Feel Better
"Don't try and fight it, it will only get worse" she said. "Just let it happen and you will feel better." Her advice was taken, and used at least seven times in the last ten days. Anxiety attacks. At 43 years old I haven't experienced one, until 10 days ago. I lay down in my bed, my husband already asleep for over two hours was resting comfortably, until my head hit the pillow. I started hyperventilating. I couldn't stop my breath or control its tempo. My husband woke and tried to wake me from my nightmare. "I'm awake" I wheezed from my rapid breathing. I stopped with a sudden sigh and three or four uncontrollable deep breaths, and then the tears started to flow. No sobbing, just tears racing down my temples and thru the crevices of my earlobes. I fell asleep surrounded by my husband, scared to death of what had just happened and hoping to God it wouldn't happen again. It has happened again, six more times. Tonig...