Anxiety, Panic Attacks & Reality

I have panic attacks. I’ve gotten them since I was a teenager, but didn’t realize what they were until the last few years.

Due to circumastances beyond my control, I’ve been having a lot of them lately – on a daily basis with one right after another for multiple days in a row. Only within the last 24 hours have they started to ease a little with the frequency starting to wane. I have been told that mediation and yoga help, but those aren’t an option right now. Art therapy does help. At least, with me it does since it helps to redirect some of that unwanted energy into something positive. I haven’t been able to participate in any thing art related over over the last few weeks, largely due to having a kid who got sick twice and a holiday weekend thrown in the mix.

When faced with the need to vent and to let it go, what are some of your favourite ways to let off steam and re-centre yourself?

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