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keith64

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How Come My Anxiety/panic Attacks Only Happen At Home?
Posted: 10-19-07 22:05pm

I work in retail (I work at Best Buy) and when i'm at work everything is fine no anxiety or panic problems when dealing with customers,but when i come home and sit down to try and relax after a long days work it hits me,the anxiety starts to build and i can feel an attack building up.I am OK when i'm working but i just can't seem to relax at home,WHY? Why can't i just relax,i used to be able to before and it's starting to upset me because i can't keep moving 24/7 i would love to be able to relax at home..
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rosalee

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Posted: 10-20-07 00:14am

is there anything triggering at home? think carefully. what makes u anxious at home? chores? or you might just enjoy working more than going home? There must be stressors leading to your anxiety attacks. try to sit down and validate your feelings and review ur anxiety attack after u have calmed down from an attack. it helps me realize my trigger and eventually work towards the problem.

good luck. feel free to email.
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CarolDiane

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Posted: 10-20-07 22:54pm

While you are at work you are busy and consintrating on you job and dealing with customers. When you are home, your mind has settled down and it gives it a chance to react to the anxiety that might build up during the day. Just like the mind can not fell two different pains at once. This is a fact. Just take this for instance. When I use to work family practice and had in infant that need an injection, what I would do with the parents consent is give the baby or toddler a nice sturn smack where I was going to give the shot. You give the slap and the emmediatly give the injection in that same place. Well the child can only feel the slap and the shot goes unfelt because the mind is still in control of the slap. When you are working, you mind is in control of you work duties in the same respect. Then you get home and it's like the mind is saying "OMG! I have problems that I need to solve or what is going to happen now or tomorrow. That is why "Night Anxiety" is so prevlient. rosalee is also right. If you have problems at home of any kind that would trigger off anxiety attack that you would not have being away from home.

Carrie
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AlexXD

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Re: Down Time
Posted: 10-25-07 21:50pm

MsSky wrote:
While you are at work you are busy and consintrating on you job and dealing with customers. When you are home, your mind has settled down and it gives it a chance to react to the anxiety that might build up during the day. Just like the mind can not fell two different pains at once. This is a fact. Just take this for instance. When I use to work family practice and had in infant that need an injection, what I would do with the parents consent is give the baby or toddler a nice sturn smack where I was going to give the shot. You give the slap and the emmediatly give the injection in that same place. Well the child can only feel the slap and the shot goes unfelt because the mind is still in control of the slap. When you are working, you mind is in control of you work duties in the same respect. Then you get home and it's like the mind is saying "OMG! I have problems that I need to solve or what is going to happen now or tomorrow. That is why "Night Anxiety" is so prevlient. rosalee is also right. If you have problems at home of any kind that would trigger off anxiety attack that you would not have being away from home.

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CarolDiane

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In That Case
Posted: 10-25-07 23:42pm

You have almost solved you very own problem away from school and when you get home. You down time at home would fit into the same categorie Alex. You mentioned in one of your posts awhile back that you felt pretty good at school and it was not untill you got home that you felt those symptoms. You just answered you own question if you were going to say the same thing. I still want you stomach looked into. Something esle is going on as I said in your thread.

Carrie
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