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Originally Posted by Odee
Thanks for this!
I don't think that I would cease having panic attacks if I forgot that I ever had one. I have had attacks maybe 1-2 times a year for a couple of years before they became frequent. They had no precipitating anxiety, I perceived them as unlikely, and honestly thought for a long time that they were just a result of food poisoning or something of the like (that is probably why I didn't have the fear of them just happening again -- I didn't know it came from me!) Now, I percieve these as "Stress Attacks" -- probably some random manifestation of stress at the time, not really a panic disorder.
Now, YES, I know there is a strong psychological driving factor. I have a bad issue with panicking in classroom thanks to a few bad experiences. The fact that I can do other things such as work and leave the house without elevated anxiety (elevated from my base, I can still be very anxious) proves that my issue with classes is my own adopted fear I have to cope with.
I think all psychiatric/psychological disorders have a positive feedback loop we must destroy. For example, when you are depressed, you easily get depressed because you are depressed. You feel like a failure, stop doing things that help you feel happy or satisfied, and cut yourself off from friends -- thus, more depression! Stress tends to breed its own stress as well.
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I agree with you Odee, I believe fear or anxiety is the most adaptive thing once it gets involved with your perception. it can be situated anywre even if its not a threatening situation or we have never been anxious about the situation before!
Getting it out of our conscience as thretning or stressful is were the real problem lies. I think the more we try to deal with it the worse it gets as we give greater attention to it. But trying not to give attention to it may be even worse than that in the first place as your trying to avoid the thought of it. I guess for you as you do not expect it it may be different, but for me i believe i cause it through my thoughts. I never used to be an anxious person before my panic attack and so maybe thats the reason i believe that if i forgot i had this i would never construct a building of situations were it may happen again.
I agree with wat yous said about the addition of stress and depression as one act leads to another. I think the positive feedback loop you are talking about should not be destroyed it should be accepted understood and let it pass as many other things do. We anxious people seem to be so stigmatised by it that we do not seem to accept these things..
Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists.
~Eckhart Tolle