Comments on: What To Do When You Are Triggered http://www.findingyourmarbles.com/mental-health/what-to-do-when-you-are-triggered/ A Mental Health Survival Guide Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Scott Davis http://www.findingyourmarbles.com/mental-health/what-to-do-when-you-are-triggered/comment-page-1/#comment-5915 Scott Davis Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:08:07 +0000 http://www.findingyourmarbles.com/stress/what-to-do-when-you-are-triggered/#comment-5915 Emmanuelle, Healing from panic attacks took me quite a while but the biggest help to me was therapy. Sometimes just having an impartial observer can make a huge difference, plus therapists have a variety of different methods that they can use to help manage and treat panic attacks. Scott Emmanuelle,

Healing from panic attacks took me quite a while but the biggest help to me was therapy. Sometimes just having an impartial observer can make a huge difference, plus therapists have a variety of different methods that they can use to help manage and treat panic attacks.

Scott

]]> By: Emmanuelle http://www.findingyourmarbles.com/mental-health/what-to-do-when-you-are-triggered/comment-page-1/#comment-5910 Emmanuelle Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:23:49 +0000 http://www.findingyourmarbles.com/stress/what-to-do-when-you-are-triggered/#comment-5910 Thanks Scott Yes your blog's a big help, as is anything I can read about panic attacks, and most important, how people deal with them and overcome them. I believe it's not a curse, it's just another disease, and I'm so sick of being dependent on the meds (for a logn, long time, if I didn't have my anxiety meds in my purse, I wouldn't even leave the house)... Now it's better, but I still have them in my purse just in case. A safety net... I'm slowly beginning to realize that my usual response to panic attacks, when they happen, is not a solution. Usually, faced with panic, I'll try to get out of wherever I am and "get some air". While that may provide me with a temporary feeling of well, feeling a bit better... it's not the solution. I can now distinguish between full panic attacks and those "smaller" ones which i can control, face and win. I had one of my worst attacks when I was on a ferryboat from France to England. I was medicated for the trip (8 hour long) but still, I woke up in the middle of the night feeling like I couldn't breathe, and being fully aware that if needs be, there was no way I was getting off the boat. Needless to say, in that situation, all I did was take my meds and bide my time until they kicked in. When we touched ground I was in such a bad state that I had to be flown back to France the next day. I don't ever wanna feel like a slave to my problems like I did that day. I want to be able to enjoy trips and holidays far away from my home without being sick. That's my ultimate goal, but I'm not sure how to get there! Thanks Scott
Yes your blog’s a big help, as is anything I can read about panic attacks, and most important, how people deal with them and overcome them. I believe it’s not a curse, it’s just another disease, and I’m so sick of being dependent on the meds (for a logn, long time, if I didn’t have my anxiety meds in my purse, I wouldn’t even leave the house)… Now it’s better, but I still have them in my purse just in case. A safety net… I’m slowly beginning to realize that my usual response to panic attacks, when they happen, is not a solution. Usually, faced with panic, I’ll try to get out of wherever I am and “get some air”. While that may provide me with a temporary feeling of well, feeling a bit better… it’s not the solution. I can now distinguish between full panic attacks and those “smaller” ones which i can control, face and win. I had one of my worst attacks when I was on a ferryboat from France to England. I was medicated for the trip (8 hour long) but still, I woke up in the middle of the night feeling like I couldn’t breathe, and being fully aware that if needs be, there was no way I was getting off the boat. Needless to say, in that situation, all I did was take my meds and bide my time until they kicked in. When we touched ground I was in such a bad state that I had to be flown back to France the next day. I don’t ever wanna feel like a slave to my problems like I did that day. I want to be able to enjoy trips and holidays far away from my home without being sick. That’s my ultimate goal, but I’m not sure how to get there!

]]> By: Scott Davis http://www.findingyourmarbles.com/mental-health/what-to-do-when-you-are-triggered/comment-page-1/#comment-5907 Scott Davis Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:05:25 +0000 http://www.findingyourmarbles.com/stress/what-to-do-when-you-are-triggered/#comment-5907 Hi Emmanuelle, Thanks for writing and sharing your story and I'm glad that the article has helped you with your panic attacks. All the best, Scott Hi Emmanuelle,

Thanks for writing and sharing your story and I’m glad that the article has helped you with your panic attacks.

All the best,

Scott

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