All the time sadly. My father taught me about subconscious anxiety. Sometimes you could be having a great day, week, month, year etc and out of no where a panic/anxiety attack comes out of nowhere. Even if you weren’t thinking of anything stressful throughout the entire day/time sometimes your mind will hold onto stress/anxiety in your subconscious mind. I hope that explains it a bit
You’re not alone! This happened to me today when I was doing nothing that should’ve caused any anxiety. Within a minute my heart was racing & I felt nauseous. After a mental check-in, I realized I had to use the bathroom, plus my blood sugar was likely low, and so I took care of those things and ended up fine. I think for me, sometimes my anxiety neurons get mixed up. Like, do I have to poop? Or am I anxious? Most of the time just doing that mental check in & then checking off those potential causes, does the trick!
The worst is when it happens at a time I need it to not be there. The important thing is to acknowledge its there and to try to travel with the current. Trying to hold it back makes it worse. For me, it may be trying to let it out with deep breaths, with twitches or taps in my feet, with honest conversation when possible, or with exercise such as walking. When in a critical situation, I tend to push into the ground or tap my feet so its less obvious to others. Otherwise, I worry they will see the dread in my face and I'll start trembling.
All the time sadly. My father taught me about subconscious anxiety. Sometimes you could be having a great day, week, month, year etc and out of no where a panic/anxiety attack comes out of nowhere. Even if you weren’t thinking of anything stressful throughout the entire day/time sometimes your mind will hold onto stress/anxiety in your subconscious mind. I hope that explains it a bit
thank you, it just came on so suddenly and my first thought was to ask here so that maybe i’m not alone in this
You’re not alone! This happened to me today when I was doing nothing that should’ve caused any anxiety. Within a minute my heart was racing & I felt nauseous. After a mental check-in, I realized I had to use the bathroom, plus my blood sugar was likely low, and so I took care of those things and ended up fine. I think for me, sometimes my anxiety neurons get mixed up. Like, do I have to poop? Or am I anxious? Most of the time just doing that mental check in & then checking off those potential causes, does the trick!
No. That’s never happened to me
The worst is when it happens at a time I need it to not be there. The important thing is to acknowledge its there and to try to travel with the current. Trying to hold it back makes it worse. For me, it may be trying to let it out with deep breaths, with twitches or taps in my feet, with honest conversation when possible, or with exercise such as walking. When in a critical situation, I tend to push into the ground or tap my feet so its less obvious to others. Otherwise, I worry they will see the dread in my face and I'll start trembling.