Anxiety is spiking today

Hello, that sounds awful. I'm sorry you are going through those feelings and symptoms. I've had many panic attacks and long segments of intense anxiety. I know it's really hard. But it's going to be okay. Something that took me a long time to realize was that emotions are fundamentally transient. They can always change to and from some other emotion. Another thing that is really hard but important is to remember that anxiety and panic are good normal things. In the same way it's good and normal to be able to be happy or be sad out be angry or be restful. Emotions respond to goals and our current perceptions. If I wanted to win a foot race and I perceive I cried the finish line first, I'll feel happy. If my goal was to not feel anxious, start looking for signs of anxiety and become anxious. Nothing's broken. That's how things are supposed to work. If my goal was to avoid lions, I'd be anxious about signs of lions. But say to get over my fear of lions I get a cell phone so I can call animal control if I see a lion. Then I feel better because I have a solution to my problem. Okay, so knowing that emotions are transient, that anxiety and panic don't last forever, that they are just emotions, symptoms and feelings that I can tolerate, and how my goals and perceptions work together to control which emotions I feel - that's really helped me get away from the frequent anxiety and panic. Having a realistic picture and appreciation of how things work, and behaving according to that picture. I hope there's something in this post that's helpful to you. I hope you feel better and wish you lots of happiness ahead.