chibiyoruko
I've been getting panic attacks more frequently in the past couple months than ever before (I'd only have a few in a year usually). I think it's due greatly to the end of the semester finals at my college and my poor grades that I've been getting in chem class. But I can't really do anything about either and I've been getting way too emotionally strung out with worrying over these issues. Does anyone know a non-drug related way that I can decrease the amount of stress that's been setting off the panic attacks that I've been having? It's really annoying since they tend to heighten the effects of my OCD and I don't want to be checking to see if I have everything I need a jillion times and have it get in the way of saving my grades.
I know I'm kind of late on this, as I just joined... ^^
But for me, when I have had my panic attacks, I find that deep breathing/breathing exersizes and meditation help. That and "acting crazy" and by that I mean, running around, and sometimes yelling the same time...
I found martial arts classes really helped too. In fact, regular exersize seemed to keep my anxiety in general down.
At one of my old jobs, I used to get a panic attack as I approached the building, and before I would dial my first call. It would keep me spiked for the whole day. It was a very unpleasent time. I never found a way to deal with that except quitting my job. I still get a little anxious if I approach my old work place...
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