Panic/Anxiety Attacks

[blazinhead89]

DMeisterJ said:
I don't have panic attacks, but I have a very mild to moderate case of anxiety. I got in this horrible accident like four years ago driving with my bro, but I escape bodily injury aside from a few cuts from glass, but it was on the highway, and I was scared shitless to drive on I-95 ever again. And it paralyzed me. I couldn't get on the highway to go places, so I burnt tons of gas to take the scenic route everywhere, then I was like, I just have to get through it. So I got on the highway. I was shaking, trembling, and scared for my life, but I got through it. Now I can drive on the highway again.

I'm still scared when my bro is driving though, as he's pretty careless, and I feel like I'm gonna get in an accident. I'm actually always afraid of an accident happening, I guess that I can't shake that feeling no matter how safe I drive.

I'm deathly anxious of amusement parks too... I just can't ride roller coasters... I have such huge anxiety about something happening on those too... Guess I watched too much Final Destination 3. :/

Yeah horror films are a b**tard for putting Irrational thoughts into the mind. The exposure technique is supposed to help a lot. It desensitizes you to a certain situation. Im really shit scared of planes, anytime I fly i have to have some diazepam/Valium just to keep me relaxed.