Panic Attacks due to feeling stuck
Hello everyone!
I’m sharing this in hopes to commiserate and maybe get tips from others.
Last time I flew, I had a panic attack that lasted pretty much the whole flight (about 6 hrs). I now get panic attacks while driving. I start to feel separate from my body like I’m falling, I keep falling. Like hypnic jerks but I’m awake. I just keep getting pushed off a cliff, but I’m sitting in my seat.
I’m not afraid of the plane or the flight itself. It’s more the intense trigger that I need the option to leave if I need to, to get off the plane. But I’m stuck, for hours, crying the whole time.
I’ve done therapy,I have prescriptions, but I’m so paralyzed by the fear of putting my body and mind through this again.
I need to fly. I have a 5.5 hour flight this Friday. I don’t know if I can do it, but I need and want to.
I don’t know how to get through this.