Just lately, due to stress I am currently under (from all directions) I have been having what are clearly mild panic or anxiety attacks.. in stupid places and for no apparent reason. I had one in the theatre last week during a show I have wanted to see half my life.. how stupid! There was no reason for it!! I managed to keep it to myself but it felt awful.
I know that's what they are.. I have had them to some degree when pregnant when my anxiety levels shoot through the roof. They exactly match sympoms I have found by Googling... pounding heart/can hear/feel blood rushing through my veins.. feeling a bit faint/dizzy.. a feeling of unreality.. out of control feeling.. sheer panic for no specific reason..
But all the sites I have found go on about their wonferful techniques for helping you cope/making it stop.. and then you get to a page where you have to PAY!
So can anyone just tell me, as I can't afford to pay. I know mine are mild.. they don't feel like heart attacks or anything and I have been able to mentally talk myself out of them so far.. but they are silly and inconvenient and make me so cross with myself. They tend to happen when I am not actually dealing with some extreme stressful situation (which I have done quite a lot of lately) but doing something I enjoy.. ! (Often though in a public place.. although once just sitting on the sofa watching the tv. No reason for that one! Managed to hide it from DH and kids tho and it passed.)
Can any advise, oh wise Mn-ers.
SJ x