Accept Your Panic
It seems strange, but I couldn’t learn to control my panic until I accepted it. The more I tried to fight the panic attacks, the worse they got. It made my situation feel really hopeless for a long while. I finally realized I must be doing something wrong, because resisting the attacks [...]
Coping With Panic
I used to think panic attacks were not “curable”. That’s because when I experienced a panic attack, it would hit me out of the blue for no apparent reason. I knew I was physically quite healthy so the panic seemed to have no cause. How do you cope with something you can’t [...]
When Suicide Entered My Thoughts
I’ll never forget the first time thoughts of suicide first entered my mind. By then I had been having anxiety attacks for years. I have a general anxiety disorder that led to depression. Once I got depressed, my thoughts began to spin out of control. I started convincing myself that life [...]