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Does everyone get panic attacks?

My mums friend who works in mental health says they do, as I have them and she was telling me about them. None of my friends have ever had one though, or so they say :confused:

Reply 1

8urtay

I've no idea, dont think i have either. Mind you i dont know exactally what it feels like and i'm terrible at self diagnosis

Reply 2

cpj1987

15

I've only had one during my life; when I was having two teeth taken out as a teenager - they'd grown as fangs from the top of my gums, and took 42 injections in my mouth to remove, a majority of which were in the roof of my mouth. Now whenever I go to the dentist I shake but have never yet had another full panic attack.

Reply 3

ice tea

No everyone does not get panic attacks. I have panic attacks, and when I do my legs and arms become paralysed for between 5 minutes and half an hour, I can't breathe, I shake visibly, sweat and have this immense feeling of panic. To 8urtay, believe me, if you'd had a panic attack, you'd know about it. To the OP, if your friends say they haven't, they probably haven't. They're not uncommon, but they're not something everybody experiences either.

Reply 4

ScarecrowJack

I don't think most people do, I get them and when I have in front of people they seem a bit panicked. Though they do come on a sort of sliding scale, so I suppose everyone suffers from occasional loss of breath and dizzy spells? Nothing to be ashamed of or anything like that though.

Reply 5

Marie05

1

I have started to get them round exam time, had one yesterday :frown:

Reply 6

ice tea

That's very true, mine vary in severity and I've learnt to control them somewhat . It's definitely not something to be ashamed of, but my friends did freak out at first when they saw me having a panic attack for the first few times. I explained it all to them and that I'm not in any danger and how they can help me when I am having an attack.

Reply 7

louisedotcom

13

Well ive never had one :s-smilie:

Reply 8

Adhsur

15

I think I get them but I'm really not sure. :confused:

Reply 9

Anonymous #1

I have. I had my first one when I was 14, and it was such a horrifying experience that I feared having another one and this made me panic even more and I ended up having a nervous breakdown. Not good.

Reply 10

The Bishman

8

I had one, one of the most horrific and most terrifying experiences I have ever felt.

Since they were explained to me what they were, I known when they are about to happen, I can control them now, for me they are all mental.

Reply 11

Dionysus

15

Very very rarely, and even then not too severe - mostly brought on by horrendous stress from A Levels. Now over, thank god. I just drowned most of them in alcohol, hence have probably failed my A2s lol.

Reply 12

Saffie

11

i think i might have had a couple when i was about 14, but I've no idea really, and I didn't feel 'panicked' at the time. Not everyone gets them.

Reply 13

Rutter knows best!

12

ice tea

No everyone does not get panic attacks. I have panic attacks, and when I do my legs and arms become paralysed for between 5 minutes and half an hour, I can't breathe, I shake visibly, sweat and have this immense feeling of panic. To 8urtay, believe me, if you'd had a panic attack, you'd know about it. To the OP, if your friends say they haven't, they probably haven't. They're not uncommon, but they're not something everybody experiences either.

thats my expirience of it too more or less throw in nausia and feeling faint.

i have'nt had one for a couple weeks now but i was a wreck for the month before that and it just controlled my life.
i didn't eat atall , had no energy, and everything set it off like even the noise of people logging on msn. i could'nt be around people and had to rake time off work.
i ended up on medication and am still on them but i feel alot better without it i"anxiety/panic attacks ruining my life.

I've had one.

Maybe everyone has session where they 'freak out', maybe thats what she meant..not the full on can't breathe kinda state. I do.

Reply 16

ice tea

negated enigma

thats my expirience of it too more or less throw in nausia and feeling faint.

i have'nt had one for a couple weeks now but i was a wreck for the month before that and it just controlled my life.
i didn't eat atall , had no energy, and everything set it off like even the noise of people logging on msn. i could'nt be around people and had to rake time off work.
i ended up on medication and am still on them but i feel alot better without it i"anxiety/panic attacks ruining my life.

I feel faint/dizzy as well and especially in busy places I have them, where there are a lot of people or a lot of noise because I feel trapped.

Yeah, I can identify with that. Anything could set off a panic attack for me, from the phone ringing or a knock at the door, being in a crowded place or seemingly nothing at all. There is nearly always a trigger though. At one point I couldn't even go out of the house, or go a few hours without having a panic attack. I was having several a day. I'm on medication which helps, but I've been able to control them and minimise them quite a lot myself.

It's odd as well because before I'd never had any problems with crowded places, phone calls, knocks at the door or anything that has triggered attacks for me.

Reply 17

Rutter knows best!

12

ice tea

I feel faint/dizzy as well and especially in busy places I have them, where there are a lot of people or a lot of noise because I feel trapped.

Yeah, I can identify with that. Anything could set off a panic attack for me, from the phone ringing or a knock at the door, being in a crowded place or seemingly nothing at all. There is nearly always a trigger though. At one point I couldn't even go out of the house, or go a few hours without having a panic attack. I was having several a day. I'm on medication which helps, but I've been able to control them and minimise them quite a lot myself.

It's odd as well because before I'd never had any problems with crowded places, phone calls, knocks at the door or anything that has triggered attacks for me.

thats the mad thing about it. its just unexplainable.

i find the medication just is almost like safety blanket . you start to go down that route of a panic attack but it jus does'nt get to that extreme state.

i've got a alot better at controlling myself i think as well i jus live in the present for the moment. can't live like that forever but at the moment its the only way i can take it.

its just exhausting how overwealming it can get innit, and its all goin on inside your head ,no one can see or begin to understand how your feeling when its going on.

take it easy fella(i presume), its reassuring to know people have been in the same boat.

Reply 18

Ang|ophi|e

12

I had a few. When it comes to grades I'm super serious about it and I tend to stress over it a lot. When it builds up too much and I feel like I can't handle it, I get panic attacks.

Reply 19

bonjovi22

I have had a few. Three that I was out of control in the situation. McDonalds I can recall literally blurry vision and opening to see customers and a staff member over me. Panic attack happens, stress, anxiety, paranoia, bad thinking, complete overload of mental strain - that was my case from what I know. My counselor explained can be a normal thing to happen once or twice in someones life. You need to let go though, let go of everything or you find yourself closing in, breathing faster, and struggling for air and feeling an immense distress and anxiety. The time at mcdonalds I will always remember as it was a diagnosed and confirmed attack. If you get them OP please "for real feelings" seek some help. Do not think of it on your own or try to solve things alone.

Does everyone get panic attacks?

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