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CarolDiane
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Panic Attacks When Away From Home Posted: 10-29-07 06:12am
Does anyone have Panic attacks for any
reason when you leave the house to go
anywhere for any reason? Like me, I have
MRSA and afraid to leave the house and be
around other people for fear of catching a
bug of some kind and landing back in the
hospital again. I refuse to wear a mask
and be look at as some kind of contagous
person.
Do you have any similar problem. If so I
would like to hear from you. Nice to know
your not alone with this beast.
Carrie
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Galaxy
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Posted: 01-24-08 20:49pm
I used to. I suffered from Chronic
Anxiety and sometimes I would have
full-blown panic attacks. I thought I
would probably die in the street as a
result of someone stabbing me and of
course, I hated anyone walking towards or
behind me. Sometimes I would jump into a
doorway to let them pass. Sometimes I
would hide behind a bush. Once or twice I
was so panic stricken that I got right
down on the ground into a ball - I had to
pretend to concerned passers-by that I had
twisted my ankle. When I went to parties
or social events I believed that someone
would spike my drink and that I would go
out of my mind as a result. Eventually I
stopped going out anywhere as the dangers
seemed too great. Fortunately,
professional help intervened very quickly
and I was over it in a couple of months.
The thing is that my fears were not just
total paranoia - someone HAD once stabbed
me in the street, albeit with a hat pin
rather than a knife and someone HAD spiked
my drink once and it was only good fortune
that prevented the consequences from being
great.
Your fear is also grounded in reality.
Therefore, although you experience panic,
I am not sure that I would call this in
any way a mental illness.
Let's just say it is an over-developed
awareness of the world around us!
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garoid
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Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 5 Location: ,
Posted: 05-09-08 15:12pm
CarolD, too bad you didn't get more
replies on this. I have generalized
anxiety, but not associated with leaving
the house (although crowds make me
cringe). I get panic attacks (at least
that's what the docs call them)
occasionally, for no particular reason. I
use Xanax.
And Galaxy, you're right--the world is a
dangerous place. Construction cranes fall
off buildings onto people. Elaine Aron's
book, The Highly Sensitive Person, has
some interesting points.
