I haven’t been awake very long and yet already I feel as though I cannot breathe. The walls feel like they are closing in around me. My anxiety doesn’t seem to even need a trigger to hit. I haven’t been awake long enough to have any had anything trigger this attack. I will probably be really annoyed when it calms down but right now it is overwhelming me. I would take my medication for it if I didn’t think it would make me too tired to get through my shift.
I’ve tried all of the typical calming techniques. They aren’t helping. The hardest thing of all though is I don’t want to burden anyone. I feel like if I try to lean on friends and family I’m only causing them stress too. They have their own worries why should I add to them? So I try to not think about what could be stressing me out. I try not to burden anyone else. Hopefully I can pull it together long enough to make it through my work day without messing up my performance.