Explaining Panic Attacks: A Scenario

Thought this might help some of you if your having trouble explaining what panic attacks or GAD feels like to someone who doesn’t relate. Try giving them this scenario to imaging. Your lying down with your hands to your side in a very tight wooden box. Like a coffin. The lid is closed just an inch above your face. There is a breathing hole but it’s down by your feet not you face. Then it’s lowered into a concrete hole the exact size of the coffin. The concrete is several feet thick on all sides. A concrete lid is put on top. … you have an air supply but it’s hot sore and just enough to keep you alive. terrible right? If you have felt this way even though your surroundings are completely normal then you get it. If telling to someone then ask them to imagine how they would be feeling inside that box…. Then tell them they just have to stay in there for a few hours, maybe days… maybe weeks just depends on how long the attacks last. If you have panic disorder or GAD or anything like it, your not alone. You will get through this, there is hope, always!Let’s all encourage each other through it.