Panic Attack

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Im having a panic attack and not doing to well

Hug!
How can I help you?

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Any sensory friendly place to hide?

Center yourself ...... notice you are in a ‘room ‘. Not anywhere else , if you are sitting down notice how you are sitting , we are changing your focus , if you are near a soft blanket , touch it notice it’s colour , how it feels to your skin , consciously feel it , then. Look up at a corner of the room nothing else just that corner notice about it’s colour how that colour appears to you . If you have something you hold , hold onto it feel it’s shape run your fingers over it , is it soft smooth or a rough surface . How does if feel to you .? You get the general idea. Things near you in your immediate reality need to be noticed intensely .. break your concentration ...

Magz it is completely quiet right now. It is never quiet in this house but right now it's quiet. All I can hear is my heartbeat and breathing.

Are you comfortable with the silence of would you rather listen to some music?

I do something similar it's a grounding technique. I call it 5 to 1. You go through your sense. So you list
5 things you see
4 things you hear
3 thing you feel
2 things you smell
1 thing you taste
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I use that but as I stop I am recaptured by the same feelings I just got relief from.

Then maybe the feelings are trying to push some important message?

No I don't really like the silence. I just... There is too much going on. Not just within me but in this world. It is overwhelming.

Having a grounding technique is a very smart and handy thing to have in list of things to get past attacks. Like that.
Hope you feel bttter soon .

I listen to bmike, nf, and Witt lowry. I can feel myself coming down. I need to find the source. Something is triggering something. I need to find out.