For some years I was trying to figure out how to get my panic attacks to stop. One day my girlfriend had invited me to Barnes and Noble with her and I was upset because I wanted to have a fun day but I felt the gloom of my panic and anxiety on the horizon. I told myself that I was not in the mood to stress about having a panic attack. Not that I wasn’t in the mood to have a panic attack, but that I wasn’t in the mood to be stressed over the cycle. I later realized that what I had done is introduced a level of acceptance. From there I started telling myself to never fear it, but always embrace it. Now when I feel the how he described the “omg” moment (which is a super real thing) I don’t fear what is to follow. I am still dealing with my disorder but it is a lot easier today than it was then and my therapist had told me how much practice this can take. Progress not perfection.
Literally felt like he was speaking about me, in telling his story. The fear of my own body, fear of being alone, the shame of feeling weak, trying to fix the panic and actually reinforcing it. Thank you so much for this video.
The two best therapists on TH-cam. (And I've viewed a LOT of others). You know how you can tell? Because people like Drew tell you: this is going to be the hardest thing you've ever done in your life; they never sugar coat it.
I needed your videos. I have been struggling with panic attacks again after 10 years of not having them. Mine started up again when I was in the ER for a bad migraine that lasted two weeks from sinus problems. They gave me reglan and benadryl but they didnt administer the benadryl first, which is what I have heard from other people and doctor's that they should have done to avoid me from experiencing fight or flight from the reglan. That was awful. Now ever since January I have been having small bouts of panic, and now it turned full blown agoraphobia and cant even drive my kids to school. My hands became numb and felt paralyzed while driving home and I had to have my 12 year old call 911, as I pulled over. The next day I panicked because I was so upset in myself, told myself I needed to figure this out. That sent me into full blown panic mode all weekend until today. I am "fighting" for my future self. I have been trying to just lean into these feelings now. I hope this helps me. I am tired of feeling like this again.
55 years old from London. Listening to Drew could be my story. Been through panic and avoidance since 18 years old. Ive managed to have a successful career and raise a family but never got to the bottom of it. Emma's smile is wonderful
Did you try professional help? During the pandemic I was laid off for 9 months, and in that time I had a marvelous experience sorting out my problems with the help of a wonderful psychologist and her colleagues at an autism center not far from where I live. No, I don't have autism, though that was what I suspected. But it was such a lucky strike that I was sent to that particular place for help. It was a beautiful place in the countryside where I found peace every time I stepped out of the car, and I enjoyed walks in the surrounding nature with my DSLR before and after the appointments. In that institution, life seemed to move at a really slow pace. This is exactly what I needed. Initially six appointments of 45 minutes were scheduled, but it ended with 10 of well over an hour. It was such a joyous and interesting journey overall, though painful at times. We found out I had PTSD, anxiety and avoidant personality disorder, caused by many harmful events throughout my life. I came to understand in great detail how events had affected me. The psychologists in the center helped me to get enormous insight into my own mind. I also had TH-cam and Internet generally as a great resource for self studies of relevant themes, and this channel was one of many that was of great help. I am quite open about my history, because I want others to learn from it.
I’ve had panic attacks sins I was 10 I’m 29 now and now agoraphobic after listening to this I’m going to finally do something about the panic thank you guys
Hi just want you to know that it will get better I also have agoraphobia,claustro and panic attacks but since Ive discovered acceptance and not fighting it I experienced changes I can go to work now and travel again. Although I still have attacks but its fewer now. 😊
@@criszy123you will be alright Angel, had my first panic attack when I was 18 and suffered for 1 year straight until I said fk this. Training 2 times a day but 11 years later last week I had 2 deaths in my family, it was to much for me and the panic came again. Now after watching this video i realize that it’s there to protect us not kill us. God bless you Angel, you will be alright soon. Take care
I feel so happy, you just made me cry. I am going to bed for the first time in a long time, not being terrified of having a panic attack. Much love to you both xxx !!! Gonna have to re-watch this a few time tho, cheers from UK.
I am just halfway watching it, but I am urged to write that this is what I am feeling. I started getting panic attacks from the last 2 years. I didn't even know that it's called panic attacks. I thought something was wrong with my heart. Went to the ER and they said its an underlying anxiety. I was like how is that possible. I don't have any anxiety. And then after that, these episodes started regularly. Just like normal people I googled everything. And it said "deep breathing" and all the stuff that actually never worked for me. Again, I thought something was wrong with me. Dr prescribed me medications, but I refused to take them. Started yoga and meditation. But it's still part of my life. Now I think I need to accept it. Because like Emma and Drew said, the more I try to run away from this, the more it comes back to me. Its disturbing my normal life. I just had a panic attack today and I felt the same that I shouldn't be home alone. What if something happens to me. What will happen to my kids and family? These thoughts scare me to my tummy. And I am in my early 40s. So I guess it can start at any age. Thank you for this video.
I’m from NY and this was me. I had one 10 years ago and fell into a trap after that.. def sucked,, home bound 😮 afraid to drive to eat.. just crazy stuff. This is the first person I’ve ever heard that had the same experience and symptoms. I lived alone after a divorce. Had to learn to take care of me and work to financially 😢as well. Omg 😱 true struggle.. driving and going to work I hated. But needed to 😢 I decided regardless of how I felt I HAD to leave the house to train myself that I would be ok. Stayed away from certain foods and then fell into a trap that wine would help relax me but just made it worked the next day… I could go on forever. This is real, but my panic took me to a new life. It drove me to change, yet I still know I can develop new education and learn more. I stopped nursing school because of this. I stopped a lot, I was also depressed and had very low confidence 😢 If I could cone to NY again I would see him, what’s the web site for his book. 📕 I have lots to say about this❤
I had my first panic attack at 21. It seems like that is the golden age for it. Yes, the Panic attack is the trigger for the next. It’s been 48 years for me and I’ve never gotten over my panics. My problem is that if my panic attacks occur I can put others in danger, as mine are only when driving on a highway and over bridges. I followed everything Drew said, saw a doc immediately as I didn’t know what it was. However, fortunately mine only happen when I’m driving on the highway. But, that one panic feature kept me from doing many things that were important in my life like finishing my college degree. Medication never helped mine. Then OCD hit when I had my first baby. I worried about germs beyond reason…truly beyond! I got therapy for OCD and when I got good and sick of being hyper vigilant. I saw someone who knew the consequences do the things I feared and decided I was being ridiculous. I’m hoping this helps me end my panics!
every year i experience panic attack i manage it by accepting even sometimes my head like going to explode of tension but when in bed im trying to calm relaxing positive thoughts pray im telling always im not alone this world with this illness watching advise emma can help me now im getting better❤️
Just started experiencing anxiety attacks not sure what caused it but these videos are starting to make me understand that its not dangerous and i will try to embrace them thank you guys!!!
I coped for years with panic disorder, taking high-EPA fish oil, managing my diaphragmatic breathing, and keeping myself well hydrated (a POTS strategy). In the end, it was an ablation of my heart arrhythmia (supra-ventricular tachycardia) that provided a lasting solution. No more getting ambushed by dread when lying back down in bed in the middle of the night, no more racing pulse and shaking, no more angina-like pain. My brain had been struggling to manage my heart all along. I wish more medical doctors were alert to the possibility that the nervous system may produce panic for a functional reason.
True! I suffered for 12 years before a doctor ordered a cardiac event monitor to make sure it was panic attacks. It was actually PSVT just like you, and it only took one night on the monitor to prove it. I now take a drug to control it. I'm glad you were able to afford the ablation and that it worked the first time. I had the problem so long that now I have actual panic attacks over having more PSVTs, which is why I am watching this.
@Tsugimoto1 When I had a Holter monitor years ago, silver 'snaps' were adhered across my ribcage, to which leads were attached, connected to a box worn on a sling. It recorded continuous ECG every day for a month. I had to call in on a landline each day to download the readings. The event monitor captured a period before and after each abnormal event in my heart rhythms. A few years ago I wore a Zio patch for the same kind of monitoring. It was fully self contained and adhered onto the chest next to my collarbone. After two weeks it was removed and mailed to the company, who supplied the cardiologist with a download.
Omg where do I begin 😊 I’ve been following Emma for three months. Thanks to perimenopause I started to experience anxiety, depression and panic attacks along with lack of sleep and much more. 😅 The videos that Emma posted that walk you through a panic attack are so beyond helpful for me. Yes, some days I have the strength and courage to do the roll with it method (which by the way that method stops panic attack in literally seconds) other times I use the Calming Method video. I realize that the more mindfulness I practice the more confident I am regarding my ability to deal with panic attacks, and the less I experience them. It’s been such a terrifying, yet, also amazing experience because I’ve learned to slow down and pay attention to my bodies needs. I’ve shared your page with so many women who are also experiencing perimenopausal anxiety, panic attacks and depression. Thank you for all you both do for all of us. God bless you both. ❤
OMG! At last! Emma, I watched you for hours when I started my anxiety/panic attacks. I didn’t know what it was back then.. and then I found Drew and Claire Weekes.. and I eventually understood what was happening to me!
I got over my anxiety over 15 years ago but for some reason it came back and darn it I don’t keep notes I should’ve kept a journal so he we go thanks for the info and help you guys give to people like me.
I'm really going through it right now. Constantly afraid I might be going crazy or be schizophrenic. I realize that's a very common thing with overwhelming anxiety, and it's just like he said "I was afraid of my own thoughts". I'm learning to trust myself and reassure myself that I'll be ok, but it's hard. It'll take time and practice. This video is awesome for putting things into perspective.
IAM SOO HAPPY YOU GUYS GOT TOGETHER! I listen to Drew and Drew and Josh all the time andjus recently found you your all amazing supports so glad this is being done
Everything you guys said was everything Ive been feeling recently. About a month ago I went to a hospital because I have hashimoto and my meds made the hormones so high it cramped my ribcage and arms so hard I couldn't move at all. After that experience I began having panic attacks daily not only because I was scared of getting another one but also I was afraid of getting more serious health problems. I also cut some foods out of my diet because I made the mistake of immediately googling my symptoms and read that they can worsen my symptoms. I hope I won't need 10 or more years to get better
The thing that helped me most with my anxiety was learning to not care about my symptoms. Once I dropped the fear element I wss able to just not care. It's hard to explain but it works. I read Claire Weekes book Hope and Help for Your Nerves and it really helped. It's an old book but a goodie.
Panic attacks are harder than anxiety and I am not sure why they are so scary and frightening I been going through it for 9 months and it has been a nightmare for me 😭😭 I just need a deliverance from anxiety and panic attacks and I pray 🙏 that god will answer my prayers in Jesus name I pray amen 😢😢 it's really real and you are not alone 😭 watching you helps me understand what is happening to me and I thank you both ❤️
I have been struggling alot more lately than usual with panic attacks, happening more frequently than usual. This has been really eye opening. Very well explained and I highly resonated with alot said. Brought me to tears! I am taking all this information on my journey moving forward, THANK YOU just giving me hope was some relief 🥲
I'm a caregiver for my elderly parents and many cats. I feel like I go from one panic scenario to another. It's always about who's sick, who fell, who missed their meds, who's not eating, etc. I have no down time, in fact the worries, panic and "what if's" overlap until I'm just a frozen puddle of blubbering tears. Clearly, that's disastrous for the tons of people I need to help (human & furbabies). I take kava, valerian, ashwagandha and b-complex. I hate all the side effects from all the anti-anxiety meds. I'm 55 and have been in therapy since my 20's. Nothing really helps. Thanks for this video.
Well maybe you should take care of yourself by giving some of the care of your elderly parents to someone else. So you get time for yourself you deserve that you should not suffer to take of your parents thats not what they want for you. Please find someone or a contact people that can help you or are in the business of elderly care. You deserve to be happy and destress you need it
I tried alot of things to get rid of my anxiety. Hypnotherapy/naturopath/emdr/cbt/changing my diet/ therapy/bloodwork. And you learn new things but al those things did not help me get rid of my anxiety. I feel like the less i pay attention to my bodly symptoms and go omg omg when my heart start racing and get al tense and curl up on the couch hoping it will go away the better it is. I am working on getting outside of my small comfortzone that was created due to anxiety and panic attacks. And when i go outside even for a small walk and i had feelings of panic i don’t allow myself to go sit on the couch and think it over and try figuring out why i was anxious outside. I just say to myself no get on with your day and slowly but surely it’s getting better. Because i am not giving anxiety so much attention anymore. But it’s a constant thing i need to do when i have feelings of panic. It’s been 4 years since i got into the cycle and i am done i don’t want to be waking up in 20 years wondering where my life has gone because of this stupid anxiety. It’s not easy but we need to say F’it to anxiety and try to start living again
Also if you want relief from anxiety and then you're really happy when you get that relief your teaching your brain "how to make you happy " so it will give you more anxiety
I realize after this interview i have been using methods to avoid getting a panic attack. Like for exampel when im sitting in a car and it feels like a panic attack is about to come i distract myself with a game of chess and that forces me to think of something else and the panic goes away. I have embraced the panic befor and accept it , but also while doing it i was using a technique as well to accept whatever i felth.
I realize this video was posted a month ago and maybe no one will read this, here goes my story. I’m not sure if I’m having panic attacks or something more sinister is going on. My attacks usually come at night(you know, when I should be sleeping. I wish!) I may fall asleep, but I’ll wake up 3 hours later, feeling the heart racing and all the fun stuff. The other part of this though, is my thought pattern goes nuts. I literally think that I am going to lose my mind and I will never come back to sanity. I had a very bad one this past Friday night that lasted into the morning and even though I fell back asleep, when I woke up I was still full tilt. I told my wife that I was scared that I would forget who she was. Ten minutes later, I started coming out of it. But! That night, I was right back at it, though I didn’t have a full on panic attack at that point. I end up having insomnia and have to medicate myself to sleep. I’ve had panic attacks since my mid 20’s. I’m now 51. For many years, they didn’t happen regularly, but for about the past year they have become a little more frequent. I haven’t been on medication for many years and I would really prefer not to be, but when I hear other accounts about panic attacks, I hear a lot about the heart and this definitely happens to me, but my question is, does anyone else feel the disconnection from reality like i do?
I had undescribably horrific panic attacs during some months in my early teens, which I had to learn to supress in order to get on with my life. In severely life threathening situations where quick action is needed, I have some advantage because of this. It has almost never been of use fortunately. That same ability - to suppress panic attacks - also helps me overcome anxiety and PTSD caused by a severe accident at age 11. It helped me greatly in getting rid of night scares just a few years back. One night, after waking up because of a night scare episode, I deliberately forced a panic attack as an experiment. I did it because I discovered I could regulate my mood just by wish, so I was just curious. I stopped that experiment after just a second or two. I am never going to do that again. Not because it was plain scary, but because I felt certain it would cause great harm if I had pushed on. It felt like I was on the brink of complete madness and darkness.
I want to tell you about these horrific panic attacks I had in my early teens. I was probably 13 at the time. I believe my parents had divorced shortly before. Two years earlier I had the worst experience in my life. I was in a life threatening accident that caused great trauma, and it took many months of pain and struggles to get back to a normal life. Before that there were also many other bad experiences. I remember the first attack. I was sitting in the sofa at home. I got this bad feeling a second, as if something awful was about to happen. Then it was as if all the evil of the universe attacked me from all angles. I was screaming wildly for several seconds. My mother rushed in from the kitchen, and wondered what had happened. After this first attack, I was constantly on alert. Two weeks later, after many attacks, I was taken to the hospital for an EKG. I remember being extremely worried by the EKG. Nothing abnormal was found. As mentioned, it took months before I was able to suppress these attacks.
Later in life, according to my doctors through the years, I've had panic attacks. I've been to the doctors and been told that the symptoms I've had are not anything physical, but just panic attacks. Each time I've said "No, that can't be, I clearly feel something is bad here (pointing)." Then the answer I get is that, yes, that's exactly how it works. The physical and the psychological is strongly connected. I have doubted them, but in time I have realized that they are indeed right. These later attacks are nothing like the attacks I had at 13 years, and I am not bothered by them once I know what's going on.
came to realize I was panicking about panicking. simple things work. guilt taking medication caused panic attack so I took my meds as prescribed whether I thought I needed to or not. became no big deal. Used the "what would happen if " self talk. I had years of not being able to drive because of panic attacks. I never want to be there again.
In hindsight, no Dr ever talked to me about why I was “diagnosed” with GAD or depression, or why I had panic attacks, as they are not therapists and don’t know me, they don’t know how I think, my life story, etc. they can just prescribe a pill and tell me to think about therapy. But, I take that and think I have GAD, like as if I had something like diabetes, or something else that functioning wrong. And now, I see how I did it to myself, I Dr googled everything, I ruminated a lot, I catastrophized a lot, I always focused on the negative, and I accepted everything as if it were the truth, my point of view was right, and I believed everything my brain told me so yeah, anxiety made sense. I found Drew on TH-cam when he was going through Claires book and talking about it with a lady, can’t remember if they finished it. That was back when I used acceptance to “get rid” of my anxiety as a tool. Anxiety just used to scare me, and now I realize it’s just my brain being overprotective and just triggers, but it doesn’t stay that way. I used to be afraid of it “coming back”. Now I can get anxious and no I dont have to like it, but I can either let it pass or do something (if there is something I can do).
I've had panic attacks since I was 30 years old. They were few and far in between until I hit 48, perimenopause. Now I have them about once every 2 weeks. Not fun 😢
For me it plays with my heartbeat (sudden palpitation that only last a second or two at the most). I start getting medical anxiety that causes physical symptoms then I think I'm having a heart attack even though I've gone through this same thing multiple times and I've been fine. It's more annoying than anything. I think the anxiety or whatever messes with my vegus nerve.
I have discomforts breathing, i accept the fact that i have a panick attack, but my athletic side cant accept it, I just dont know how to explain this But it sucks mann and that makes me sad, i was supposed to get engaged this month But ever since i got to know i had a panick attack on 08/03/2024. I have not been myself. Ive definitely become more responsible now as it made me realize how valuable our lives are. But man this discomfort when in breathing just completely sucks. Can someone please help me. It will reallly mean alot.
Panic has gripped me for years. Yes my doctor gave me the claire weeks books. I have suffered off and on for decades. The panic goes away and comes back. Broke my back in 12/23. Was in an immobility brace for 5mos. And my panic is beyond. How do i accept panicking?
Accept them and keep going. I’m experiencing it almost every night. It makes the following day very much a huge struggle, but you have to understand a panic attack while you sleep is out of your control. Stressing more and more about them happening will cause you more stress and just make them occur more
I hqve fear and panic during the night oftten sometimes several a night like last night and so its hard to get sleep that is restorative and over time its exhausting and depression gets in so its hard. Distorted thinking and catastrophic thinking perfectionism and black or white thinking makes it worse. Its hard to think with so much fear and panic. Its overwhelming but one needs patience and id like to know how other😅 people deal with anxiety and panic on a daily basis??
I could say I have it as “bad” as it gets. Nervous system so shot and sensitized that every single feeling and thought is crippling. Sensorimotor ocd developed because I was fighting anxiety/panic for so long over the past few years when I didn’t know better. Thinking I could literally control these feelings and thoughts and listening to everything they were telling me. I am improving though. You have to believe deep down that no matter what you’re experiencing that just as long as you’re dropping all compulsions to stop these “symptoms” or “feelings”, you will be okay. The blunt truth is you have to let yourself suffer when it’s absolutely unbearable and still be confident enough that you’re doing nothing wrong. It will allow you to heal over time because you are rewiring yourself and no longer constantly stressing your nervous system and staying in that cycle.
Why do panic attacks come out of the blue, this is the one thing that confuses me, and is brain fog, like a light head feeling part of panic attacks, and another experience, like a feeling of an electric current wave
@@Rah_Kyrillosit’s not but too much nervous system stimulation will keep you sensitized and prolong healing hugely. I’m going through it right now. I was convinced I can overcome panic/anxiety/severe ocd whilst still having caffeine. It just made me try to white knuckle everything day after day and continuously was burning me out. I cold turkey’d caffeine a month ago and have only seen an improvement since stopping. I had to drop the ego and actually give it up for real this time. It became compulsive because of the mood boost I would get but in reality it was causing me more suffering.
Jesus has placed it on my heart to share the Gospel, gospel means good news! Jesus, God the Son the Son of God, died, and spilled His precious blood, on the cross to pay the price for our sins. He was buried and on the third day rose from the dead just like the scriptures said He would. Salvation is a gift from God, please accept it now if you haven't already by BELIEVING in what Jesus did for us. The rapture of the Church, when saved people are called up to Heaven to be with the Lord, is imminent. Then the people who are left here are still given one more chance, they will be offered a mark in their right hand or forehead DO NOT TAKE THE MARK, people who take the mark of the beast will go to Hell for Eternity. People will not be able to buy or sell without this mark, but those who do not take it will be beheaded for their faith. Accept your salvation today, through faith by grace, if you have not accepted it.
I have been struggling alot more lately than usual with panic attacks, happening more frequently than usual. This has been really eye opening. Very well explained and I highly resonated with alot said. Brought me to tears! I am taking all this information on my journey moving forward, THANK YOU just giving me hope was some relief 🥲
I have been struggling alot more lately than usual with panic attacks, happening more frequently than usual. This has been really eye opening. Very well explained and I highly resonated with alot said. Brought me to tears! I am taking all this information on my journey moving forward, THANK YOU just giving me hope was some relief 🥲
I have been struggling alot more lately than usual with panic attacks, happening more frequently than usual. This has been really eye opening. Very well explained and I highly resonated with alot said. Brought me to tears! I am taking all this information on my journey moving forward, THANK YOU just giving me hope was some relief 🥲
For some years I was trying to figure out how to get my panic attacks to stop. One day my girlfriend had invited me to Barnes and Noble with her and I was upset because I wanted to have a fun day but I felt the gloom of my panic and anxiety on the horizon. I told myself that I was not in the mood to stress about having a panic attack. Not that I wasn’t in the mood to have a panic attack, but that I wasn’t in the mood to be stressed over the cycle. I later realized that what I had done is introduced a level of acceptance. From there I started telling myself to never fear it, but always embrace it. Now when I feel the how he described the “omg” moment (which is a super real thing) I don’t fear what is to follow. I am still dealing with my disorder but it is a lot easier today than it was then and my therapist had told me how much practice this can take. Progress not perfection.
I stopped saying. “My anxiety” or “my disorder” they’re not MINE they are just experiences.
Literally felt like he was speaking about me, in telling his story. The fear of my own body, fear of being alone, the shame of feeling weak, trying to fix the panic and actually reinforcing it. Thank you so much for this video.
The two best therapists on TH-cam. (And I've viewed a LOT of others). You know how you can tell? Because people like Drew tell you: this is going to be the hardest thing you've ever done in your life; they never sugar coat it.
Yes I agree
True ❤ please watch shan kasaam ,paoge padrok ,, they also like this
I needed your videos. I have been struggling with panic attacks again after 10 years of not having them. Mine started up again when I was in the ER for a bad migraine that lasted two weeks from sinus problems. They gave me reglan and benadryl but they didnt administer the benadryl first, which is what I have heard from other people and doctor's that they should have done to avoid me from experiencing fight or flight from the reglan. That was awful. Now ever since January I have been having small bouts of panic, and now it turned full blown agoraphobia and cant even drive my kids to school. My hands became numb and felt paralyzed while driving home and I had to have my 12 year old call 911, as I pulled over. The next day I panicked because I was so upset in myself, told myself I needed to figure this out. That sent me into full blown panic mode all weekend until today. I am "fighting" for my future self. I have been trying to just lean into these feelings now. I hope this helps me. I am tired of feeling like this again.
55 years old from London. Listening to Drew could be my story. Been through panic and avoidance since 18 years old.
Ive managed to have a successful career and raise a family but never got to the bottom of it.
Emma's smile is wonderful
Did you try professional help? During the pandemic I was laid off for 9 months, and in that time I had a marvelous experience sorting out my problems with the help of a wonderful psychologist and her colleagues at an autism center not far from where I live. No, I don't have autism, though that was what I suspected. But it was such a lucky strike that I was sent to that particular place for help. It was a beautiful place in the countryside where I found peace every time I stepped out of the car, and I enjoyed walks in the surrounding nature with my DSLR before and after the appointments. In that institution, life seemed to move at a really slow pace. This is exactly what I needed. Initially six appointments of 45 minutes were scheduled, but it ended with 10 of well over an hour. It was such a joyous and interesting journey overall, though painful at times. We found out I had PTSD, anxiety and avoidant personality disorder, caused by many harmful events throughout my life. I came to understand in great detail how events had affected me. The psychologists in the center helped me to get enormous insight into my own mind. I also had TH-cam and Internet generally as a great resource for self studies of relevant themes, and this channel was one of many that was of great help. I am quite open about my history, because I want others to learn from it.
I don't believe in god but Im going to say, God Bless You two, I could watch and listen to you both FOREVER!
I’ve had panic attacks sins I was 10 I’m 29 now and now agoraphobic after listening to this I’m going to finally do something about the panic thank you guys
Hi just want you to know that it will get better I also have agoraphobia,claustro and panic attacks but since Ive discovered acceptance and not fighting it I experienced changes I can go to work now and travel again. Although I still have attacks but its fewer now. 😊
How are you doing now?
@@heatherinCT a little better everyday but definitely not a straight up thing some days are worse then others
@@criszy123 ♥
@@criszy123you will be alright Angel, had my first panic attack when I was 18 and suffered for 1 year straight until I said fk this. Training 2 times a day but 11 years later last week I had 2 deaths in my family, it was to much for me and the panic came again. Now after watching this video i realize that it’s there to protect us not kill us. God bless you Angel, you will be alright soon. Take care
I feel so happy, you just made me cry. I am going to bed for the first time in a long time, not being terrified of having a panic attack. Much love to you both xxx !!! Gonna have to re-watch this a few time tho, cheers from UK.
I am just halfway watching it, but I am urged to write that this is what I am feeling. I started getting panic attacks from the last 2 years. I didn't even know that it's called panic attacks. I thought something was wrong with my heart. Went to the ER and they said its an underlying anxiety. I was like how is that possible. I don't have any anxiety. And then after that, these episodes started regularly. Just like normal people I googled everything. And it said "deep breathing" and all the stuff that actually never worked for me. Again, I thought something was wrong with me. Dr prescribed me medications, but I refused to take them. Started yoga and meditation. But it's still part of my life. Now I think I need to accept it. Because like Emma and Drew said, the more I try to run away from this, the more it comes back to me. Its disturbing my normal life. I just had a panic attack today and I felt the same that I shouldn't be home alone. What if something happens to me. What will happen to my kids and family? These thoughts scare me to my tummy.
And I am in my early 40s. So I guess it can start at any age. Thank you for this video.
This video made me excited for my next panic attack. There is so much to learn and practice in those experiences.
I LOVE your attitude! 😊
I found this two weeks into having my first panic attack and I’m so thankful. I can’t imagine living my life in that cycle for longer than this.
I’m from NY and this was me. I had one 10 years ago and fell into a trap after that.. def sucked,, home bound 😮 afraid to drive to eat.. just crazy stuff. This is the first person I’ve ever heard that had the same experience and symptoms. I lived alone after a divorce. Had to learn to take care of me and work to financially 😢as well. Omg 😱 true struggle.. driving and going to work I hated. But needed to 😢 I decided regardless of how I felt I HAD to leave the house to train myself that I would be ok. Stayed away from certain foods and then fell into a trap that wine would help relax me but just made it worked the next day… I could go on forever.
This is real, but my panic took me to a new life. It drove me to change, yet I still know I can develop new education and learn more. I stopped nursing school because of this. I stopped a lot, I was also depressed and had very low confidence 😢
If I could cone to NY again I would see him, what’s the web site for his book. 📕 I have lots to say about this❤
I had my first panic attack at 21. It seems like that is the golden age for it. Yes, the Panic attack is the trigger for the next. It’s been 48 years for me and I’ve never gotten over my panics. My problem is that if my panic attacks occur I can put others in danger, as mine are only when driving on a highway and over bridges. I followed everything Drew said, saw a doc immediately as I didn’t know what it was. However, fortunately mine only happen when I’m driving on the highway. But, that one panic feature kept me from doing many things that were important in my life like finishing my college degree. Medication never helped mine. Then OCD hit when I had my first baby. I worried about germs beyond reason…truly beyond! I got therapy for OCD and when I got good and sick of being hyper vigilant. I saw someone who knew the consequences do the things I feared and decided I was being ridiculous. I’m hoping this helps me end my panics!
Emma youre singlehandedly stopped my panic attacks and rumination thank you and I hope you will help a lot more people-from the Philippines ❤
every year i experience panic attack i manage it by accepting even sometimes my head like going to explode of tension but when in bed im trying to calm relaxing positive thoughts pray im telling always im not alone this world with this illness watching advise emma can help me now im getting better❤️
Just started experiencing anxiety attacks not sure what caused it but these videos are starting to make me understand that its not dangerous and i will try to embrace them thank you guys!!!
I coped for years with panic disorder, taking high-EPA fish oil, managing my diaphragmatic breathing, and keeping myself well hydrated (a POTS strategy). In the end, it was an ablation of my heart arrhythmia (supra-ventricular tachycardia) that provided a lasting solution. No more getting ambushed by dread when lying back down in bed in the middle of the night, no more racing pulse and shaking, no more angina-like pain. My brain had been struggling to manage my heart all along. I wish more medical doctors were alert to the possibility that the nervous system may produce panic for a functional reason.
True! I suffered for 12 years before a doctor ordered a cardiac event monitor to make sure it was panic attacks. It was actually PSVT just like you, and it only took one night on the monitor to prove it. I now take a drug to control it. I'm glad you were able to afford the ablation and that it worked the first time. I had the problem so long that now I have actual panic attacks over having more PSVTs, which is why I am watching this.
What is the difference between an event monitor and a zio patch?
@Tsugimoto1 When I had a Holter monitor years ago, silver 'snaps' were adhered across my ribcage, to which leads were attached, connected to a box worn on a sling. It recorded continuous ECG every day for a month. I had to call in on a landline each day to download the readings. The event monitor captured a period before and after each abnormal event in my heart rhythms. A few years ago I wore a Zio patch for the same kind of monitoring. It was fully self contained and adhered onto the chest next to my collarbone. After two weeks it was removed and mailed to the company, who supplied the cardiologist with a download.
Omg where do I begin 😊 I’ve been following Emma for three months. Thanks to perimenopause I started to experience anxiety, depression and panic attacks along with lack of sleep and much more. 😅
The videos that Emma posted that walk you through a panic attack are so beyond helpful for me. Yes, some days I have the strength and courage to do the roll with it method (which by the way that method stops panic attack in literally seconds) other times I use the Calming Method video.
I realize that the more mindfulness I practice the more confident I am regarding my ability to deal with panic attacks, and the less I experience them. It’s been such a terrifying, yet, also amazing experience because I’ve learned to slow down and pay attention to my bodies needs. I’ve shared your page with so many women who are also experiencing perimenopausal anxiety, panic attacks and depression. Thank you for all you both do for all of us. God bless you both. ❤
OMG! At last! Emma, I watched you for hours when I started my anxiety/panic attacks. I didn’t know what it was back then.. and then I found Drew and Claire Weekes.. and I eventually understood what was happening to me!
Thanks for hosting Drew! He’s a great voice of reason and common sense.
I got over my anxiety over 15 years ago but for some reason it came back and darn it I don’t keep notes I should’ve kept a journal so he we go thanks for the info and help you guys give to people like me.
I'm really going through it right now. Constantly afraid I might be going crazy or be schizophrenic. I realize that's a very common thing with overwhelming anxiety, and it's just like he said "I was afraid of my own thoughts". I'm learning to trust myself and reassure myself that I'll be ok, but it's hard. It'll take time and practice. This video is awesome for putting things into perspective.
IAM SOO HAPPY YOU GUYS GOT TOGETHER! I listen to Drew and Drew and Josh all the time andjus recently found you your all amazing supports so glad this is being done
Straight after watching this snd taking notes - panic attack! Ugh.
Nice to know we are not alone in this.
Thank you so much! You got me through my terrible morning anxiety today. 🎉 Excited to push through my anxiety and live life again.
Everything you guys said was everything Ive been feeling recently. About a month ago I went to a hospital because I have hashimoto and my meds made the hormones so high it cramped my ribcage and arms so hard I couldn't move at all. After that experience I began having panic attacks daily not only because I was scared of getting another one but also I was afraid of getting more serious health problems. I also cut some foods out of my diet because I made the mistake of immediately googling my symptoms and read that they can worsen my symptoms. I hope I won't need 10 or more years to get better
The thing that helped me most with my anxiety was learning to not care about my symptoms. Once I dropped the fear element I wss able to just not care. It's hard to explain but it works. I read Claire Weekes book Hope and Help for Your Nerves and it really helped. It's an old book but a goodie.
Panic attacks are harder than anxiety and I am not sure why they are so scary and frightening I been going through it for 9 months and it has been a nightmare for me 😭😭 I just need a deliverance from anxiety and panic attacks and I pray 🙏 that god will answer my prayers in Jesus name I pray amen 😢😢 it's really real and you are not alone 😭 watching you helps me understand what is happening to me and I thank you both ❤️
This was perfect for me today. Thank you for sharing!
Me too!
Thank you for being honest with your feelings about your panic attacks,Drew@TheAnxiousTruth
I have been struggling alot more lately than usual with panic attacks, happening more frequently than usual. This has been really eye opening. Very well explained and I highly resonated with alot said. Brought me to tears! I am taking all this information on my journey moving forward, THANK YOU just giving me hope was some relief 🥲
This is brilliantly communicated & very helpful. Thanks Drew & Emma.
Very good advice, thank you both so much.
I'm a caregiver for my elderly parents and many cats. I feel like I go from one panic scenario to another. It's always about who's sick, who fell, who missed their meds, who's not eating, etc. I have no down time, in fact the worries, panic and "what if's" overlap until I'm just a frozen puddle of blubbering tears. Clearly, that's disastrous for the tons of people I need to help (human & furbabies). I take kava, valerian, ashwagandha and b-complex. I hate all the side effects from all the anti-anxiety meds. I'm 55 and have been in therapy since my 20's. Nothing really helps. Thanks for this video.
Well maybe you should take care of yourself by giving some of the care of your elderly parents to someone else. So you get time for yourself you deserve that you should not suffer to take of your parents thats not what they want for you. Please find someone or a contact people that can help you or are in the business of elderly care. You deserve to be happy and destress you need it
I understand what you're going through...
Take care of you to...
Randomly found you. Enjoying it!
I tried alot of things to get rid of my anxiety. Hypnotherapy/naturopath/emdr/cbt/changing my diet/ therapy/bloodwork. And you learn new things but al those things did not help me get rid of my anxiety. I feel like the less i pay attention to my bodly symptoms and go omg omg when my heart start racing and get al tense and curl up on the couch hoping it will go away the better it is. I am working on getting outside of my small comfortzone that was created due to anxiety and panic attacks. And when i go outside even for a small walk and i had feelings of panic i don’t allow myself to go sit on the couch and think it over and try figuring out why i was anxious outside. I just say to myself no get on with your day and slowly but surely it’s getting better. Because i am not giving anxiety so much attention anymore. But it’s a constant thing i need to do when i have feelings of panic. It’s been 4 years since i got into the cycle and i am done i don’t want to be waking up in 20 years wondering where my life has gone because of this stupid anxiety. It’s not easy but we need to say F’it to anxiety and try to start living again
Also if you want relief from anxiety and then you're really happy when you get that relief your teaching your brain "how to make you happy " so it will give you more anxiety
I realize after this interview i have been using methods to avoid getting a panic attack. Like for exampel when im sitting in a car and it feels like a panic attack is about to come i distract myself with a game of chess and that forces me to think of something else and the panic goes away. I have embraced the panic befor and accept it , but also while doing it i was using a technique as well to accept whatever i felth.
Thank you to both of you, this has been exceedingly helpful!🎉
The stream was frozen because it had a panic attack, let me just said I love listening to your streams just 3rd day but loved it 🥰
I realize this video was posted a month ago and maybe no one will read this, here goes my story.
I’m not sure if I’m having panic attacks or something more sinister is going on. My attacks usually come at night(you know, when I should be sleeping. I wish!) I may fall asleep, but I’ll wake up 3 hours later, feeling the heart racing and all the fun stuff. The other part of this though, is my thought pattern goes nuts. I literally think that I am going to lose my mind and I will never come back to sanity. I had a very bad one this past Friday night that lasted into the morning and even though I fell back asleep, when I woke up I was still full tilt. I told my wife that I was scared that I would forget who she was. Ten minutes later, I started coming out of it. But! That night, I was right back at it, though I didn’t have a full on panic attack at that point. I end up having insomnia and have to medicate myself to sleep.
I’ve had panic attacks since my mid 20’s. I’m now 51. For many years, they didn’t happen regularly, but for about the past year they have become a little more frequent. I haven’t been on medication for many years and I would really prefer not to be, but when I hear other accounts about panic attacks, I hear a lot about the heart and this definitely happens to me, but my question is, does anyone else feel the disconnection from reality like i do?
Have you ever had a sleep study?
I had undescribably horrific panic attacs during some months in my early teens, which I had to learn to supress in order to get on with my life. In severely life threathening situations where quick action is needed, I have some advantage because of this. It has almost never been of use fortunately. That same ability - to suppress panic attacks - also helps me overcome anxiety and PTSD caused by a severe accident at age 11. It helped me greatly in getting rid of night scares just a few years back. One night, after waking up because of a night scare episode, I deliberately forced a panic attack as an experiment. I did it because I discovered I could regulate my mood just by wish, so I was just curious. I stopped that experiment after just a second or two. I am never going to do that again. Not because it was plain scary, but because I felt certain it would cause great harm if I had pushed on. It felt like I was on the brink of complete madness and darkness.
I want to tell you about these horrific panic attacks I had in my early teens. I was probably 13 at the time. I believe my parents had divorced shortly before. Two years earlier I had the worst experience in my life. I was in a life threatening accident that caused great trauma, and it took many months of pain and struggles to get back to a normal life. Before that there were also many other bad experiences. I remember the first attack. I was sitting in the sofa at home. I got this bad feeling a second, as if something awful was about to happen. Then it was as if all the evil of the universe attacked me from all angles. I was screaming wildly for several seconds. My mother rushed in from the kitchen, and wondered what had happened. After this first attack, I was constantly on alert. Two weeks later, after many attacks, I was taken to the hospital for an EKG. I remember being extremely worried by the EKG. Nothing abnormal was found. As mentioned, it took months before I was able to suppress these attacks.
Later in life, according to my doctors through the years, I've had panic attacks. I've been to the doctors and been told that the symptoms I've had are not anything physical, but just panic attacks. Each time I've said "No, that can't be, I clearly feel something is bad here (pointing)." Then the answer I get is that, yes, that's exactly how it works. The physical and the psychological is strongly connected. I have doubted them, but in time I have realized that they are indeed right. These later attacks are nothing like the attacks I had at 13 years, and I am not bothered by them once I know what's going on.
Thanks a lot love you both ❤
came to realize I was panicking about panicking. simple things work. guilt taking medication caused panic attack so I took my meds as prescribed whether I thought I needed to or not. became no big deal. Used the "what would happen if " self talk. I had years of not being able to drive because of panic attacks. I never want to be there again.
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In hindsight, no Dr ever talked to me about why I was “diagnosed” with GAD or depression, or why I had panic attacks, as they are not therapists and don’t know me, they don’t know how I think, my life story, etc. they can just prescribe a pill and tell me to think about therapy. But, I take that and think I have GAD, like as if I had something like diabetes, or something else that functioning wrong. And now, I see how I did it to myself, I Dr googled everything, I ruminated a lot, I catastrophized a lot, I always focused on the negative, and I accepted everything as if it were the truth, my point of view was right, and I believed everything my brain told me so yeah, anxiety made sense. I found Drew on TH-cam when he was going through Claires book and talking about it with a lady, can’t remember if they finished it. That was back when I used acceptance to “get rid” of my anxiety as a tool. Anxiety just used to scare me, and now I realize it’s just my brain being overprotective and just triggers, but it doesn’t stay that way. I used to be afraid of it “coming back”. Now I can get anxious and no I dont have to like it, but I can either let it pass or do something (if there is something I can do).
I've had panic attacks since I was 30 years old. They were few and far in between until I hit 48, perimenopause. Now I have them about once every 2 weeks. Not fun 😢
Consider bio identical hormone replacement. It helped me a lot!
I agree so much more impossible with peri menopause?
Love you both!!! This was great, thank you❤
loved this video, thank you guys so much for this collab!
Dealing with panic attacks for the last 12 years and don't know how to cope with it.😢
Listen and practice the techniques they’ve shared here
It's like if you guys were talking to me.... thank you so mch... !!!❤
For me it plays with my heartbeat (sudden palpitation that only last a second or two at the most). I start getting medical anxiety that causes physical symptoms then I think I'm having a heart attack even though I've gone through this same thing multiple times and I've been fine. It's more annoying than anything. I think the anxiety or whatever messes with my vegus nerve.
19:30 "I feel therefore" reverse is a game changer
I have discomforts breathing, i accept the fact that i have a panick attack, but my athletic side cant accept it, I just dont know how to explain this
But it sucks mann and that makes me sad, i was supposed to get engaged this month
But ever since i got to know i had a panick attack on 08/03/2024. I have not been myself.
Ive definitely become more responsible now as it made me realize how valuable our lives are. But man this discomfort when in breathing just completely sucks. Can someone please help me. It will reallly mean alot.
Drew is my jam. He has been my jam frevet😂
Que dupla! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I get real red faced and want to leave the room but you can’t. The people in the room notice and it’s embarrassing.
Maybe a stupid question. But is this video available as a podcast anywhere? I'd love to listen to this while on the move😊
I LOVE THIS!!!
Panic has gripped me for years. Yes my doctor gave me the claire weeks books. I have suffered off and on for decades. The panic goes away and comes back. Broke my back in 12/23. Was in an immobility brace for 5mos. And my panic is beyond. How do i accept panicking?
I’ve been waiting for this collab! 🙌🏼
What about nocturnal panic attacks? 🤔
Yeah. I get those every night and wake up in physical pain. 😢
Accept them and keep going. I’m experiencing it almost every night. It makes the following day very much a huge struggle, but you have to understand a panic attack while you sleep is out of your control. Stressing more and more about them happening will cause you more stress and just make them occur more
I hqve fear and panic during the night oftten sometimes several a night like last night and so its hard to get sleep that is restorative and over time its exhausting and depression gets in so its hard. Distorted thinking and catastrophic thinking perfectionism and black or white thinking makes it worse. Its hard to think with so much fear and panic. Its overwhelming but one needs patience and id like to know how other😅 people deal with anxiety and panic on a daily basis??
I could say I have it as “bad” as it gets. Nervous system so shot and sensitized that every single feeling and thought is crippling. Sensorimotor ocd developed because I was fighting anxiety/panic for so long over the past few years when I didn’t know better. Thinking I could literally control these feelings and thoughts and listening to everything they were telling me. I am improving though. You have to believe deep down that no matter what you’re experiencing that just as long as you’re dropping all compulsions to stop these “symptoms” or “feelings”, you will be okay. The blunt truth is you have to let yourself suffer when it’s absolutely unbearable and still be confident enough that you’re doing nothing wrong. It will allow you to heal over time because you are rewiring yourself and no longer constantly stressing your nervous system and staying in that cycle.
I need help just starting to having panic attacks and pain in my chest
May I have the name of the book, by Claire Weeks, that helped you, when you were in college?
What was the name of the book that you read that your therapist recommended?
You guys were stuck in a causal loop
Hey Emma what year is it?😅😊
Anxiety is fear of fear
How do you work through panic attacks while driving it gets dangerous driving
Pull over, stay in the car until you're ready to keep driving
I have panic attacks when it is lightning real bad. I really feel like I’m going to die. Do you deal with phobias? I need help 🙏
Why do panic attacks come out of the blue, this is the one thing that confuses me, and is brain fog, like a light head feeling part of panic attacks, and another experience, like a feeling of an electric current wave
I want to know this to. With anxiety you can feel it coming but panic attacks are out of blue
Pls does anyone know the name of the book the psychologist handed to him? Secondly, i didn't really get the name of the author.
Claire Weekes - Hope & Help For Your Nerves
@@Thecelesteli massive thanks.
1. Stop the caffeine.
@@Rah_Kyrillosit’s not but too much nervous system stimulation will keep you sensitized and prolong healing hugely. I’m going through it right now. I was convinced I can overcome panic/anxiety/severe ocd whilst still having caffeine. It just made me try to white knuckle everything day after day and continuously was burning me out. I cold turkey’d caffeine a month ago and have only seen an improvement since stopping. I had to drop the ego and actually give it up for real this time. It became compulsive because of the mood boost I would get but in reality it was causing me more suffering.
My two role models lmao
Other show techs... perform high level tech... to cure this sound problem... unplug..replug microphone !!! Lol
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pls dont take fish oil when taking antidepressants and anti tachy/high pressure tablets..made my conditions worse
Podcast format is so annoying to listem to
Thank you for this🤍
I have been struggling alot more lately than usual with panic attacks, happening more frequently than usual. This has been really eye opening. Very well explained and I highly resonated with alot said. Brought me to tears! I am taking all this information on my journey moving forward, THANK YOU just giving me hope was some relief 🥲
I have been struggling alot more lately than usual with panic attacks, happening more frequently than usual. This has been really eye opening. Very well explained and I highly resonated with alot said. Brought me to tears! I am taking all this information on my journey moving forward, THANK YOU just giving me hope was some relief 🥲
I have been struggling alot more lately than usual with panic attacks, happening more frequently than usual. This has been really eye opening. Very well explained and I highly resonated with alot said. Brought me to tears! I am taking all this information on my journey moving forward, THANK YOU just giving me hope was some relief 🥲