Panic Attacks Ruled My Life

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Sufferers of panic attacks often report a fear or sense of dying, “going crazy,” or experiencing a heart attack or “flashing vision,” feeling faint or nauseated, a numb sensation throughout the body, heavy breathing (and almost always, hyperventilation), or losing control of themselves (Wiki) Panic Attacks Ruled My Life – Read One Mans Story Some [...]

My Guilty Secret Exposed

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I have a guilty secret. I go to see a therapist about my anxiety. None of my friends know. My family do not know. No one even knows I suffer from it. The me you see is always laughing at school pick-up. You don’t know the panic I fight on my walk into the playground. [...]

Forced Into Abortion; My Parents Called Me Dirty

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My anxiety started after my eldest sister passed away very suddenly. I was only 12 and my family were very close and loving, but after she died my father didn’t want to know me, as I looked like her. He’d ask me for a cuddle when he was drunk and crying then then would push [...]

Domestic Violence Picture Drew By My 3 Year Old

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My eldest daughter was going to nursery by now and I missed her so much, I would even stay close to the nursery in case they needed to phone me, although I only lived a ten minute walk away, I had to stay close. We had a very strong bond and I could not bear [...]

Depression And Anxiety; Scared Of Dying

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  Depression and anxiety have turned a once normal fun and outgoing mother into a self-obsessed hypercondriact who spends up to 8 hours each day searching for answers to her problems.   My Depression And Anxiety Story; My depression story;  It all started a few months after having my little boy, I woke up one [...]

Citalopram; Depression Makes Me Dependant Upon Anti-Depressants

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  Since 15 as well as the occasional panic attack, I had mild depression, no idea what the trigger was. But as I later learnt in A-level psychology, there isn’t always a trigger, it can be down to a chemical imbalance in your brain. Just before I turned 18 I was doing my A-levels, working and [...]

I thought I was going to kill my baby

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This post is an anonymous guest post   Im sitting here with my 4 and a half month old son fast asleep upstairs, my fiancé playing xbox and me chatting away to some lovely mummies on the Supermums group .. sounds so lovely and settled yes ? Well things haven’t been this settled lately.. here [...]

Social Anxiety Disorder Exposed

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  Here we look at how panic attacks and anxiety attacks can cause depression, physical symptoms,social phobia and intense fear. If you have ever suffered a panic attack you will relate to anxiety attacks as they are much the same. Anxiety attacks and depression seem to go hand in hand. Anxiety attacks are very common [...]

Don’t Panic: Guest Post On Panic Attacks

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Today the lovely Jessica Amey from (Mum2babyinsomniac) guest post for us.

I’m ill inside.

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    Its the morning, as I get out of bed, I hurry to the door trying to avoid seeing my reflection in the large mirror I have opposite me. I know if I catch the merest glimpse I will feel sick with hatred all day. I walk across the landing and head to the [...]