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Have I had a panic attack?
Anxiety Support / by skathie
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 July 4th, 2016
...See more Over the last 3 or 4 days I believe I may have had 3 panic attacks? Essentially it feels like I can't breathe and my chest hurts so I start to think I'm having a heart attack. I know its not but it feels like I am and then I start to get really upset because I think I'm dying which makes it worse. When it's happening all I wanna do is move like pace or run, I can't sit still. The first time it happened I was drinking an energy drink at the time so I drank 2 litres of water and ate an apple because I read that could flush caffeine out of your system but since the same thing has happened again twice, without energy drinks. The 2nd time being the worst because it went on for about an hour and even afterwards when I could breathe again properly I had this pit in my chest. I seem to constantly have this pit in middle of my chest and my tummy now, like there's something is wrong. Am I getting this all wrong, is it something else or is it all in my head?
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Tips please
Anxiety Support / by skathie
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 December 31st, 2015
...See more I've been reading about anxiety and coping strategies and a lot of them involve eliminating negative thoughts and I was looking at my anxiety and sometimes it isn't a conscious thought its just a feeling so I feel like I have this to get away from this there isn't a reason I just need to get away from it eg. I'll be walking down a hallway and I'll see someone I know and I'll just start to feel awful like I don't want them to speak me I just want to get away there isn't a reason and even if i successfully avoid them I just feel awful anyway. I don't know how to deal with this type of anxiety. Any tips??
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Completely screwed socially
Depression Support / by skathie
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 November 7th, 2015
...See more Everywhere I go I've been told by my mum that I can make friends. I'm a bit weird and off-colour and every time I start a new school, college, club etc my mum says something like "There's going to be so many more people, you'll meet someone like you and make lots of friends". I'm going to uni next year and she said that again and it honestly makes me wanna die. I'm going to have to spend 3 years living away from home surrounded 24/7 by people enjoying the 'uni experience' while I again struggle to make friends and ultimately end up alone again. I have a completely toxic personality. I'm not remotely interesting to hold a conversation with, introverted enough that I don't want to be with people but when I'm without anyone I feel horribly depressed and miserable. I compare myself to other people my age and just feel like an utter failure socially. Those kind of major milestones people hit which show you are an adult like going out for a drink with friends, or just going to house parties I have just never hit. I've spent my entire teenage life in my room on my computer building fickle friendships online in an attempt to ignore the fact I don't have any friends in reality. I honestly can't imagine being this socially stunted, sad and lonely for the rest of my life. I kind of hope I just die. Get hit by a car or something. Nothing that I people could say I was seeking out death but just something so its over. I hate being like this and I can't imagine it changing. Some days I wanna live forever but other days I wish it would just end immediately. [Title edited by MsEmma to remove inappropriate language]
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