pinkpears333
03-05-2008, 05:25 PM
I'm back here again and I thought I fully recovered from panic and anxiety but it has somehow turned its ugly head on me once again. I'm going through a stressful period in my life right now. I'm a college student and I take three rigorous science courses and a spanish class that require a lot of my time. In addition, I have to volunteer twice a week to satisfy my course requirements and I work on the weekends. Also, I'm responsible for myself financially and I am going through a number of family issues- my mother is sick, they are going through financial troubles, etc. I barely have time for myself and there are a lot of pressures that I have to face.
I got my first panic attack last year and have went through hell and back. I haven't had a huge panic attack in almost a year, but yesterday in Spanish class and today in organic chem class, I felt the most overwhelming panic. My face tightened, my vision was hazy, and my heart was beating so fast. I ran out of my spanish class and I know the only way to overcome this fear is to not run away or not toavoid that places you panic but I couldn't help it. When it happened in chem class, it was horrible but I sat through it even though I just wanted to leave so bad. Now, it just seems to have to started all over again and I'm scared that I will have to go through the same episodes of panic again since I have an extremely busy schedule until the end of the semester. I worked so hard to incorporate relaxation in my life but it seems like the anxiety is winning. I don't want this to take over my life again.
I got my first panic attack last year and have went through hell and back. I haven't had a huge panic attack in almost a year, but yesterday in Spanish class and today in organic chem class, I felt the most overwhelming panic. My face tightened, my vision was hazy, and my heart was beating so fast. I ran out of my spanish class and I know the only way to overcome this fear is to not run away or not toavoid that places you panic but I couldn't help it. When it happened in chem class, it was horrible but I sat through it even though I just wanted to leave so bad. Now, it just seems to have to started all over again and I'm scared that I will have to go through the same episodes of panic again since I have an extremely busy schedule until the end of the semester. I worked so hard to incorporate relaxation in my life but it seems like the anxiety is winning. I don't want this to take over my life again.