting but it just feels like my heart is pumping harder than usual? And I feel like i have shortness of breath almost all the time too.
And I have occasional moments in which my thoughts feel like they are going thousands of miles per hour and I can't stop them. It drives me crazy and makes me want to scream.I think that is called racing thoughts.
And whenever night rolls around, my anxiety skyrockets.
I just don't know what is going on? I know I have self-confidence issues and I tend to think negatively of myself. I think maybe this could have possibly started because I've been feeling awful about myself while at work? I think I've been thinking everything I've been doing at work has been wrong or something. That's the only reason I can think of that could have caused this.
To any of you mental health experts (or anyone for that matter) out there,
do you think my self-confidence issues is the reason for all this? I mean, can negative thoughts REALLY become this out of control? If so, I don't know how I even managed to do that. How do I get out of this hole I keep digging myself?