When panic strikes…

I've been asked a lot of times what it's like to have a panic attack. It's not easy to describe because so much of it is internal. My panic attacks have some physical signs but a lot of them are internal thoughts and feelings. I try describing it as asking someone if they've ever felt …

National Suicide Prevention Week 2019

It's fitting that I launched my blog at the start of National Suicide Prevention Week. Sixteen years ago, my life was forever changed by suicide. In high school, I was heavily involved in a Jewish youth group. One of the leaders of the group was a boy named Dan (not my husband). Dan seemed to …

Being a burden

As I alluded to in a past post, when I was in high school, a friend of mine from my youth group took his life. Understandably, that was when my anxiety and panic began to worsen. I went from being able to sit through a full day of school to being able to barely sit …

The pain of panic

When I have a panic attack, everything hurts physically and emotionally. My whole body tenses up, my legs begin to shake uncontrollably. I get lightheaded and dizzy, my throat feels tight. I start to sweat profusely and I have the urge to flee the situation - anything to make the panic attack stop. This has …