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I started to have what I now know are panic and anxiety attacks in middle school and over the past six years they've gotten more frequent.
Lately I've also been just generally anxious. I'm very fidgety and so I tend to tap my feet & fingers, wring my hands, and repeat words. My friends at school tend to notice I twitch sometimes and often try to calm me down.
My triggers tend to be yelling, deadlines, people telling me things over and over again, looking out the windows while in cars, the thought of needles, and other things I can't really think of at the moment.
My parents tend to get mad at me for having attacks and being all fidgety because they think I'm trying to get attention but I really can't help it.
Often times to calm down I listen to music and sit in my closet since I'm partial to corners and small spaces. It hasn't really helped lately since I'm having more often at school then home now.
Any advice on what to try to help would be very appreciated.
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