Monday, July 11, 2011
Anxiety/panic attack triggers?
ok i've been dealing with anxiety/panic attacks for almost a month now. I am in therapy to deal with this problem, but i noticed that i have the weirdest triggers, and want to know how i can deal with them, and what weird trigger people have had that way i know i'm not the only one with these weird triggers. one trigger is the one car commercial with that red car that multiplies it self, my face beings to feel tight, then moves on to the tight band around head, then the anxiety kicks in with the feeling of derealization and fear...also it feels like poking around my face (just seen the commercial as i was typing this out, and i sat down and tried to watch it take note how i feel watching it). another weird trigger which sounds more weird, i was watching Hellboy, and towards the end when they release the dark gods. seeing the tenticles come thru the clouds caused me to have a near panic attack, weird thing is i watched the movie a few times awhile back and nothing happened. then when im going to bed, my mind remembers that scene, then my anxiety kicks in, then a wave of fear hits me as my imagination makes me thing some thing heavy is on me some where. and yes even when my girl friend rolls over to have her arm over my chest, or some times her leg over laps mine. i do have a slight fear of snakes, and wondering if maybe thats why i get the panic attack from the scene on hellboy? is it that my anxiety disorder is multiplying my fear of snakes 10 fold? or is it just one of those random triggers that come with anxiety disorders? and my other trigger is when i'm driving. i'm ok if there is no one else on the road, but when i see a line of cars coming towards me i get this weird feeling, it's like the tight band around the head, but it feels like the back part of my head is stretched back, and i get slight pressure behind my eyes along with slight fear. i always loved going for drives before i had this anxiety disorder, i would always go for a lap or two around town when i'm bored, even bring my 2 year old daughter for a drive when she cranky. but now it's hard going for drives when i feel like that. i tried to take note on how i felt with the anxiety, and some of the feels were the same when i watched hellboy. finally two weirder triggers: when i watch some thing move slow, like when some one is driving, and they slow down to less then 10 km an hour, or even when they are trying to parallel park (the slowly moving forward and backwards). and the second one is when i'm eating and i put a small piece of food in my mouth, i get that fear shoot through my body, or when i chew gum it seems i have to have two pieces of that stride gum in my mouth, if i have one i feel like the anxiety is going to kick in at any time... i know these are some thing i should ask my therapist, but i only see her once a week since she only here 2 days out of the week, and the rest she is out of town at other communities for other appointments on mental health... i thought i'd reach out to other people who have suffered from anxiety disorders, and get some input on how to deal with weird triggers. I understand my anxiety is rooted with stress from the present since my daughter in her terrible 2's and the fact that a dream job i was so close to getting was shut down for the time being due to financial issues. and possibly from my child hood. and possible from taking amoxolin for bronchitis i had last month (i'm not 100% my anxiety could have been a catalyst that set off the anxiety. but my therapist said it could of been, and to take B 100 complex vitamins to gain back some of the healthy bacteria that the amoxolin got rid of.) the vitamins have been helping with the combination of therapy to lower my anxiety levels, but its these triggers that keep that thought the back of my head causing me to have an anxiety attack at times during the day. any help would be fine, or even just leave an answer with your weird triggers so i don't feel alone, sorry for making this long. it's just a habit for me as a writer. I did my best to shorten this as much as i could, just trying to proof read this is making me remember the feeling of anxiety and panic... damn weird triggers. i know some day i will get over this, i just need some words of wisdom or even tips to over come the triggers from other people who have went through this. thank you for taking time in reading this.
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