I have suffered from constant anxiety for most of my life and it always seemed to brought on by minor things like being late for work, forgetting to brush my teeth or not getting a kiss from my wife when she goes out. If anything major happened I would go into full force panic mode. I am on lots of anti-anxiety meds now plus I have learned many coping mechanisms such as meditation, distraction and hugging my wife. Now the latest thing is caused by shortness of breath caused by COPD. As soon as I get short of breath I go into panic mode, so badly that I can't even reach for my inhaler, it will take some time to learn how to deal with this new issue.

I know how you feel and I really hope coming onto this site can really help you.

Have a great day!