Bonnie, you are only 16 years old. You have had a delayed reaction to the death of your mother. That is understandable. What you are experiencing is ptsd(post tramatic stress disorder). It will pass, I hope you are seeing a therapist. You are not alone. You will get thru this I promise you. I went thru ptsd 9 years ago due to an auto accident I was in. It took a year of therapy, but I survived and you will too. Good luck and god bless you.

Perfectly normal under the circumstances, I like all that sans54 said in her note. After you have a few panic attacks you begin to fear them and associate physical sensations with them and begin to think they are coming on and work yourself up into a panic attack. I'm in the 10th week of a 12-week cbt group that meets once a week and i'm learning a lot and making a bunch of progress. You may want to read the two books we are using in my group, "been there, done that? Do this!" by sam obitz and "mastery of your anxiety and panic-third edition" by michelle craske and david barlow. I like the obitz book because it is a short book and all the chapters in it are short and the other one is more specific and real helpful for panic. I'm just starting to get good at using the tea form and it helps a lot. We have several people in our group who suffer from different forms of health anxiety as well as people suffering from depression, sad, ptsd and panic (which is what i'm there for). Take care and know that you will get better

See if you can find a psychiatrist or psychologist who specializes in cbt! The obitz book is a great intro into cbt as well and quite motivating.
Good luck and it's great that you are not putting off doing something about this :d

q

I am 22 and I have anxiety. I understand what you are talking about. I have been having constant trouble breathing for over 2 months now. Stress can build when you dont even know it. It sounds like you have had stress sneak up on you. Talk to people about it. That is the best thing you can do. It always makes me feel better to tell someone. Learn to relax too. Ask someone to massage your back and just relax. You will get better! Just don't keep it all inside. Go to the doctor and tell him/her what you are experiencing. They can help. Ambra

Hey, I am a 16 year old girl, I jsut recently found out that I have panic attacks, mine were a lot like yours, mine started when a good friend of mine killed himself, I was afraid to go out, go to school, or go well, anywhere, im also afraid of the dark, and to be alone.
I definetly think that you should go to the meeting though, I didnt want to go to mine, but I was perscribed luvoux, and it has helped a lot.
I hope that you feel better , and I hope that you make the desision that you feel is right

try and get involved in a cbt group in your area if you can as it is the most effective treatment for panic and anxiety

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Hi all.
I just want to know do anyof you think that if we had an underlying problem then our anxiety would bring it out?
And thats why I have the seizures.
And when you guys have panic attacks you panic and stuff.?

Good question but i'm sorry I don't know the answer

[quote="sami_1982"]hi all.
I just want to know do anyof you think that if we had an underlying problem then our anxiety would bring it out?

And thats why I have the seizures.

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i don't know but think this would be the exact opposite. The siezures would bring out the panic attacks.

Q