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9 years ago 0 +0 / -0 219

Lifes Reflections and Awakenings

Davit,

I see in three dimensional. I can solve most all three dimensional puzzles. Visualization helps me learn. When I drew just a 3 sided triangle I did think of a pyramid with all sides, but only made a triangle. Now knowing this new information I can work harder at removing the negative worry thoughts and replace them with positive thoughts and affirmations.

My thoughts cycle so rapidly, it's a challenge to change an associated memory quickly enough but I'm trying every time I can acknowledge the thought is wrong or misguided. Visualizing it really helps. Knowledge of how to change it with a visualization is really helping.

My doctor said last month she noticed a difference, but I could still feel an electrical current feeling inside me. Like a live electrical wire attached to me. I don't feel that now. It's gone. That means this CBT is working. Now to take care of those panic attacks I have awoke to by changing my thought patterns. Looking forward to doing more than just existing.

9 years ago 0 +0 / -0 219

Panic attacks while sleeping

I have been having panic attacks at night while sleeping that awaken me. I wake to my heart racing and pounding in my chest, sweating, terrified, almost gasping for air until I can gather my thoughts enough to start belly breathing and repeating calming statements. It has been going on since June but had been better until a few weeks ago, gradually happening more often and now nightly. I know it wasn't happening in July up until after August 18th when it started back up. This most recent one from overnight still has me shaken up. I even ate some food right before laying down last night just in case that could have been a cause to these nightly attacks. I am doing good during the day. It's like I just have a little anxiety on most days although some days vary.

9 years ago 0 +0 / -0 219

Panic attacks while sleeping

CardioTech,

I do snore, but not sure if I sleep on my back. I fall asleep on my side. I am hoping it doesn't happen again tonight but if it does I will take note of how I am laying when I am awoken.

Davit,

I have put forth a lot of information/knowledge into my brain recently about changing thoughts and core beliefs. I have done good today. I think I am thinking to much about bedtime though for fear, (keyword) that I will have another panic attack tonight. So I am giving it thought. I need to take those thoughts away. I think I will do my yoga nidra at bedtime to relax my mind and then possibly watch a comedy. I don't watch television often, so I will have to rent a comedy on demand. Last nights attack was bad. I've done deep cleaning today to keep myself from thinking about it. Hopefully I will be so exhausted, if it happens, I'll sleep through it.

9 years ago 0 +0 / -0 219

Panic attacks while sleeping

Davit,

I made it through the night, until I woke up from a bad dream early this morning. As I laid there trying to go back to sleep I kept thinking of the bad dream and felt my heart start to race as I was falling back asleep. Good news was, I know what I was thinking, found a positive, filed it and sent that panic attack to well, it rhymes with that.

This morning I made some phone calls and am trying to get an appointment with a psychiatrist. My family Doctor has been great, by letting me approach this holistically. But also recommended I see one when the panic attacks started back in June. I've came a long way since then with the help of this CBT and forum, but the nightly panic attacks are making me so tired during the day. I feel like my energy has been zapped. I think having someone to talk to about inner personal matters would be helpful.

I want to be where you are with this. I want to be 100% panic free. If it wasn't for the stupid nightly ones now, I think I would already be 90% there. Who knows, I might make it through the entire night tonight panic free. Then I'll be 91% there.. :)

P.S. I made it to the acceptance part of this. I accepted it yesterday. I have a Panic Disorder. I looked in the mirror and said it out loud to myself. Then I said, you don't have to let it control you, You control it.

9 years ago 0 +0 / -0 219

Panic attacks while sleeping

Thanks Ashley,

I'm going to go look for it now.

9 years ago 0 +0 / -0 219

Panic attacks while sleeping

Ashley,

I can't locate the thread.

Davit,

I found something worth noting that you wrote on another post previously that I came across that pertains to panic while sleeping. A form of visualization where you don't change the background, but the activity in it if its a bad dream replacing with pleasant activities to (replace) bury the terror etc.

9 years ago 0 +0 / -0 219

Panic attacks while sleeping

I found the answer or at least hope I did. I was not awoken by a panic attack last night while sleeping. I had printed something from another post on here and had read it numerous times throughout the evening. When my spouse came home from work and read it, he made a comment about if I wake up terrified, I should let him know. At that point, hundreds of thoughts and memories ran through my mind including my last few bad dreams. Unfortunately for him, this was a bad thing. For in my memory, there was a comment he had made to me about 6 months ago. The comment was there, hovering in big neon letters. I turned those neon letters into imaginary balloon letters and popped each one as I told him no, I can handle it.

9 years ago 0 +0 / -0 219

Panic attacks while sleeping

Davit,

I did indeed use a sewing needle to pop each balloon. I started a journal that is more detailed and personal since I don't think the forum is a place for those details. Without being too vague I will try to explain. Since I have been reading the book Who's pulling your strings, I have started to realize numerous things about when my panic attacks started and I have even gone back so far as to when I was first diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. Its been enlightening to see the pattern. This pattern also stems from being a people pleaser. This has been good because this CBT has taught me how to recognize what I missed when a previous situation/event occurred, what I felt and thought at the time.

Now, I am able to change the suppressed memory when it arises in my thoughts. The visualization really helps. It's just a matter now of when and how these suppressed memories occur.

9 years ago 0 +0 / -0 219

Panic attacks while sleeping

Davit,

I sent a request through the contact us at bottom for your email address to Ashley.

9 years ago 0 +0 / -0 219

Panic attacks while sleeping

I have been unable to log in and finally the site has let me. Hoping I don't get logged out before I finish posting this. I didn't have a panic attack last night again. Yeah, go me!

Red,

The book you mentioned that I got from amazon has been an eye opener. A very good read for people pleasers. I will check out the sister sight you mentioned for core beliefs.

Davit,

No reply from the contact us yet in regards to email. I'm trying to hurry my typing on here as it has been logging me out quickly prior to not letting me stay logged in to reply.

The past two days have been good as I haven't awoken to a panic attack. I'm starting the very last auxilliary session today if it allows me to stay logged in.

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