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Originally Posted by birdpumpkin
I had a similar experience last weekend while with dad at the hospital visiting mom. She fell asleep, and he fell asleep in the chair beside me. I had the same feelings and was so afraid I was going to start crying. There was another woman and her daughter in the bed beside mom. I was so relieved when my sister and her boyfriend came and they woke up. I thought I was going to lose it right there in front of everyone for sure. Now I may be going with dad to a doctor appointment Wednesday, and I'm terrified the same thing is going to happen while I'm waiting on him in the waiting room. I think I'm going to have to be sitting there quite awhile, and I know the longer I'm sitting there, the more scary thoughts are going to go through my head.
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It's horrible isn't it?
I am so sorry that you were going through all of that. You know I think if this makes sense you are getting more anxiety over it because you are thinking and remembering the last place you had a panic attack/ bad anxiety and you are associating that place with it. So as the days go by it just goes round and round in your head and makes you feel worse until it's time to actually go there and who knows what could happen! You could get there and not feel as bad as you think you will. But either way you are going to have to find a way to distract yourself from all the thoughts so that doesn't lead to more anxiety or panic attacks. Sometimes listening to calm music helps some people, my friend used to count numbers and chew gum. None of those work for me, especially when I am about to have a full blown panic attack...but who knows they might for you! Maybe even writing about it on here a little could help curb the anxiety? Venting helps get all of the thoughts out of your head sometimes!
Anyway I hope you manage to find a way to get calmer. Good luck with the next appointment!