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?