pure panic

[Wennie]

Pure panic

One small thing sets you off

And your mind begins to race

You certainly know the signs

And you begin to pace

It starts with quick breathing

And then a lump in your throat

you try so hard to swallow

and you try and keep yourself afloat

you begin to tremble

and you can feel your blood beginning to flow

as your heart is quickly beating

you want to run as fast as your legs can go

you break out into a cold sweat

and wipe at your brow

you feel you are going to vomit

so you reach for a towel

you feel you need to lie down

and curl up into a ball

because you feel so dizzy

and you are afraid that you will fall

You begin to calm down

And begin to deeply breathe

And you do hope to god

That for this no one did see

you feel so very silly

for control that you feel you lack

but you soon realize

that it was a pure panic attack

[Dimity]

Yes @Wennie well described. 

[tyme]

Hi @Wennie ,

Thank you for sharing. We hear you.

Have you found anything that works for you when the panic sets in?

[Wennie]

Good evening @Dimity,

I find that slowing my breathing down helps and this may sound strange but I tighten my abdominal muscles and massage just under the diaphragm and I then make myself “burp” several times and I find that this releases the pressure of having excess air in the body that I find causes me to have the feeling of having a lump in my throat (that feeling makes me panic even more). It has taken me a long time to perfect this but I find that it helps relieve the symptoms of the panic attack and it also helps calm my mind.  Cheers