My Anxiety Panic Attacks Experience: How I conquered my attacks

It was senior year of high school and I was getting ready to get on stage for our annual school's talent show. I was backstage finishing getting ready, and just heard from a fellow friend that we had five minutes until we were going on stage. This is when I experienced my first panic attack, I was the last left un the dressing room when suddenly my chest began to hurt terribly and my breathing came in shorter and shorter gasps. The next thing I knew I was down on one knee, drenched in sweat, too dizzy to move and far to confused. Standing up or calling for help was simply out of the equation.

No one was around and I was experiencing something I've never experienced before. After a few minutes I was gradually able to calm down, but that one moment literally changed my life. My friends came to check to see why I wasn't lined up to get on stage and could tell that something was wrong. I told them that I had thrown up and had come down with a stomach flu and that the show would have to go on without me.

I didn't tell anyone the truth as to why I wasn't able to go out on stage that night, and I still haven't told anyone. I always feared that they would think I was making up some excuse for simply getting cold feet. I tried to make it as if the situation never happened, and I never discussed it with my friends again.

My second panic attack came not to long after my first, when I was sitting at home studying for an upcoming final that I had later in that week. As with any final, I was knee deep in books and notes studying for what had seemed like endless hours when suddenly I felt that strange sensation yet again. My chest felt like it was about to explode, my breath became very short, my hands became cool and clammy, and I felt extremely dizzy. This was when I realized that I truly had something wrong and I needed to figure out what to do about it.

Suddenly the panic attack episodes came in closer and closer episodes. My anxiety had reached a new level, and I was suddenly having anxiety panic attacks when thinking about my previous panic attack episodes. It got to the point that I literally never wanted to leave my house, let alone my bed!

It wasn't until I finally decided to open up and talk to my best friend about my problems that I finally found the solution to my answer. She too had experienced panic attacks for most of her life, and like me never wanted to tell anyone. Surprisingly it wasn't therapy that she suggested, she told me that she used Panic Away to help relieve her panic attacks. She helped me realize that in order to successfully cure my panic attacks that I'd have to take action myself.

My panic attacks didn't go away overnight; in fact it took a lot of time and determination before they finally went away. Now, I live my life without the constant fear of a panic attack. If you too suffered from a panic attack, even just once, it’s time for you to seek help. It’s the least you can do for yourself.

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Mary Gupto