givealittlebit
02-11-2011, 09:19 PM
My first serious panic attack came from marijuana. I thought it was a bad trip.
A while ago, I smoked weed, and got another panic attack. I realized then that the weed triggered the panic attacks, so I stopped smoking the weed.
But the anxiety didn't go away. I would have trouble going to sleep. I thought my heart was going to stop, and I kept thinking about death. The fear was taking over my life. I kept looking for a reason for why this was happening -- after all, I was no longer smoking pot -- but couldn't find any.
Until, one night, I realized the reason. I've been overworking myself too hard in college, and giving myself too little credit. I've been reading too many books as a supplement to my studies, which were already strenuous to begin with.
I could never accept that I was studying too much, because I was always too hard on myself. Even when I was doing a lot, I still could never give myself the credit that I deserved.
So I promised to reward myself more often for my work. And I decided to start giving myself more credit for my hard work.
And then, the fear and anxiety went away, and I haven't had a panic attack since.
This isn't to say that there is a reason for why some of you are having panic attacks. Maybe the 'cure' isn't as obvious as it happened to be for me. But without the aid of a therapist, or medication, or even a friend, I recommend looking at your life and ask: "What's stressing me out?"
Don't over-analyze it. As I had recently learned, it could be something that was in your face this whole time, yet you did not choose to confront it until now.
Let me know how it goes.
A while ago, I smoked weed, and got another panic attack. I realized then that the weed triggered the panic attacks, so I stopped smoking the weed.
But the anxiety didn't go away. I would have trouble going to sleep. I thought my heart was going to stop, and I kept thinking about death. The fear was taking over my life. I kept looking for a reason for why this was happening -- after all, I was no longer smoking pot -- but couldn't find any.
Until, one night, I realized the reason. I've been overworking myself too hard in college, and giving myself too little credit. I've been reading too many books as a supplement to my studies, which were already strenuous to begin with.
I could never accept that I was studying too much, because I was always too hard on myself. Even when I was doing a lot, I still could never give myself the credit that I deserved.
So I promised to reward myself more often for my work. And I decided to start giving myself more credit for my hard work.
And then, the fear and anxiety went away, and I haven't had a panic attack since.
This isn't to say that there is a reason for why some of you are having panic attacks. Maybe the 'cure' isn't as obvious as it happened to be for me. But without the aid of a therapist, or medication, or even a friend, I recommend looking at your life and ask: "What's stressing me out?"
Don't over-analyze it. As I had recently learned, it could be something that was in your face this whole time, yet you did not choose to confront it until now.
Let me know how it goes.