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mathgrrl
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Hey everyone. I'm a 34-year-old overweight female. I have been living with my parents for a few years and in 2007 I went back to school. I have recently finished community college and was accepted into a top 100 engineering school on the east coast (I'm on the west coast).
I'm moving to New York next week. I don't know anyone there and am not familiar with the area at all. I've never been there.
Up until this weekend I have most been excited about this transition and looking forward to it, but now I've developed a lot of anxiety and I am getting really stressed out. Saturday night I had what I think was a full on panic attack. I couldn't breath, it felt like I needed a deep breath but every breath I took stopped short. My chest ached and I was wheezing. I felt anxious and I couldn't sleep. Every time I dozed off I would wake up suddenly panicked that I was dying.
Since then I have had several episodes of severe apprehension where I have considered quitting school altogether.
I have PMDD and I am right in the middle of my emotional low of the month. I think that is contributing a lot.
I feel terrified and have been on the verge of tears the last two days. I really do want to go to New York, but I'm just really scared. I keep having these visions of awful things happening to me there.
Is this a normal level of anxiety? I've moved to new cities before, but this time it feels different.
eta. I don't know if it matters, but I feel mostly okay during the day. It is at night that I start to feel panicked and apprehensive.
I'm moving to New York next week. I don't know anyone there and am not familiar with the area at all. I've never been there.
Up until this weekend I have most been excited about this transition and looking forward to it, but now I've developed a lot of anxiety and I am getting really stressed out. Saturday night I had what I think was a full on panic attack. I couldn't breath, it felt like I needed a deep breath but every breath I took stopped short. My chest ached and I was wheezing. I felt anxious and I couldn't sleep. Every time I dozed off I would wake up suddenly panicked that I was dying.
Since then I have had several episodes of severe apprehension where I have considered quitting school altogether.
I have PMDD and I am right in the middle of my emotional low of the month. I think that is contributing a lot.
I feel terrified and have been on the verge of tears the last two days. I really do want to go to New York, but I'm just really scared. I keep having these visions of awful things happening to me there.
Is this a normal level of anxiety? I've moved to new cities before, but this time it feels different.
eta. I don't know if it matters, but I feel mostly okay during the day. It is at night that I start to feel panicked and apprehensive.