Re: Panic Attacks/ It's going to be ok

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks so much for the suggestion!

Carol

> > > > Ok Group ... tomorrow is my surgery and I'm starting to,

well,

> > > > to " freak out " just a bit. If I think about it too long, my

> > chest

> > > > starts to constrict and I feel like my insides are shaking.

I

> > think

> > > > about being wired shut and what a claustrophobic must feel

> like

> > when

> > > > s/he is in a closet with the door shut. How do you handle

> that

> > > > panicked feeling? What if I all of a sudden just can't

> breathe

> > or

> > > > move or think or ...? Maybe I'm just being paranoid or maybe

> I'm

> > just

> > > > being silly. But the question occurred to me yesterday: what

> if

> > I

> > > > have some sort of panic attack when I'm wired shut? You guys

> > have

> > > > been so nice to me and you seem to have a plethora of

> information

> > > > available among the masses. So, I pose this question ...

with

> > the

> > > > risk of sounding silly or being embarrassed - because the

> thought

> > > > won't go out of my head - because I can - because the answer,

> or

> > a

> > > > decent facsimile thereof, might come back to me.

> > > > Thanks ... so much,

> > > > Carol

> > >

> > > CaROL I AM Claustrophobic and I also breathe through my mouth.

> So I

> > > was getting myself all worked about being wired shut also. Will

> you

> > be

> > > wired for sure? I had my surgery last Tues. and I have has a

few

> > mini

> > > attacks, This sounds silly but when I feel one coming on I

stomp

> my

> > > foot and say no no no. So instead of a panic attack I have a

> > tantrum.

> > >

> > > It's working for me. Good luck tomorrow. It's not as bad as

> you/me

> > > have made it in our heads. (wink)

> > >

> > > Michele

> > >

> > > ---------------------------------

> > >

[Guest guest]

C,

That's true! My Surgeon has performed over 1000 operations like mine

and hasn't lost a patient yet!

I s'pose all things are possible.

Take care,

Carol

> > > Ok Group ... tomorrow is my surgery and I'm starting to, well,

> > > to " freak out " just a bit. If I think about it too long, my

> chest

> > > starts to constrict and I feel like my insides are shaking. I

> think

> > > about being wired shut and what a claustrophobic must feel like

> when

> > > s/he is in a closet with the door shut. How do you handle that

> > > panicked feeling? What if I all of a sudden just can't breathe

> or

> > > move or think or ...? Maybe I'm just being paranoid or maybe

> I'm just

> > > being silly. But the question occurred to me yesterday: what

if

> I

> > > have some sort of panic attack when I'm wired shut? You guys

> have

> > > been so nice to me and you seem to have a plethora of

> information

> > > available among the masses. So, I pose this question ... with

> the

> > > risk of sounding silly or being embarrassed - because the

> thought

> > > won't go out of my head - because I can - because the answer,

or

> a

> > > decent facsimile thereof, might come back to me.

> > > Thanks ... so much,

> > > Carol

> >

> > CaROL I AM Claustrophobic and I also breathe through my mouth. So

I

> > was getting myself all worked about being wired shut also. Will

> you be

> > wired for sure? I had my surgery last Tues. and I have has a few

> mini

> > attacks, This sounds silly but when I feel one coming on I stomp

my

> > foot and say no no no. So instead of a panic attack I have a

> tantrum.

> >

> > It's working for me. Good luck tomorrow. It's not as bad as you/me

> > have made it in our heads. (wink)

> >

> > Michele

> >

> > ---------------------------------

> >