anxiety the most horrible ailment
By lighta
@lighta (13)
United States
December 30, 2006 4:09pm CST
I've lived with anxiety all my life. Anxiety started when I was sixteen years old. I was sitting in science class one afternoon. I started having shortness of breath and chest pain. I started sweating and hyperventilating. That's when I first experienced my first panic attack. I still have panic attacks today. I have panic attacks every day. My panic attacks be so bad I have to be rushed to the emergency room daily.
4 responses
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
6 Oct 10
Most time, its my work..with ontime deliveries and work loads. I try to divert mind on music and i feel better. We need to manage anxiety, as it is part of life in busy world.
But if we concentrate, we can manage it. I does it through my yoga, listening music and going out on vacation.
@badfatty (3)
• United States
30 Dec 06
Hi,
Mine is similar to yours. I started having this when I was 13, and my symptoms have always been exactly what you described. I've been to so many emergency rooms and have racked up more medical bills than I will ever be able to pay.
Eventually I got so familiar with the anxiety and what it feels like, that I didn't have to go to the ER anymore. Mine is always associated with feeling like I'm about to die and being afraid of it. I've also had hypochondria thrown into the mix for even more fun. It's a miserable existence.
It does not plague my life anymore at least. Medication does help, and I would rather be on medication for the rest of my life than have to feel like that everyday for the rest of my life.
@Dissposition (469)
• Canada
30 Dec 06
Have you saught out any therapy options ie: hypnosis to see if there is something within your self that brings on these attacks?...not saying you need to i'm just wondering why this happens to you? and so frequently.
I myself have been through alot of stress, deception and lies amongst those closest to me and have now been labled by the same people as a potential agoraphobic. It's not that I can't go outside I just dont want to. It may seem a little scary at first but getting "inside" yourself and figuring out the brains we are "blessed" with can really help. I am also a practioner of an internal martial arts system and am now exploring the world of yoga and meditation...from what I have learned about my own experiences,tendencies/ brain ailments..is that correcting the kaos all begins with breathing and becomming to "know" one's self!....eventually providing "balance"..have you ever thought about Tai Chi or Yoga?
It can be an ugly world out there but it really shouldn't hold you back...U just need to find a way inside to get on top of "it" instead of it being in controll of you! Easir said than done I know..but we all have to fight for something in our lives, so why not fight for ourselves!
I wish you all the luck, and my thoughts are with you.
peace
D
