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Ok, so I am done entirely with being embarrassed about my panic attacks. Last night I made that decision and I am sticking to it. Since Friday I was viewing the whole diagnosis as an emotional weakness on my part. It was much easier accepting a diagnosis of asthma because that was something physical that I could not control. A panic attack or anxiety attacked seemed awfully mental and thus controllable. But that isn’t the reality.

An anxiety attack or panic attack is a definite physical response but it is to emotional triggers. Since I have had to endure lots of stressors throughout my life, my body is just prone to react in this manner. Now that I know that I have the potential to experience a panic attack, I can act accordingly and manage them. I am confident that this will not be something I experience for the rest of my life.

Thank God I have a therapist. She really helped me process all of this. I don’t think I would be able to make it through these tumultuous twenties without her. I know that sounds elitist and extremely New Millennium but I think everyone should go to counseling at some point in their lives - especially if you are one of those people who do not need to go. Those folks need it the most!