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Are YOU having a Panic Attack? - Real Therapist Explains!
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- Опубликовано: 17 янв 2021
- What is a Panic Attack? How can you Identify a Panic Attack? What can you do about it? Psychotherapist Georgia Dow explains!
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As someone who has panic attacks a lot, this video is strangely comforting. Having someone actually voice what it's like to go through them makes it easier to explain to others. Thank you so much for making content like this. It helps so much.
Second video! So happy you're doing these, Georgia! I've had out-of-body experiences from lack of REM sleep, which scared the life out of me, but just knowing more about this actually reduces my stress/fear of getting through a panic attack if I ever experience one. Thanks for doing this!
I'd like it if you'd sometime talk about some of these terms vs. their colloquial meanings. Many people use "panic attack", for example, when they just feel a little bit panicked. Or they use "depression" when they're a little sad. While I think it's important not to underestimate anybody's feelings, I think at the same time people (ab)-using these terms overexaggeratingly makes public discussion about these things increasingly difficult. Even more so online where in text-based comments one never sees an immediate reaction in the vis-à-vis person's face that could help lead the discussion.
thank you for the suggestion. Yes happens a lot. I will add to the list of things to cover.
When I had my first big one, I had to call 911 and didn't know what was happening. I thought something was really physically wrong with me, because it was so bad I couldn't stand or walk. There was no way in my mind it wasn't a stroke or heart attack. It kept happening and so I took a month off of work, went to the ER, got put on a heart monitor, and everything.
After I got back to work, I eventually had another. I did the mindfulness thing of monitoring my symptoms on my walk, and realized: OH SHIT. THIS IS A PANIC ATTACK. And, most importantly, it's not going to kill me! Made it back home and felt very proud of myself. I still had another one after but in the last 2 months, none, because I know my pre-cursors and how to pick up the early signs.
I was "lucky" enough to have a friend that has anxiety so I knew what was a panic attack before having one for the first time, and my first was when I was really deep in depression. "Funny enough", I had suicidal toughts and then had a panic attack at the idea of dying. Mental illness don't always make sense.
I'm medicated and in therapy now, I'm way better, but I still have to limit my amount of cafeine when life gets a bit tricky because I can panic attacks more easily when I have a large amount of cafeine.
my first panic attack was the scariest feeling i had to go through in my entire life so far. it really felt like dying and this feeling of being pulled away from the body or losing control and the feeling of getting unconcious was super scary. i went to the hospital but sadly i just got yelled at by the nurses. i have it mostly under control now but it shows how bad the healthcare system here in germany is, that you will get yelled at if you are in distress. i mean yeah a panic attack is nothing serious and clogs up the emergency for "no reason" but nontheless i was sick at that moment. i didn't know what was going on. well i would still encourage everyone to do it because after i got checked, it was a lot easier to handle following attacks. i could calm myself way better because i know i was allright.
Depersonalization happens to me, it's the weirdest thing, once i understood what was happening it became easier to get through
Hey Georgia, great video. Especially coming from someone who understands first hand. One thing I remember the first time I went though panic and anxiety last year. After about a month of suffering, not sleeping, I thought this was it. This was my future. I did seek help but it all felt like bandaids. Until I started meeting people who have recovered and changed their lives and came out on the other side even stronger. I started to gain hope. A year later I could say I’m one of those people. Glad your sharing your experience.
Thank you for sharing yours.
It sucks having them there debilitating and depressing im sick of having them 💔
Slowing down time saved me from a probably deadly car crash a few years ago, just turning into an analyzing machine without fear. Fear came afterwards, when I was save again and realized I problably almost died. Then I started shaking and sweating. Crazy! These systems are still relevant, not only to protect us against bears. Hell, our bodys can be so superhuman! And so super freaky and somehow irrational and so difficult to understand and heal.
My best friend got panic attacks from PTSD. The body's just stuck in this frightening situation, not rational like my "almost-car-crash" which was fricking scary but only that one moment, not haunting me like those PTSD-memories of my friend do. It's hard to watch and know all you can do is hold her hand. But we do whatever we can to protect and help each other and the world will be a better place. Sending love to everyone who's suffering from this!
My first Panic Attack occurred at the massive 4 lane 4 corners in Buffalo NY....... I was fine one second and covered in sweat the next. Light turned green...I didn't/couldn't move. I was lucky. Behind me was a Nurse.....despite the Honking Horns he came to my car door, opened it.....I told him I thought I was having a Heart attack. Next think I knew HE was driving my car to Buffalo Hospital....I was the passenger. I was treated by a Neurologist who, like you, Georgia, explained what P'A's were.....and that SHE, too, had them. So many thanks for what you're doing here. ✌🏻
This series is going to help so many people 👏🏻👏🏻
My first panic attack I thought I was having a heart attack. Tightness in my chest, it felt like someone was holding ice against my heart, it lasted for about 40 minutes. The exhaustion that followed is something I hadn't felt before. It was scary but I got through it. Now I have a lot of techniques to halt them before they get bad or mitigate them while it's happening
Thank you for being so real and sharing with us that you know personally what an attack feels like. Those who never had one just doesn’t seem to understand
This video was so useful! I recall the first time I had a full panic attack and how I thought I was dying. 10 minutes or so later, I was absolutely fine. Such an odd, frightening feeling! And de-personalization was certainly something I dealt with. I thought I was just spacing out or something. A very strange feeling. Thank you so much for the video!
This video helped me feel better. Thank you for making it.
I stumbled across your channel through your reaction videos and ended up down the rabbit hole. I've never had a panic attack but there was one time where I did wonder if I had but after talking to my friends that experience panic attacks I realised I hadn't. I was doing an open water swim and the entire course was covered with jellyfish like millions surrounding me and I got stung for the first time in four years and I started freaking out, I was hyperventilating and thinking "I'm gonna die" which isn't fun when trying to swim at the same time but then after like 30 seconds I was like "hang on, I gotta stop and calm down." So I stopped swimming and treaded water while I calmed myself down and then kept swimming. I ended up finishing the race because I saw people pulling out of the race in droves so I knew it would be an easy win. By the end I had been stung all over my body. It ended up being the last swim of the open water season so I didn't end up doing another open water for 8 months. I thought maybe if I learnt about jellyfish I wouldn't be as scared so I researched them, it didn't work, I saw a jellyfish washed up on the beach and wouldn't get in the water. That was 3 years ago, I still hate jellyfish but I will still swim if they're there. But yeah, I learnt a lot after that from my friends and the internet and this video was really interesting and helped me learn and understand a few new things.
A wonderful story which shows the power or the human mind and of panic attacks. I am happy you have not given up fighting and thank you for sharing. Impressive you kept on swimming after all that.
yes ... only ever had one panic atack but it helps knowing whats going on
much less scary isnt it
@@GeorgiaDow yes ... sadly i have bigger psy probs now :/ _why dont the good psy docks have no discord ? easy cuzz thay dont give evaliuations for free
I love your videos. I have autism and all of your videos help me to understand what’s going on in my head and help me to cope with it. I have a licensed therapist too on my side, but we talk more about experience detail scenes. Thanks ❤️
Great content Georgia. It’s always useful to share this kind of information. Many ignore or simply are just afraid to share info about mental illness.
I remember when I had a panic attack and thankfully my family didn’t see it my nose started bleeding profusely I said I was fine because I used to have nosebleeds when I was a kid and I was reliving the day my sister died
Georgia, You're awesome!! Kudos for doing this!
The feeling of doom is terrible. I still remember the EMT being really rude. I think it was the fourth or fifth panic attack that I remember where I learned how to reframe my thoughts during so it wasn't so scary and debilitating.
I remember having mine and all I heard was Ringing and tunnel vision staring straight ahead
If I'm busy driving and have a panic attack it feels pretty dangerous. The dizziness and loss of vision is scary enough on its own.
was a rough over thinking day today for me. I needed to watch this. Thank you for doing these videos.
I think our experiences of a panic attack differ slightly, but this is great advice for overcoming them.
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This needs a caveat though. Self-awareness shares a lot in common with thought cycling you discuss from a negative point of view in other videos. Self-awareness can be good, but often focusing on self-awareness is counter-productive. -Especially in a panic attack if you're already hyper self-aware as your mind desperately tries to figure out what's wrong, focusing on that will perpetuate distress. But I think there are different conditions to panic attacks. Some much more distorted and confused than others.
Anyways, best to focus on a tangible source of comfort nearby I find, especially if you can reinforce with other senses like touch/hearing/sight etc.
A soothing friend or a cute animal are great, if you have access to such.
Nurses are very skilled in this area too if you have any of them around for help 😊
👀 I am glad for this content: very informative for me. I look forward to future content. Blessings on your day.
This video was so helpful!! Thank you very much.
4:14 I just had a panic attack for seemingly no reason and I just need a speaker to play Georgia saying "it isn't dangerous" every time it happens.
I had a panic attack in the middle of a busy highway in the middle of nowhere after spending an unnecessarily stressful vacation with my sister and her family for her birthday while my folks spent that time fighting over dumb shit. It wasn’t just just for my sister’s birthday, the trip was *FOR ME!* I was a my wit’s end at work and I needed the time off to finally cut loose, but before I could I needed to settle some business I’d never have the time for. That was one half of my time off I could have spent on R&R spent waiting in lines chasing after paperwork, and after that was done and I can finally continue with the time I hade left, I gotta deal with infighting I only just found out about right as I make it to where I want to be. So here I am trying my hardest to actually enjoy myself on what should be my vacation, and I gotta be the anchor for people who…… UHHH!!! It just pisses me off thinking about it! Anyway it was so bad that I found myself unable to drive while actually driving in the middle of busiest highway on the hottest day in the middle of nowhere. It was the worst time to have one, and at the time I started thinking “wait….. you don’t think it’s COVID, is it?” And it only got worse from then on. So I struggled to pull over to the shoulder without crashing my car, called 911 to send help my way, and basically freaked out over the prospect of me dying alone in the middle of a fucking desert thanks to my own body turning against me thanks to shit that I couldn’t possibly know at the time, and it was only made worse when highway patrol pulled over to ask me what was going on and after I told him what I could, he had the nerve to tell me, an already distressed individual, that an ambulance already came over only for me to shew them off. This fucker was the only one I saw that actually came my way, and this asshole made it worse!! My mind was racing for miles a minute afterwards while struggling just to breathe!!! Later the ambulance finally came and I desperately asked them if I actually did do what the cop said I did. Anyway after telling the ambulance my situation, they stepped aside to speak with the cop for god knows how long leaving me along still trying to keep it together. Anyway, this comment is already too long so I’ll finish it off here. The ambulance informs me on what’s happening, I finally managed to calm down, and I hit the road again better than when I started.
It's fun to have an asthma attack and a panic attack together
Two years ago I had my first attack I think, there was a bunch of people there and I was told that my best friends nieces first birthday was gonna only have us and them together so I was okay with that and then when I got there there was just a whole bunch like a crowd of people that filled the biggest rooms in that house and I knew literally none of them so I felt detached and scared because of that and when it was present time I sat in the kitchen and I felt like I was gonna throw up, I felt dizzy, I felt very light like I was almost in zero gravity and I was so scared because I had no idea why I felt that way or what the heck was going on and then my friend noticed and took me outside it helped a little but she told me to take deep breaths and I did then we went back in and that's when I started to feel it, I had to leave. I just had to get out of there and as we were leaving I passed by a car and someone had hit a button ( on purpose ) that made the car make a loud noise and me in my current state scared the Frick out of me ( I also have a fear of cars ) when I heard that noise I looked towards the house and besides that person who did that I felt as if they were all Watching me, judging me, laughing at me and gossiping about me. I felt so horrible and so scared that I actually started crying and I just couldn't help it. My best friends sister then hated me for ruining her daughters first birthday and my friends grandma who brought us didn't want me to go to next year's birthday when it finally came.
It’s hard to talk about but I remember the first time I had one, I was frozen solid. When I get an anxiety attack these days it is this weird tightness/burning in my chest and then I start dry heaving. And just like when you have nausea, you feel better after your throw up, when I get through it, it’s like my body is all better. I do have a prescription to ward them off when I feel them building. But it’s just so frustrating they pop up sometimes for no damn reason. Like wake up, sit up, anxiety attack, all better.
Its good you can identify how it happens for you. Thank you for sharing it helps others.
I love your videos and have always valued your insights, but I'll be skipping your Chair Work-out Plan- Panic Attack! I'll try walking I think. It's good to see some positives in these and to be able to see them in a wider perspective. ps. thanks for not using a guy named Bob to explain them!!!
Ha,I just dealt with it on my own,actually a ton of things I've had to deal with on my own
Wait this sounds exactly what happened a few weeks ago... weird
Hah until u'll get a paralized by lack of co2 in your blood , because of fast breathing , yep this is a true panic attack .
that is quite an intense panic attack I hope you do not have those often.
@@GeorgiaDow I was wondering , any books you could recommend about psychologu/psychiatry ? sorry for gramma i'm learning , I understand a lot and know a lot of words , but still need to learn grammar .