04-20-2021, 08:09 AM
Started having severe panic attacks just after Xmas 2020. Unfortunately one day I woke up with what felt like a permanent panic attack along with crippling depression. Crying like a baby and couldn't get out of bed for months. Rocking back and forth to self soothe. Hence no posts in so long. Therapy didn't help but seemed to make things worse as I was over-thinking. Beta-blockers helped with the physical symptoms, other meds with the mental ones. I never thought a combination of panic disorder and severe depression could feel like literal hell on Earth. I was very close to the the edge......despite having a wonderful wife and 2 young beautiful daughters. Lockdown and gyms closing made things worse. I never believed I would be able to read a book again.....let alone use the internet or forum.
A book called 'Reasons to Stay Alive" by a great author called Matt Haig really helped me. Talks about the hell of anxiety and depression and how there is hope.
A book called 'Reasons to Stay Alive" by a great author called Matt Haig really helped me. Talks about the hell of anxiety and depression and how there is hope.