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When I Realized These Physical Sensations Were My Version of Panic Attacks

For so many years I had no idea what they were. It has only been in the last two weeks that I have made the connection of the physical sensations I’ve experienced and how they coincided with anxious times in my life. Everything I ever remember hearing or reading about panic attacks mention shortness of [...]

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When I Realized the 'Weirdest Hangover I've Ever Had' Was Actually a Panic Attack

It began as a pretty typical Saturday morning in Boulder, over three years ago. I woke up in my big comfy bed in my sun-drenched condo, feeling like a pile of garbage. Despite leading what I thought was a “healthy” lifestyle, I had a tendency to go to happy hour after work on Fridays and [...]

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4 Things You Shouldn’t Say to Someone Having a Panic Attack

This piece was written by Gaby Dunn, a Thought Catalog contributor. Panic attacks send adrenaline all over your body. When I have one, my heart races and my hands shake like someone’s doing brain surgery on me while I’m awake. The rest of my body might shiver or tremble. My arms sometimes feel numb. It [...]

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The appointment was great

As soon as I got in her car she asked if I wanted to go anywhere so I said yeah how about 7-Eleven. She said not a problem. So we went there and I got a cappuccino and a donut.

I kinda have been having a panic attack for the last hour but I don't know why. I have been trying to ignore my hands but I cut off the tips of my nails. I'm getting ingrown nails again. Or still. I don't know at what point it's healed.

My caseworker is going to take me and my caregiver to Aldi next month. She said she has been worried about me getting groceries cuz she used to take me to Aldi and Meijer. She knows I have been getting my groceries through Instacart for the last year and she knows I'm on a limited income. So we are going to get some food for the holidays after I get my food stamps.

I've got a nasty bleeding fissure again. I should probably go see my GI doctor. But I never got my labs done for her last year. I'll just keep an eye on symptoms and if it gets worse I will go to urgent care.

#Caregiving #behavioralhealthhome #PanicAttacks #MentalHealth

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Not doing well this week. Took a day off work because I was having panic attacks yesterday, today I get to go see how much trouble I'm in.

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Proud of myself.

I just breathed my way out of a severe panic attack. My body was numb, I’m still shaking, I was afraid I was going to have to go to the hospital because my heart was racing so severely and I couldn’t feel my body. I did box breathing and said to myself (honestly without believing it at the time) “I am in control” and knowing panic disorder is often time the fear of panic attacks themselves I even told myself “bring it on, if it happens it happen” it was out of pure desperation to not loose this battle but I tried to fight it in anyway I could. And then all of a sudden. My heart started to go back to a normal heart rate and I could feel my skin again without all of the vibrating numbness… I am now here in bed, not in the hospital, not passed out, and writing to this community. I haven’t had many successes like this without my emergency anxiety meds so I’m just feeling very proud of myself. We can overcome, one day at a time. #MentalHealth #PanicDisorder

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AmplifiedMusculoskeletalPainSyndrome 2d

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Miss Rosie with her boyfriend named Bruno. He is a Great Dane!!

They LOVE to play so our day revolves a Lot on hearing his bark from our bedroom and then Rosie races off the bed and spins and spins and spins in happiness while barking with her playful yips.

It is so much fun (Nixing the part where my joints all painfully pop out as I try to hurry and let her out) then she races up to the fence to bark and spin a lot more.

She was scared of his big self at first but me going up to him and giving him scrapes helped build up her courage ❤️

Can you tell she is my LIFE? 😁❤️✨️💖

#AmplifiedMusculoskeletalPainSyndrome #Arthritis #Asthma #Anxiety #AnkylosingSpondylitis #bedbound #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CheckInWithMe #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #ComplexRegionalPainSyndrome #Depression #Disability #DistractMe #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Endometriosis #Fibromyalgia #GastroesophagealRefluxDisease #Grief #gallstones #HypothyroidismUnderactiveThyroidDisease #Hypersomnia #HighBloodPressure #JuvenileRheumatoidArthritis #Insomnia #Lymphedema #PosturalOrthostaticTachycardiaSyndrome #PTSD #Psoriasis #PsoriaticArthritis #Psychosis #PanicAttack #PanicAttacks #plantarfasciitis #MentalHealth #MightyPets #musclespasms #MultipleAutoimmuneSyndrome #Upallnight #CheerMeOn #SuicidalThoughts #Sleepwalking #sciatica #Scoliosis #ShinSplints #BoneSplints

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Miss Rosie with her boyfriend named Bruno. He is a Great Dane!!

They LOVE to play so our day revolves a Lot on hearing his bark from our bedroom and then Rosie races off the bed and spins and spins and spins in happiness while barking with her playful yips.

It is so much fun (Nixing the part where my joints all painfully pop out as I try to hurry and let her out) then she races up to the fence to bark and spin a lot more.

She was scared of his big self at first but me going up to him and giving him scrapes helped build up her courage ❤️

Can you tell she is my LIFE? 😁❤️✨️💖

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@tierradrollinger23

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So cute!!! ❤️

Ever since her bad teeth were removed she has been more energetic and super happy! She has always been super fast but now she is like the Flash superhero!! I definitely can't keep up! It warms my soul that she is feeling so great. She absolutely deserves it!!!

#AmplifiedMusculoskeletalPainSyndrome #Arthritis #Asthma #Anxiety #AnkylosingSpondylitis #bedbound #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CheckInWithMe #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #ComplexRegionalPainSyndrome #Depression #Disability #DistractMe #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Endometriosis #Eczema #Upallnight #CheerMeOn #Fibromyalgia #GastroesophagealRefluxDisease #Grief #gallstones #HypothyroidismUnderactiveThyroidDisease #Hypersomnia #HighBloodPressure #Insomnia #JuvenileRheumatoidArthritis #Lymphedema #PosturalOrthostaticTachycardiaSyndrome #PTSD #Psoriasis #PanicAttack #PanicAttacks #PsoriaticArthritis #Psychosis #plantarfasciitis #MentalHealth #MightyPets #MemoryLoss #MightyTogether #Migraine #RareDisease #RheumatoidArthritis #SuicidalThoughts #Scoliosis #sciatica #Sleepwalking