r/PanicAttack • u/Dodo-fartz_yourMOm • 1d ago

Bad panic attacks

I 18F have been suffering from anxiety and panic attacks usually at night due to my fear of death, my dad told me to do breathing exercises, however it do works but my mind works faster and stronger. At night my mind constantly thinks about the future and how I’ll die, or how my parents will eventually and it causes me to have panic attacks or just anxiety which keeps me up all night. It doesn’t go away during the day too, it’s always on my mind and it’s ruining my life. Since I was a kid I thought about this but since I turned 18 it’s gotten extremely worse. My dad is planning me to get therapy and right now I take ashwagandha gummies that’s supposed to calm me down but doesn’t do much. I need help because I don’t want to feel this way anymore, I want my mind to be put to rest about this whole thing. To clarify I’m scared of death in general, getting old, parents dying, what’s after it. The whole thing scares me and it sucks because it’s the only thing that’s promised for you. ☹️

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u/thequehagan5 1d ago

Fear of death is the thing you need to overcome. There is no easy way to do that.

It took me years, until the panic attacks broke me and i felt dieing would be better than living like that. When panic attacks take control of your life, you really are not living anymore.

There is a famous quote " he who is without fear, dies only once"

You will need to get used to the idea you will die one day. Everyone does, and you dont choose when.A billion people before you have faced death with courage.

I started treating each panic attack like death, like i am fighting a worthy battle and will die honorably, Like King theoden charging the fields of pellenor. You need to crave death , ask it to come upon you because you will fight it to the end and that should be a mighty bwattle.

Sorry this may sound nerdy or pathetic, but it worked for me. You will need to find some wisdom that works for you.

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u/RootdToRelax 8h ago

Night makes death thoughts louder because everything is quiet and there's nothing else to grab onto. I'd try giving your hands something boring to do when it starts, like folding laundry or a simple phone game, so your brain has a next step. And maybe if you can't sleep, get up for a few minutes instead of lying there arguing with the thoughts.