@disturbed_broken: ”plus why is this such a big deal? its happened b4”
Okay, I don’t want to totally terrify you or anything, but here’s why it’s a big deal. I’ve had panic attacks for years and years. When it started out, it was a lot like what your situation sounds like. Every once in a while, maybe every couple of months, I’d have a really unpleasant little freak-out. I would just ride them out and try to keep myself breathing and after a while (anything from five minutes to forty-five minutes) it would fade away and I’d be fine again. I didn’t really worry about it. It felt like I was going to die when it happened, but afterward I was perfectly okay, just really tired. I’d sleep like the dead for a few hours and when I woke up it was all in the past. No big deal.
Well, as I kept ignoring them, they kept getting worse. The problem grew to the point where I had trouble doing simple things like leaving the house or talking on the phone without being thrown into a panic. I’m sure if I’d addressed the problem and spoken to a counselor of some sort before the problem escalated to that degree, I would’ve been able to implement some coping methods that would’ve kept me a functional member of society. But I didn’t, and now my list of diagnoses in my therapist’s file on me includes several different anxiety disorders, I’m basically homebound (I have to really force myself to leave the house, and sometimes I need people to come with me and actually sort of herd me out of doors) and overcoming these issues is a rather steep uphill battle.
So… Do yourself a favor and talk to a professional about it. You may not ever get to a point as pathetic and desperate as mine, even if you do continue to ignore it, but… better safe than sorry, you know?