Author ClaireyLove has had 371 panic attacks (and counting), and learnt a lot along the way. Here, she recounts how her first panic attack felt... MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
I’ve been prepping for this moment for over a week, 28 hours to be exact, and all I have to do is get through the next 30 minutes. Then I can go home, eat that giant stuffed-crust pizza and drink all the wine required to transport me back to my happy place. The wine flows freely there, and the bath water never gets cold. There’s a steady supply of, Pinterest boards dedicated to 1930s dress silhouettes, 18th century military jackets and Kurt Cobain’s love of knitwear .
“My stomach gurgles and twists uncomfortably as sweat pours down my back. I haven’t lost control of my bowels since I was a baby, but I’m not so confident now” When the second wave strikes, I feel detached from my body, suspended in a state of numb terror. This is it. This is the end. Nothing will ever be the same. I don’t care about anything any more. All the work I’ve put into preparing for this meeting, my job, my career, money, future: it all seems insignificant next to a burning desire to get out of the room and run.What happens next confuses me. Sure, it fits with my ridiculous back catalogue of weird reactions over the years, but still.
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