Hello all!
As some of you may already know, I have had anxiety for almost 7 years now. Despite starting almost a decade ago, I can remember very vividly why and when my first panic attack was. On the 15th August 2011, my family and I moved to a new house. Moving house is stressful at the best of times, but the fact that my sisters and I could not help (because we were so young), made the move all the more difficult for our parents.
The tense atmosphere adding onto the new and unfamiliar environment made me feel very uncomfortable, and as such resulted in a panic attack lasting about 7 hours. I had never experienced a panic attack before. I felt dizzy. I felt sick. I felt frightened. It was horrible, and they continued daily for the next month. Of course, as time went on I knew how to handle them, and they became less scary, but they have always been something I dread, and I am very lucky to not have had one in over a year and a half.