Panic Attacks

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For the longest time (about 5 or 6 years) i've been very afriad of death. I have no idea why really, I've never had anyone close to me die or anything. The only thing i can think of is that as a very very young child my parents were kind enough to show me television programs of 3 year olds getting taken in the middle of the night and beaten to death. But as i was saying i'm extremely afraid of dying. All i have to do is have it cross my mind and i'll just start crying and i'll be so scared. For the past couple of months I've been having panic attacks (at least that's what i think they are)...i'll just be sitting there and the thought of death will cross my mind and i'll freak out...i'll shake, feel sick, start to cry...it's a mess...i'm just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if there's any way i can fix it.

That was a very bad experience for a young child. Have you spoken to a psychiatrist? There is medication available that can help control and avert panic attacks.

No psychiatrist...that's the last thing i want to do...i don't want medication either...i hear nothing but bad things about both

Well the best solution to averting these panic attacks would be to see a therapist or at least someone who is qualified that you can talk to. You need someone who understands the human psyche very well and who can help you to overcome the obstacles from your childhood. You can always decline medication, but you definitely need someone to talk to.

I have...well, the exact problem, actually. Usually they happen at night because I usually lie awake thinking for awhile before I fall asleep. When I was a kid it wasn't as bad, because I had God to fall back on, but after I lost my faith was when they started getting really bad, usually I'll at least fall asleep at some point and that will be the end of it but about a year ago was when I hit rock bottom, the...panic attack, whatever you want to call it, carried on into the next day, in fact I went through the entire week, working and seeing my friends, feeling, well....I think the best way to put it was how I put it myself...I didn't want to live, and I certainly didn't want to die. It was...beyond any sadness I had ever felt. And after that, the only way I found I could deal with it was...not deal with it. I just put it at the back of my head and if I feel another attack coming on I make myself think of something else. Read a book or something if I have to, even if it's the middle of the night. Not the healthiest way of getting over it but at least I can live my life again. Sorry that was probably a wordier answer than you were looking for, I just wanted to get this off my chest.

Originally Posted By: animefreak135Usually they happen at night because I usually lie awake thinking for awhile before I fall asleep. That's when mine happen too...I've tried to talk to my parents about all this and i asked them why i was scared into thinking that people could come and kill me at any minute and they said that they wanted to put fear in me...and that i should be scared...is it just me or does this sound very very wrong?

I think it's very misguided parenting, though your parents wouldn't be the first to use fear. It may well reflect their own fear. I think people now are too afraid of many things that are rare and unlikely.

Originally Posted By: albeitmyselfGreat job at proselytizing. Genius, 1928 already believes in God, he just needs to renew his relationship with God to make it stronger which is what Rad meant. He wasn't trying to convert him. Relax and go prepare yourself to be a rock when you die. I'll make sure to pick you up and skip you across the ocean when I'm at the beach.

You need to look up the definition of ad hominem.

Rad was selling animefreak135 on religion. That's proselytizing.

Perhaps animefreak135 dropped the idea because it didn't make sense, and perhaps he doesn't wan't to re-adopt an idea that makes no sense just to feel comforted. God is not a drug.

No one ever gets turned to stone (in what part of the scriptures did you find that), just as no one ever gets miraculously healed of an amputation.By the way, you are quite a hypocrite. You don't really seem to care about what Jesus wrote about the proper way to treat people.

Relax and watch that temper, man. Stop looking for trouble.

Why would it be in the Scriptures?

It was sarcasm, I'm sick of atheists and agnostics getting away free with ripping us theists on religion going off unscathed. While if I make one remark I get flamed by 5 people.

Seriously, leave me the fuck alone. I'll see you all in the afterlife

RELAX!Why do you always go looking for fights? Is it even worth it?

You need to let go of the persecution complex. If you want to be left alone, then stop posting ridiculous stuff. You need pause and reflect on why other religious people don't feel the way you do.You may not believe it, but you're getting "ripped" over the contents of your posts and your attitude, not because you are a Chiristian. Did you pay attention to anything Damien said? Quote:I'll see you all in the afterlifeNo you won't. But if you do, you may not wind up where you think will. Or maybe the Buddhists are right. But you are certain the Buddhists will wind up i hell, so what's the point?

dude, calm the fuck down. just because not everyone "believes" like you do, doesnt make them any less of a person. just learn to let it go.

Good lord! My apologies for writing that little tidbit. I was afraid there may be a backlash but...  Originally Posted By: HCl Perhaps animefreak135 dropped the idea because it didn't make sense, and perhaps he doesn't wan't to re-adopt an idea that makes no sense just to feel comforted. God is not a drug. Pretty much what I was going to write to Rad, maybe worded a bit less...harsh. and by the way Rad, no hard feelings man.

This is so strange that this subject somehow came to god (when it had nothing to do with it in the beginning)...