Panic attack at the grocery store lol
Had my second one last week. First time was at work and I thought I was having a heart attack. Went to urgent care - totally fine. But now I'm anxious about having another one and that anxiety is probably causing them. It's like my brain's turned against me. Looking into therapy but wanted to see if anyone else has dealt with this. What actually helped?
I had something similar happen and the "what if it happens again" loop is brutal. Once I realized the anxiety about it was worse than the actual panic attack, I could start breaking the cycle. Easier said than done though. You doing anything to manage it or just white-knuckling through?
Second one at the grocery store hits different because it's public and routine. Weird how the brain latches onto that. Therapy helps more than you'd think for breaking the anticipatory anxiety part of this.