Next you'll be telling me you're alergic to toothpaste and have a panic attack everytime you see something white with red and blue stripes.

( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:12, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

...and you obviously aren't scared of anything or anyone, have no health issues of any sort
and a 12" cock
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:13, Reply)

I get scared sometimes but only by things which are scary
I get sick just like everyone else, but I'm fairly robust and get on with stuff.
( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:17, Reply)

I would think being unable to move and being conscious when this happened would be fairly scary TBH

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:21, Reply)

Of course, likewise some of the scary things I've seen and done
but I don't have panic attacks on the train about it.

In fact now that I think about it, I actually don't really know what a panic attack is.
( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:24, Reply)

It is something needy people get
Hope this helps.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:26, Reply)

Think yourself lucky, they're fucking horrible.

(NoeI «:::P:::» «:::E:::» «:::R:::» «:::V:::» «:::E:::», Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:26, Reply)

Is it like an adrenaline rush?

( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:35, Reply)

Some of the symptoms are quite similar according to wikipedia
Interestingly the article also says:

" A growing body of evidence supports the idea that those that suffer from panic attacks engage in a passive style of communication or interactions with others"

like doing all your social interaction through a website?
( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:39, Reply)

Maybe we should link this thread to the scientists so they can add it to their growing body of evidence.

( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:42, Reply)

I've only had the one, I was utterly convinced I was dying.
That's a bit of a sweeping statement that. You and I both know mental health issues aren't as clear cut as that.
(NoeI «:::P:::» «:::E:::» «:::R:::» «:::V:::» «:::E:::», Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:44, Reply)

I thought it was a pretty even-handed statement actually
I haven't suggested that this is true, or that it accounts for all cases of people having panic attacks.

I just pointed out that some people think there might be a correlation between having these things and being an internet shut-in.

The article seems to imply that they normally have a stand-alone clinical source which could be a wide-range of things and concludes "panic attacks are not usually indicative of a mental disorder." so I'm not sure this is a mental health issue really.
( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:49, Reply)

Then again
I know the sum total of fuck all about this.
( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:50, Reply)

It's bloody horrible
especially as you feel you're going to suffocate and quite often you feel like someone else is in your room, like a proper sense of menace. You can't move and you can't talk and you can't do anything except lie there and freak out.
(berk, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:36, Reply)

Isn't that what normally happens to OMG Gurls after a b4sh?

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:44, Reply)

I've just diagnosed berk with
'getting a lift home with PsychoChomp'
( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:45, Reply)

lawls

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:48, Reply)