I am a humble soul. My life's motto is this; If I have to work hard and suffer blood, sweat and tears in my days upon the earth to accomplish, acquire, obtain or achieve just ONE thing in life, I will want to take it with me when I go.
I may not have much in the way of material wealth, but in my life I acquired a wealth of wisdom and spiritual knowledge that I can give freely and generously to the world, and I can still take it all with me when I go. :D
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What's a panic attack? I'm not sure if I had one or not... For length of question's sake, I won't share too much details, but something happened while I was at work, and I flipped. First I got really paranoid, and freaked out. I couldn't speak coherently, it was all stutters and my coworkers could hardly understand me. I thought I would calm down and it would go away, but it got way worse. I punched out for my lunch break, went out to my car and immediately FLIPPED. I couldn't breathe, all I could do was scream out, and GAAASP in. I was crying furiously, my heart was pounding like mad, and it felt like someone was squeezing it, my chest hurt terribly. My face got extremely red and tingly. I couldn't stop shaking, my hands were trembling like mad. I was in the back seat, and thought maybe I could calm down with a song or something, so I grabbed my keys and tried to make my way up to the front to put the key in the ignition, but failed, I just keeled over and wheezed. I called my mom after I stopped screaming, was still wheezing and sobbing, and she and my step-dad had to hurry and pick me up, my mom went inside to explain to my boss, and drive me home. While I waited for my mom to come get me, everything scared me and made me jump. A guy behind me honked his horn, which made me jump, then start sobbing again after I had just stopped.
When we got home, I was exauuuuughsted, and my mom had to help me to bed.
The whole experience was terrifying and pretty traumatic. Thinking back on it kinda scares me. When I went to bed, I was scared I wasn't going to wake up. xDD;; Was what happened a panic attack? I had never had one before, so I wouldn't know. xDD! (link)
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What you experienced was indeed a panic/anxiety attack. Not fun...I know. Have you gone through a stressful time at work or at home in the past few months? Sometimes we don't realize how stressful our daily lives are, or if we do, we push it aside and continue to press or "stress" forward. Then it catches up to us. I can only suggest to maybe take a week off from work to just rest and if you have another episode, visit your doctor to get a complete physical. Other factors may contribute like high blood pressure or poor diet. I wish you luck and try to take it easy.
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Thank you very much! I think I know what caused it, and I shall be avoiding that from here on. DEFINITELY don't want to have another one of those, it was terrible. Thank you very much for your concern and advice! Much appreciated! :DD!
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