05-15-2017, 02:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-15-2017, 02:13 PM by CoiledSpring.)
(05-14-2017, 07:56 PM)mr nobody Wrote: Coiledspring-I guess your name reflects how you feel right now.
In some cultures anxiety/panic attacks are just plain misunderstood and in drinking societies yes it is "have a shot" and so on.
I truly wish you success in this and if you will allow me:
You may have two separate issues 1) problem drinking made worse by stress 2) Real anxiety-the panic and not liking crowds/planes etc is genuine and I wish people would start treating it the way other conditions are treated.
Have seen people really booze it up before they actually got help with the ptsd/anxiety/panic disorder.
Keep looking for professional help and stress it is the panic that makes you drink not the other way around.
Peace.
Cheers mate - it absolutely is the panic and anxiety that leads to the booze - the non-social drinking of booze.
On a small amount of occasions it is everyday stuff that most people would say "God I need a drink"!
I think when I first started with the attacks in the early 90s I don't think the docs really new how to deal with it hence all the physiological tests.
Then they were like there is nothing physically wrong with you so just try not to get stressed.
Thing is stress isn't the trigger - well not in any traditional sense that I recognise.
Oh CoiledSpring name?
Just a wee joke - I don't feel that uptight.
What I do feel is that the alcohol is starting to wear down my body a bit - but that can't be neatly summarised as a 'name'!