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panic attacks or not?
i did something really stupid a few months ago in school concerning a teacher. it got me really really anxious. well ages ago when i was waiting for a lesson to start, waiting outside a classroom which is next to the teachers, i started getting all jumpy and shaking. my heart started racing and i couldnt really calm down. still everytime i go near, my chest goes tight and i get all shaky.
are those panic attacks?
are those panic attacks?
Reply 1
Yes they are, do you have intense fear? If not it might be a crush on the teacher.
Reply 2
Medically speaking, it counts as a panic attack if you have four or more symptoms from the following:
* irregular heartbeat or rapid heart rate
* breathlessness/hyperventilation
* feeling unsteady, dizzy, light-headed or faint
* trembling or shaking
* sweating
* having a hot flush or chills
* chest pain or discomfort
* numbness or tingling sensations
* feeling as if you or surroundings are unreal
* nausea or churning stomach
* choking
* fear of dying
* fear of losing control or going crazy.
This nicked from the channel 4 website, but it's in lots of different places and seems to be the agreed list. Basically any combination of four or more off this list = panic attack.
If you have fewer than 4 symptoms, I believe it's a "limited symptom" panic attack, or an anxiety attack. It does sound like you might be having either panic or anxiety attacks.
I'm not a medic or anything, but I get panic attacks sometimes and this is the stuff that I've been told by people who know more than I do.
Sadly this is where my knowledge peters out. I have yet to deal with my own stuff by any other means but avoidance, and from the sound of it that's not something that it's going to be practical or possible for you to do.
If it *is* distressing you then try and talk to someone (do you have a school counsellor or anything?) who might be able to provide more help...it might well be possible to just expose yourself more and more to the room and the teacher that's causing the anxiety, but it depends on how much it's upsetting you...if it's really frightening you then I would get help from someone else if you can.
This is quite possibly of no use to you at all, and if so then please feel free to send me off with a flea in my ear, but either way I hope you sort things out one way or the other soon.
* irregular heartbeat or rapid heart rate
* breathlessness/hyperventilation
* feeling unsteady, dizzy, light-headed or faint
* trembling or shaking
* sweating
* having a hot flush or chills
* chest pain or discomfort
* numbness or tingling sensations
* feeling as if you or surroundings are unreal
* nausea or churning stomach
* choking
* fear of dying
* fear of losing control or going crazy.
This nicked from the channel 4 website, but it's in lots of different places and seems to be the agreed list. Basically any combination of four or more off this list = panic attack.
If you have fewer than 4 symptoms, I believe it's a "limited symptom" panic attack, or an anxiety attack. It does sound like you might be having either panic or anxiety attacks.
I'm not a medic or anything, but I get panic attacks sometimes and this is the stuff that I've been told by people who know more than I do.
Sadly this is where my knowledge peters out. I have yet to deal with my own stuff by any other means but avoidance, and from the sound of it that's not something that it's going to be practical or possible for you to do.
If it *is* distressing you then try and talk to someone (do you have a school counsellor or anything?) who might be able to provide more help...it might well be possible to just expose yourself more and more to the room and the teacher that's causing the anxiety, but it depends on how much it's upsetting you...if it's really frightening you then I would get help from someone else if you can.
This is quite possibly of no use to you at all, and if so then please feel free to send me off with a flea in my ear, but either way I hope you sort things out one way or the other soon.
Reply 3
it is a teacher i used to have a crush on, who found out and is very very nasty to me, and so i get scared of going anywhere near him.
-sweat
-get tight chest
-shake uncomtrollably
-breath faster and deeper
-sweat
-get tight chest
-shake uncomtrollably
-breath faster and deeper
Reply 4
yeah i get intense fear
Reply 5
Then yes, it is a panic attack, simple as.
It's pretty unprofessional of him to actually treat you *badly* having found out you had a crush on him...a bit distant, maybe, but if he's picking on you that's something that needs to be taken up with another teacher. If it's bad enough to give you panic attacks he's gone too far, surely?
It's pretty unprofessional of him to actually treat you *badly* having found out you had a crush on him...a bit distant, maybe, but if he's picking on you that's something that needs to be taken up with another teacher. If it's bad enough to give you panic attacks he's gone too far, surely?
Reply 6
Satine
Then yes, it is a panic attack, simple as.
It's pretty unprofessional of him to actually treat you *badly* having found out you had a crush on him...a bit distant, maybe, but if he's picking on you that's something that needs to be taken up with another teacher. If it's bad enough to give you panic attacks he's gone too far, surely?
It's pretty unprofessional of him to actually treat you *badly* having found out you had a crush on him...a bit distant, maybe, but if he's picking on you that's something that needs to be taken up with another teacher. If it's bad enough to give you panic attacks he's gone too far, surely?
Well its either the op being over sensitive about it or the teacher being insensitive, try to concentrate on the subject rather than him and if you can have a word with your personal tutor/form tutor. Its normal that you are nervous its an awkward situation.
Reply 7
No matter what has happened your teacher should not be horrible to you so firstly i think you should hae a word with your tutor or head of year to inform them of the situation so that it can be sorted, you don't need things like that interfering with your studies trust me.
Sorry to highjack the thread but i get panic attacks quite often and i usually get 9 of those symptoms, being these ones:
* irregular heartbeat or rapid heart rate
* breathlessness/hyperventilation
* feeling unsteady, dizzy, light-headed or faint
* trembling or shaking
* sweating
* having a hot flush or chills
* chest pain or discomfort
* feeling as if you or surroundings are unreal
* nausea or churning stomach
Does anyone have any tips on how to like calm down when you're having one, particularly the breathing?!
Sorry to highjack the thread but i get panic attacks quite often and i usually get 9 of those symptoms, being these ones:
* irregular heartbeat or rapid heart rate
* breathlessness/hyperventilation
* feeling unsteady, dizzy, light-headed or faint
* trembling or shaking
* sweating
* having a hot flush or chills
* chest pain or discomfort
* feeling as if you or surroundings are unreal
* nausea or churning stomach
Does anyone have any tips on how to like calm down when you're having one, particularly the breathing?!
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