This is such an amazing article! I have dealt with panic attacks and extreme anxiety for many years! However I shocked myself in how I’ve handled the multiple emergency situations I’ve been there for. An ex boyfriend with a severe seizure disorder (at one point fell and cut himself severely on glass), an Aunt who had a stroke and another time was choking. I just so happened to be there for these incident’s. People around me were either frozen or panicking. All of a sudden this part of me I had not met came out each time. Where not only was I calmly and effectively dealing with these situations when I was alone, when I was not alone I was also helping to keep others calm by assigning them tasks. “Can you call 911?” “Can you help me turn him on his side?” “Can you time his convulsions?” “Can you help unbutton his shirt and help protect his head?” “can you go wait to let the EMTs in?” All while reminding everyone things will be okay even if it looks like it won’t. Wow!!!
I am constantly plagued with physical symptoms that make me feel like I am super sick and can’t do simple things. Then one night at 2 am someone knocked on the door. My adult son is staying with us for a bit and he answered the door. The mama bear in me jumped out of bed and ran to make sure everything was ok and that my son was ok. I didn’t feel any of the usual sensations while we talked to this stranger looking for help to call someone to get him because he broke down and was lost. I was amazed I was calm, and relieved that it truly was nothing to worry about. Turns out he was a young adult who got dropped off by an acquaintance and didn’t know how to get home.
Confronting real life situations brings us detached from our own inside symptoms that has helped me realize that this anxiety can be reassuring we areok
This is such an amazing article! I have dealt with panic attacks and extreme anxiety for many years! However I shocked myself in how I’ve handled the multiple emergency situations I’ve been there for. An ex boyfriend with a severe seizure disorder (at one point fell and cut himself severely on glass), an Aunt who had a stroke and another time was choking. I just so happened to be there for these incident’s. People around me were either frozen or panicking. All of a sudden this part of me I had not met came out each time. Where not only was I calmly and effectively dealing with these situations when I was alone, when I was not alone I was also helping to keep others calm by assigning them tasks. “Can you call 911?” “Can you help me turn him on his side?” “Can you time his convulsions?” “Can you help unbutton his shirt and help protect his head?” “can you go wait to let the EMTs in?” All while reminding everyone things will be okay even if it looks like it won’t. Wow!!!
I am constantly plagued with physical symptoms that make me feel like I am super sick and can’t do simple things. Then one night at 2 am someone knocked on the door. My adult son is staying with us for a bit and he answered the door. The mama bear in me jumped out of bed and ran to make sure everything was ok and that my son was ok. I didn’t feel any of the usual sensations while we talked to this stranger looking for help to call someone to get him because he broke down and was lost. I was amazed I was calm, and relieved that it truly was nothing to worry about. Turns out he was a young adult who got dropped off by an acquaintance and didn’t know how to get home.
Confronting real life situations brings us detached from our own inside symptoms that has helped me realize that this anxiety can be reassuring we areok
Yes! we are rockstars :) Nikki from SA