nb2004
13-04-05, 05:30 AM
Hello All,
This is my first time on this forum. I've been reading posts and they're great. I wish everyone success in their combat to banish their anxiety!
I am a 20 year old who 1.5 years ago was at a large shopping outlet one hot day in July and I had a "panic attack". I'm not really sure what happened that day but I needed to leave shopping, have my friends drive me back home and try to forget what had happened. 1.5 years later I'm still dealing with this problem, but I do not want meds.
My main feelings are that of anxiety in situations that involves a lot of people, loud atmospheres and not enough room to "leave" if I have to. Mostly I sit at the back of a classroom, by the door, so if I feel panicky I can leave. What I'm dealing with now is hesitation to get on planes to visit people, hesitation to make plans to go to restaurants that are loud and pact and hesitations to even take the subway with people in case I have an attack. I realize that I am only 20 years old, but I need to get help now, so that I can live my life again without thinking about this, b/c I do think about it every time something comes up that is "out of my usual environment". Often times I will be sitting speaking with someone and I feel a squeeze in my throat or a sudden "panicky" feeling to leave an office or get overwhelmed and have to leave the situation. Thank goodness my close friends understand, but it's difficult to put these feelings into words.
I'm hoping that people can offer advice to me. I am not going to give in and take meds. I do not want to be on the Linden method etc, but to deal with this just by ME. I hope others that can relate to my feelings, will write back. :?
This is my first time on this forum. I've been reading posts and they're great. I wish everyone success in their combat to banish their anxiety!
I am a 20 year old who 1.5 years ago was at a large shopping outlet one hot day in July and I had a "panic attack". I'm not really sure what happened that day but I needed to leave shopping, have my friends drive me back home and try to forget what had happened. 1.5 years later I'm still dealing with this problem, but I do not want meds.
My main feelings are that of anxiety in situations that involves a lot of people, loud atmospheres and not enough room to "leave" if I have to. Mostly I sit at the back of a classroom, by the door, so if I feel panicky I can leave. What I'm dealing with now is hesitation to get on planes to visit people, hesitation to make plans to go to restaurants that are loud and pact and hesitations to even take the subway with people in case I have an attack. I realize that I am only 20 years old, but I need to get help now, so that I can live my life again without thinking about this, b/c I do think about it every time something comes up that is "out of my usual environment". Often times I will be sitting speaking with someone and I feel a squeeze in my throat or a sudden "panicky" feeling to leave an office or get overwhelmed and have to leave the situation. Thank goodness my close friends understand, but it's difficult to put these feelings into words.
I'm hoping that people can offer advice to me. I am not going to give in and take meds. I do not want to be on the Linden method etc, but to deal with this just by ME. I hope others that can relate to my feelings, will write back. :?
