brit 14 Posted December 22, 2014 I'm sorry I've been posting a lot, in the past two days I've had about 4 panic attacks. I went to the doctors and they said I just have a common cold, but all the congestion is making my chest feel tight and it's causing me so much anxiety. Right now it's 2 in the morning and I woke up with another panic attack. Me chest feels really tight and I keep coughing because I feel like the congestion is just sitting there and I feel like I need to get it out. I've been coughing so hard I coughed up some blood twice. This cold is really beating me up anxiety wise, it's so bad. I don't know if it's because I haven't gotten enough sleep because of my school project with the electronic baby or something else. This weekend has been really stressful and my dog has dropped on the ground twice because he has fatty tissue near his arm pit and when he jumped yesterday it got lodged into his joint and he gets into extreme pain and my parents are saying that if this doesn't get better and they don't get enough money to pay to get it removed they're thinking of getting him put down so he doesn't have to suffer. There's just been so much stress this weekend and that could be why but my anxiety is worse than it's ever been and it's taking a huge toll on me and I'm scared about later today when I have to go to school because I'm always afraid I'm going to get a panic attack at school. I've gone down to the nurse for one before but she really doesn't do anything and she just has you lay down on this cot but it has no privacy and usually the nurses room is full so everyone can just see you so it doesn't help at all. I just don't know what to do, I've tried everything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JOYCICLE 654 Posted December 22, 2014 Hiya Brit, Don't worry. It's very common to get extra tense when we are sick. Our minds feeling something is ' off' and something is ! Our body is in a fight to protect us from the cold. Even though we don't consciously realize it, our brain is very busy sending signals to other parts of the body to fight off the cold. So in that compromised state it can be a little more difficult to stay calm. It happens to almost all of us. You're ok. And yes extra chest congestion is never helpful. It seems my chest is almost always in some form of tight or full so add actual REAL congestion to it, it can "FEEL' like it's too full to get air but that feeling is all in our head. Stay the course. You're almost well ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
