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WRosenberg
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Hello. I'm a teenage girl, seventeen years old.
I know I have anxiety, so to speak, but I'm not sure if I technically have anxiety disorder or panic attacks. For the last year and a half, things have been happening to me that have never happened before in my life. I started getting physically anxious before/during doing certain things.
For example, last year, I was once with a tutor alone in his office, and I was thinking about becoming anxious and, I suddenly became extremely tense. My heart was pounding and I couldn't focus; I felt like I couldn't do anything at all, I could hardly speak to the tutor. I stood up to go to the bathroom then came back and the feelings were all still there. I couldn't wait to leave, I had to endure these symptoms for a half hour until I was finally out. I couldn't focus on the work. I think this one event may contribute to the way I feel now, nearly a year later.
Anyways, since then, I haven't comfortably driven a car without feeling tense or at unease. This sort of "panic attack" occured while I was driving a car, it was extremely terrifying because I felt so alone and was afraid my mental state would lead to an accident. This experience has stuck with me, and ever since, I have not been able to drive a car comfortably. I went through a phase where I worked through it, and drove my car far distances for hours on end without experiencing a "panic attack" (so to speak), of course I was always fearful of it in the back of my head. Then recently, I was driving and pretty on edge, and I was thinking and thinking about becoming panicked, and all of a sudden I started shaking uncontrollably, there were butterflies in my stomache and my fingers were tingling. I got very dizzy. I had to pull over in the middle of the street and call my mom crying! It was very intense; I haven't driven since.
On top of this, I was in the school show this year, and during every single one of the four performances, at some point on stage, I would randomly start thinking about such "panic attacks", and naturally, I would begin to have them. There was one horrible scene where I was onstage sitting on a bench for five minutes, and by the last two performances, while I was sitting on this bench, this uncontrolable butterflies in my stomache, shaking, fingers tingling fear came over me. I started to fidget a lot and wanted to run off the stage. Of course I couldn't because it was during a scene. It was very uncomfortable, and now, theater, something which I have loved my entire life, I don't even want to take a part in anymore!
Simple things like class presentations, which I used to do easily (because I'm a theater kid), I think about and worry over weeks in advance. Just because I don't want to have to endure the inevitable uncomfortable sensations of anticipating speaking in front of the class.
Basically, my anxiety is my own analytical mind overthinking everything; whenever I start thinking about it, I start to become anxious. Its horrible. It normally occurs in situations where I feel trapped. Thus, cars, school plays, class presentations, even one on one dinners with frienRAB!
I don't know if this is really anxiety or not, because when I have these "panic attacks" I don't have any chest pain or shortness of breath, I just have extreme butterflies in my stomache, shaking, and (if its intense enough) my fingers start tingling and become nurab.
don't know if I should consult a therapist or what. I don't really want to. I'm leaving for college next year and really worried about this situation. I don't know.
Sorry this was so long. Thanks for reading this!
I know I have anxiety, so to speak, but I'm not sure if I technically have anxiety disorder or panic attacks. For the last year and a half, things have been happening to me that have never happened before in my life. I started getting physically anxious before/during doing certain things.
For example, last year, I was once with a tutor alone in his office, and I was thinking about becoming anxious and, I suddenly became extremely tense. My heart was pounding and I couldn't focus; I felt like I couldn't do anything at all, I could hardly speak to the tutor. I stood up to go to the bathroom then came back and the feelings were all still there. I couldn't wait to leave, I had to endure these symptoms for a half hour until I was finally out. I couldn't focus on the work. I think this one event may contribute to the way I feel now, nearly a year later.
Anyways, since then, I haven't comfortably driven a car without feeling tense or at unease. This sort of "panic attack" occured while I was driving a car, it was extremely terrifying because I felt so alone and was afraid my mental state would lead to an accident. This experience has stuck with me, and ever since, I have not been able to drive a car comfortably. I went through a phase where I worked through it, and drove my car far distances for hours on end without experiencing a "panic attack" (so to speak), of course I was always fearful of it in the back of my head. Then recently, I was driving and pretty on edge, and I was thinking and thinking about becoming panicked, and all of a sudden I started shaking uncontrollably, there were butterflies in my stomache and my fingers were tingling. I got very dizzy. I had to pull over in the middle of the street and call my mom crying! It was very intense; I haven't driven since.
On top of this, I was in the school show this year, and during every single one of the four performances, at some point on stage, I would randomly start thinking about such "panic attacks", and naturally, I would begin to have them. There was one horrible scene where I was onstage sitting on a bench for five minutes, and by the last two performances, while I was sitting on this bench, this uncontrolable butterflies in my stomache, shaking, fingers tingling fear came over me. I started to fidget a lot and wanted to run off the stage. Of course I couldn't because it was during a scene. It was very uncomfortable, and now, theater, something which I have loved my entire life, I don't even want to take a part in anymore!
Simple things like class presentations, which I used to do easily (because I'm a theater kid), I think about and worry over weeks in advance. Just because I don't want to have to endure the inevitable uncomfortable sensations of anticipating speaking in front of the class.
Basically, my anxiety is my own analytical mind overthinking everything; whenever I start thinking about it, I start to become anxious. Its horrible. It normally occurs in situations where I feel trapped. Thus, cars, school plays, class presentations, even one on one dinners with frienRAB!
I don't know if this is really anxiety or not, because when I have these "panic attacks" I don't have any chest pain or shortness of breath, I just have extreme butterflies in my stomache, shaking, and (if its intense enough) my fingers start tingling and become nurab.
don't know if I should consult a therapist or what. I don't really want to. I'm leaving for college next year and really worried about this situation. I don't know.
Sorry this was so long. Thanks for reading this!
) I went to a doctor and she gave me some pills (Wellbutrin) that made me feel worse than before. So i did it all natural. Its this stuff called Native Remedies - pure calm. You gotta read up on this stuff! My anxiety and panic attacks went away in about a week and ive been anxiety and flutter free for 2 years! and you dont have to keep taking it either ,but you should def give it a try. P.S. i hate taking pills thats why i went to this stuff its a liquid. It only has 3 ingredients and all natural!! I hope i helped but good luck!! and let me know how things go!