TheBanyanTree: A Panic Attack

[Linda DeMerle]

Yeah, me, too.  When we buried, or interred my uncle in May, and then my aunt, 30 days later on my birthday, I was amazed I was holding it all together all so well…then my sister-in-law's mom passed.  Talk about the straw.  *That put me in the hospital."  I wasn't *that* close to her, but we have all lvdd her for years and on Father's Day, we'd all, including aunt and uncle, have a shindig.  Fun people.  Mary's mom was always laughing…anyway…the hammer came down.

In my case, they (docs) don't want me feeling anything out of the ordinary in my chest, so, I have nitros, however, I haven't needed to take one in a very long time. That said, I understand that anxiety is close at hand and comes and goes, less so as I get older.  So far.  Anyway, it's part of being a sensitive person, which includes many positives, as well.

xoxo



On May 9, 2013, at 8:46 AM, "Teague, Julie Anna" <jateague at indiana.edu> wrote:

> 
> Yes, she's got it exactly.  Mine used to be of the "I'm having a heart
> attack" variety.  They got so bad a few times I went to the emergency
> clinic thinking maybe I really was having a heart attack, only to be
> diagnosed with "stress".   But in my case, I did figure out the source.
> And divorced him.  I haven't had an attack like that since then.
> I've had the heart-fluttering, oh-my-god-these-kids-depend-on-me,
> overwhelmed single parent kind of panic a couple of times, but never
> again the feeling that I'm trapped like an insect in a jar and am going
> to have my wings torn off over and over again until I die kind of
> stress.
> 
> Julie