All Day "Fight or Flight"
So, I got some news yesterday evening, and while it was upsetting, I felt like I was in an okay place when I went to bed. I had stayed up late (wanted to for daylight savings), and I took my prescription valium (very low dose) to help settle my mind.
I played a few games in bed and fell asleep. About 30 minutes later my body woke up to a raging, "fight or flight" panic attack. That was probably about 2am. I was up every hour, and I have been unable to shake it. I've done deep breathing, I've gone for a couple of walks. I get temporary results, but then it just comes back - sometimes even worse.
I'm exhausted. I have been dozing on the couch, but my heart starts pounding and no matter what I do, my brain just puts me back into full panic mode.
What can I do to at least try and take some of the edge off of this attack. I'm going on almost 14 hours and I'm scared and exhausted.
This sounds rough.
Don’t suppress the news. Bring it to the forefront - write about it, talk about it (feel free to message me about it), cry about it, do whatever you need to do to process it and not make let it become a raining cloud in the background of your day-to-day. Make it your day-to-day. Let it rain.
What do you think?
It was a huge struggle to get through and I ended up spending the next day sick because of all the stress I was going through.
I would love to cry. I have always been someone who could cry easily. It was always therapeutic. But I can’t seem to cry anymore. I mean, I see something sad on TV and I can get choked up, but when it’s my own personal problem I can’t seem to let the feeling out anymore.
iIt is something I’ve discussed in therapy and my therapist thinks it’s because I’m so burned out from a lot of stress over the last few years. It bothers me because it was definitely a tool I used to de-stress and now I have to rely on other things that aren’t as effective.
😔☹️ why do you think you can’t cry anymore? I know your therapist thinks it’s because you’re burned out but why do you think it is this way?
If you would like to talk about this to someone (me) outside of 7cups, feel free to text me. 985-264-4534. Just trying to connect.