Panic attacks (2 Viewers)

[annabackwards]

Your a legend for not being anxious..good on you...you must be really focused on your work.

Thanks

I think I conquered my nerves when i accelerated mathematics last year. I just do my best and what will happen will happen. No need to get worked up over it ^^

yes. some people do get panic attacks. I think there was this girl who vomitted after her trials because she did so badly. Another one had a nervous breakdown before the trial

Yeah, a few people just broke down a little while in the English trials at my school :S

 

[ehtefaz.hedayet]

Thanks

I think I conquered my nerves when i accelerated mathematics last year. I just do my best and what will happen will happen. No need to get worked up over it ^^

now that's the spirit

 

[jet]

I think I conquered my nerves when i accelerated mathematics last year. I just do my best and what will happen will happen. No need to get worked up over it ^^

Same for me. I'm not nervous now, but I nearly broke down the night before my 4 unit trial last year.

 

[deviousgeek]

I was extremely depressed and ill during the school certificate.

Even so I was pretty distraught in the prelim half-yearlies too. This time round though, they seem to have settled down a bit. I'm hoping that they subside soon

 

[annabackwards]

Same for me. I'm not nervous now, but I nearly broke down the night before my 4 unit trial last year.

Yeah, i froze in my 1st HSC assessment last year but i got a decent mark in the end.

Don't worry if you break down, you'll soon get back up

 

[dux&src]

I left school in 2008 (yr 12 take one) because of panic disorder/anxiety/depression. It's pretty common for hsc kids to experience a panic attack every now and then. The difference is, mine was a chemical imbalance - and I totally get how you ask "how can a doctor tell the difference bla bla bla", because I also believed that prior to being diagnosed myself. There is a massive stigma for mental disorders, and no offence to you, but I think that's where your "ignorance" lies. The doctors have to rule out all physiological factors, ie. brain tumors can cause mood changes, thyroid problems can cause anxiety, etc (in this case, you dont have clinical anxiety or depression because its a symptom/secondary to your illness) and if nothing physiological is ruled out, they have extensive criteria you have to meet to be diagnosed with clinical depression or an anxiety disorder. So, yes, there is a huge difference to "I am feeling down because I have an assessment tomorrow morning" and "I don't want to get out of bed because the prospect of attempting to go about everyday life just makes me sick to my stomach"...even simple things like walking to the shops to get milk, or making a phone call can cause you to go into panic mode and just freak out...because its out of your control. And trust me, no one actually WANTS to feel like that. It's clinical, its a chemical imbalance, and that is why there is medication for mental illnesses, just to get a sufferer through the day...and that is why there is EAS for highschool kids with an anxiety disorder or clinical depression, because trying to cope with an illness which can often be incapacitating, AND complete your hsc is HARD and your marks can suffer, and how is it fair if your marks are complete shit because you suffer from something completely out of your control??

Rant over

True .

 

[rozymisty]

ive had a panic attack but not due to school....i never thought id have one in the circumstances that made me get it, but yeah i sure did get a panic attack...hyperventilating, couldnt breath properly, was in tears, and shaking like never before....had one later on, ablet milder later on when i told my housemates what happened when they came home. they never saw me in a state like that.

I think i had mild ones when i was in primary school coz i hated school from yr 5 onwards, would try and fake a sickie and then at the school gates start hyperventilating etc.