My car has been egged and it triggered a severe panic attack

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I have some MH issues and worry that people in public are laughing at me.

I made real progress in the past year, am working again and have been great.

Today went out for a walk with my toddler, came home to discover my car had been egged.

I got DD inside, got her distracted by the telly before the panic attack hit me. I’m worried it was a personal attack (as it was just my car and not the many others on the street) and now I can’t stop thinking about people it could have been. Did somebody see me out and about and take issue with me? My parenting, my clothes, my general manner? Did I do something to upset somebody?

I can’t stop thinking about it. I don’t have an AIBU, just need support I suppose.

No I would not assume it is personal, it’s likely to be idiot teenagers thinking they’re funny and only managing to hit one car as they drove past.

I feel for you, I also suffer from panic attacks and I know how crippling they can be.

You need to somehow try not to focus on the personal side of this. What are your usual strategies for calming yourself down?

If it was personal, you would know about it. No I don’t think it was personal. Not a nice feeling but It’s much much more likely to be kids or students letting off steam for the start of Easter holidays.

Can you do anything to make you feel more in control? Ie Could someone come over and help you clean it? Would you feel better making a anti social behaviour report to the police online? Do you have a nice neighbour or relative that you could check in with just to talk it over? Or something physical like a hot water bottle or hot sweet tea?