Anyone else experience panic attacks? I have no idea what’s fucking wrong with me. The worst thing is that i get them from birds. Yeah, i know it’s stupid, but after a seagull attacked me 5 years ago i can’t sit still if on of those fuckers fly around me, it feels like my heart is popping out of my chest every single time.
I had no problems with them before, but after one big stupid seagull started attacking me while i was in my rowboat i can’t help it. Anyone got any good ideas how to get rid of the anxiety?
And yes i know they’re just birds, and i’m not really scared, but my body is obviously frightened to death by them.
[quote]ironduck wrote:
Anyone else experience panic attacks? I have no idea what’s fucking wrong with me. The worst thing is that i get them from birds. Yeah, i know it’s stupid, but after a seagull attacked me 5 years ago i can’t sit still if on of those fuckers fly around me, it feels like my heart is popping out of my chest every single time.
I had no problems with them before, but after one big stupid seagull started attacking me while i was in my rowboat i can’t help it. Anyone got any good ideas how to get rid of the anxiety?
And yes i know they’re just birds, and i’m not really scared, but my body is obviously frightened to death by them.[/quote]
The way I see it you have 3 options:
Confront you fear, walk up to a seagull. Scare it off or do whatever you need to do.
a. You could also meditate, then go confront a bird. You will already be calm, but it will prove to you that you do not need to be afraid of it.(Way I would get rid of it)
Go see a therapist.
Be lazy and go tell your doctor you have panic attacks/anxiety. They will most likely give you xanax or something similar. Be careful though, Benzodiazepines are VERY addicting if used recreationally. Heroin withdraws will look fun compared to xanax withdraws.
Yeah dont get on the drugs. i used to take them recreationally and so did a lot of my friends. they make you the most fucking annoying and violent person on the planet. you have no memory whatsoever so youll ask what time it is 5 times in a 15 minute span and youll be very irritable. then youll forget it ever happened the next day.
i get panic attacks, well i used to. it was only when i smoked weed and itd put me a state of mind where i thought i was going to die and thought things “werent real” lol i still smoked like 2 times after just cause i thought the weed i had before was laced. anyway you just gotta live life and get over it. idk get out more or something, lifting weights helps a lot too.
[quote]skidmark wrote:
Bring a fucking stick and beat the hell out of any that get near you.
Didn’t work for me, but I’m afraid of police…[/quote]
Well i’ve no problem beating the hell out of them if i want to, it’s the kind of claustophobic feeling i get when i’m in a boat or something and they are flying around me. I’m not scared of them, but i get extremly paranoid and then the panic starts to kick in.
I’m not talking about going all crazy and shit, i just feel my heart is pumping like hell and it’s like i’m going to die lol. It’s really weird.
I have battled them for 20 years. The key things are you need to identify your triggers and develope a strategy for talking yourself down. If they are a big enough problem, you should see a therapist. They can help you.
The big thing is you need to realize that you know what is happening. You know you are having a panic attack, you have had them before, and you aren’t going to die. You need to do things to get your mind off of them. People that have not experienced them have NO idea how bad they are.
I know of a few people who went to the ultimate extent because the couldn’t handle them anymore. Me, I have been taking Xanax, 1 mg twice a day, for 20 years. Yes, I am addicted. I didn’t realize how addicted I was until I tried to come off. They say withdrawel from benzo’s is the very worst, and I can say that I can’t imagine anything worse.
After 17 days, I said fuck it, lifes too short, and bailed. Believe me, I tried alot of things to avoid staying off the xanax, but nothing seemed to work for me. But they do have new medications that work very well, that you take on a need basis. I just happened to have a quack doctor that said “oh, sounds like you are having panic attacks, take this xanax”.
And it worked very well. But it established in my mind that since it worked, why use anything else? I was probably pretty closed minded about whether other drugs worked, because I had Mr X to fall back on. So it looks like I’m on it for life.
Good luck with this bro. It does not make you weak or wierd. It’s purely a chemical thing. You can control it.
