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Face masks - how to cope with hyperventiliation/panic when wearing one?

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Olliephaunt4eyes · 04/05/2020 19:59

Obviously, we're likely to be obliged to wear face masks in public for a while. I've always had massive issues with having my nose and mouth covered and having experimented a couple of times lately with face masks - they really really set me off. First time I managed to wear one for about 5 seconds before snatching it off because I was panicking. Second time I tried to bull through it and had a full blown panic attack - arm and legs going numb, not being able to see properly, massively hyperventilating.

Has anyone else gone from having that kind of panic response to breathing through a mask to being fine and how did you do it?

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Techno56 · 19/06/2020 19:29

You could try a face shield instead, I panic with the mask on and my NHS workplace allow me to wear a shield instead (not a hospital building and no patient contact but have to cover fave under the new gov rules)

Techno56 · 19/06/2020 19:30

Forgot to say you can buy them on Amazon

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