Snowbunnyface 31 Posted October 15, 2016 does anyone experience panicky feelings that can last all day and consist of a jittery, faint feeling and anxiety symptoms like tingling, numbness or tight chest etc, but NO panic attack? Panic attacks hit fast and ease up, as horrible as they are, this mounting anxiety is even harder to accept. It's hard to explain what I feel but for example I could just be sitting down and I start shaking my legs and my chest feels tight and I feel hyper like I need to run but I'm afraid to move. When I get up I feel faint and shaky. It feels like the beginnings of a panic attack but it's not turning into one because I'm at home and that's my safe zone. But it's like I can't relax. It feels like what I imagine a seizure feels like. I feel like I'm about to lose control and I just feel very very uneasy. I don't feel lightheaded, ts more like I feel like I'm about to start violently shaking. It's like a horrible "build up" sensation that never becomes a full blown panic attack. Can anyone relate? Thanks for reading Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stones345 32 Posted October 15, 2016 I absolutely can relate to this. It can hit whether I am home or just sitting at work. I try to figure out what set it off and can't come up with anything. If I am out in public I start thinking that I am the only one in the world with this feeling and that no one else goes through this... why me? I too feel the need to run like you... but to where? Is that going to calm me down? No, just draw attention to me and people will think what the heck is wrong with you. I suffer in silence so many times and it scares me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbunnyface 31 Posted October 17, 2016 Thanks stones, I 100% relate to your situation. The wanting to run away, but to where, and feeling I'll make a fool of myself and thinking I am the only tortured person out there coping with this we should take solace in the fact we simply ARE NOT. We do suffer in silence. Sucks because when I am panicking out by myself somewhere I just want to tell someone I am panicking. Fortunately I've been lucky that at moments of extreme panic when I feel all alone in the world, I've had strangers smile at me or talk to me and it takes the edge off the panic. I try to remember that every time I step out. There's someone kind out there. And there's certainly other anxiety sufferers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
