Living with Panic Disorder

I think my first episode of panic attacks was back in high school. I don’t know what triggered it. I was just spending a day as usual, and suddenly felt this tightness in my chest. My hands and feets started to tingle, and my whole body felt so tensed.

Soon after that I started having trouble breathing. I don’t know how long I was like this, but I passed out because of the shock of not knowing what was happening, and shortness of breath.

When I woke up, I was on a bed in the health center. I remember the nurse asking me if everything was okay. I started crying right after that because I didn’t know what was happening, and got so scared.

I thought that was going to be a one time thing. But it started to happen frequently after that. Sometimes I will be doing something that I am suppose to do, and suddenly feel this tightness in my chest. Sometimes I have panic attacks because of an extreme amount of fear. It lessned after my doctor put me on medications, but the fear is still there. And I still have them sometimes.