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I do, I went through an existential crisis during 3rd grade that placed me in therapy!

why

Teach me pls, I had an anxiety attack the day before yesterday and I couldn't calm myself down....

ah yes

so sometimes parents are allways like "BREATH IT WILL CALM YOU DOWN" but sometimes its so bad it don't work so I do stuff like

reading! it distracts you
playing s3! it distracts you
do some art! it distracts you
basically anything that distracts you can calm me down u should try it next time

breathing does help tho so if it works for you do it I promise

fidgeting helps me to calm down as well, like twirling pencils/squishing stress balls

its best to prevent panic attacks, learn ur triggers and try to take "baby steps" slowly to overcome ur anxietys

Thanks

sadly yes

I know plenty about anxiety attacks.

Yeah I've had some a few times, I had a particularly bad one a few years ago where I couldn't sleep at all and I was panicking a lot but the solution I found was to watch an episode of a baking tv show, I kid you not. It actually worked I felt way better after that, so yeah, like Madt said, distractions are good, especially if they're of the disgustingly wholesome type.

I love cooking/baking shows, I don't blame you. Thanks for the tips!

my definition of an anxiety attack is that you just stop wot u r doing have a mental meltdown and you get very scared of doing anything

Yeah true

it happened to me in 6th grade. we were telling poetry stories (my least favorite form of writing) and when it was my turn I just froze.

OOf d@ng. Anxiety suck.