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[daniellexxx]

Hey everyone, i'm 16 and i have Anxiety panic attacks all the time,
all day every day i'm feeling the same.
I can never feel my body it's always like i'm dreaming all day everyday
i don't go out my front door i'm stuck in my house all day and all night every single day
i never go out with my friends i never go to parties because when i do i have a panic attack, and i make a fool out my self, its awful i really do not like it when i went to the doctors they said i need to grow out of it, need to rest take slow walks but i wont walk out my front door, its like its taking my whole life, i feel as if i'm slowly fading away.
i'm 17 soon, i want to be out having a laugh and a joke with my friends but i can't:(
i really really want to get better soon it feels as if i have nothing to live for, i'm just sat at my house 24/7 doing nothing, another thing is i've not been able to sleep on a night its been bed at 4 ish in the morning every night for me, i also get chest pains alot too and difficulty breathing i always think i'm going to die any time soon i wish one day i wake up and it's just all gone so i can have a normal life a teenage girl would have, i wish i could get the help i need:(
- i needed to get all this off my chest please get back to me if you can help and make me feel alot better, thankyou so much for your time!
tonight i really do feel like im slowly giving up :(
x

[dizzeedavid]

Hey danielle! I really feel for you, but that's the worst thing you can do is let it control you easier said then done I know but I was kinda like that but I had to go out otherwise my bills wouldnt get paid lol. For me it was getting In to a positive routine. Get up for work eat better read a book on my break, get home go for a run around acomb n touch wood im alot better! R u open to ur mum n dad r friends about all this? X

[Canada1010]

Hey daniellexxx, I used to get panic attacks when I was your age, and I'm 24 now. It actually sounds like your suffering from either post-traumatic stress syndrome or social anxiety disorder.  My attacks were actually related to airplanes. Rest assured, that I've been through it, and you cannot actually die from a panic attack, but your racing thoughts and fears will effect your life and goals if you don't seek therapy. Please know that there are so many people going through what you are, so don't feel embarrassed. I found the right support (for me it was a person) really turned my life around. If you don't feel like leaving your house, use your time awake to research, research, research. When you read about people going through the same thing finding answers to the same problem as you it makes you feel uplifted.

If it makes you feel any better, Im a tiny, short girl from a small suburb of Canada and I just moved to New York City all by myself, and being around tons of people makes me feel like a brand new person. My girlfriend got anxiety from people watching her in public when she was a lone, and she said that listening to her Ipod when she walked around really helped.