Does anyone suffer from anxiety/panic attacks?

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  • Tenster
    Tenster Posts: 278 Member
    I've not long came out of a spell of severe anxiety and depression so know what you're going through. There was a time where i would feel like telling people this would be a weakness but believe me it's so common. Talking to people about it is the best thing you can do, some people won't understand but most will have had or know someone who has had this type of illness.

    I too went to the hospital thinking i was going to die from a heart attack. This was at 2 o'clock in the morning and i was convinced it was the end ha. I read a book called ''The monk who sold his ferrari'' It's a good read and actually really helped.

    Good luck to you and know that you will come out of this stronger i can guarantee you that
  • Markdjones83
    Markdjones83 Posts: 852 Member
    Strange, working out actually helps with my anxiety.
  • Deborah123abc
    Deborah123abc Posts: 3 Member
    Hi. I'm happy to have discovered this group..no I know I'm pretty normal. I thought I was just overreacting...
  • SuperheroSadie
    SuperheroSadie Posts: 167 Member
    Yes! I have generalized anxiety disorder.

    When I was working out or going to the gym, the best thing I could do for me was keep it on my own terms. I found a routine that was comfortable for me (leaving at exactly 8am, using the same locker every day, 100 cal of cardio and then x minutes of weight lifting, leaving at 9am for a shower and being out by 9:30 and on my way to work) and stuck to it. No one was allowed to join me, no one was allowed to interfere. If I wasn't feeling cardio, I didn't push myself to do cardio. If I felt like I didn't have enough time to weightlift (I had the same amount of time every single day, but... I felt differently depending on my anxiety levels that morning) I would just do cardio until it was time to leave.

    Don't set a plan based on anyone else's. Find what makes you comfortable and if high-intensity cardio isn't it, then scratch it. Count calories super strictly and do weight lifting. Cardio is totally optional :smile:
  • Markdjones83
    Markdjones83 Posts: 852 Member
    Diet definitely helps out for sure I think too
  • AestheticStar
    AestheticStar Posts: 447 Member
    I think it relieves a lot of tension for me & makes me feel refreshed working out, I've never felt like I was having an attack.
    If I have trouble breathing, it's due to my asthma though, not my anxiety. I went to a gym in my town before & felt extremely uncomfortable until it cleared out & people weren't around me, so I just workout at home now so I feel comfortable.
    Panic attacks/anxiety are terrible, I'd never wish it on anyone around me. I've had some bad ones before too, like others have. It's been getting better though with the medicine I take for it, so I'm thankful for that. I haven't had a real bad one in probably two years now.
  • jennembers
    jennembers Posts: 5 Member
    Yes!!!!!
  • Justn7883
    Justn7883 Posts: 4,764 Member
    Yep. I sure do.
  • Beverly2Hansen
    Beverly2Hansen Posts: 378 Member
    cory_hudack wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Yes, but not from working out...exercise helps alleviate the issue for me. I used to get panic attacks pretty frequently...I still get them, but they're much more rare the last few years since I've been eating better and exercising regularly.

    If I workout lightly to moderate, I'm usually fine. But it's when I really get my heart rate up is when that awful feeling starts to come on and I have to stop what I'm doing. There's been times I've basically ran out of the gym in panic

    I have an over active adrenal gland, listening to aggressive music triggering the fight part vs the flight while exercising taught me how to work out. Also work on your breathing while exerting yourself and strength training because it's hard work while moving slow may help. Or it's the crowd phobia/ body image being publicly displayed. I don't panic at home much exept if i do jumping jacks oddly enough.
  • Ifitfits
    Ifitfits Posts: 46 Member
    edited April 2016
    Yes , I have GAD (General Anxiety Disorder) and chronic depression .

    I take medication for it all , and I have been on the stuff for two years . One thing I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy is the feeling of "Emptiness" and "Hopelessness" ... Depression is far from an emotion , its a destroyed state of mind .

    Through out the years I have come to realise what really matters to me and what doesn't matter , and I focus my thoughts on positive things that actually matter to me .

    My Best advice is to talk to people , we are social beings . You need to reach out and take action , cant let depression eat you alive
  • Roach002
    Roach002 Posts: 2 Member
    I have a question a friend of mine that i care deeply for suffers from anxiety and depression what can I do to help her over come it.

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