Ten reasons why I love Panic Attacks
When I still had my panic attacks I hated them. They were trying to destroy my life. Because of the panic attacks, I couldn’t :
- go out with friends
- have chance of a decent professional carreer
- hold on to friends or girlfriends because they didn’t ‘get’ what I had
- enjoy anything I was doing, there was always some bad thought in my mind that was stressing me out or making me anxious
- go on vacations
and so on.
So to be honest, my panic attacks were even making me depressed. I guess that’s why a lot of people reach for alcohol in those situations. Luckily I never did.
But then came the time that I started to learn about all the causes of my panic attacks, all the reasons why I was actually having them.
You know, in the past I had visited a lot of therapists etc, and they all told me I had panic attacks because of something that happens in the past. Great, but who on earth can change the past ?
I needed to learn why I was still having them today ! So that’s what I did and I started to eliminate every single panic attack cause I could find.
My life started to become better and better every single day. Some things people find normal, like waiting in line in a crowded place and being cool, calm and relaxed felt like a major victory to me.
Things like going to a restaurant with my family and actually enjoying it, driving my car, sitting in an airplane that will bring me to my vacation destination, giving a speech at work or actively participating in a meeting, all those ‘normal’ things made me smile a lot.
They were new to me, they felt so great and because of this I was smiling all the time. I think in general, that because I’ve had panic attacks I don’t take the small things in life for granted. They have made me the happiest person I know.
And that’s why I love panic attacks.
If you still have them, then I truly believe they will make you very happy too one day. The day you overcame them.
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