A Friggin Panic Attack!?

Question

last night i went home and went to a movie with my family it was a movie i knew would be hard to go to, and i dont really like anyway, but i needed to spend some time with my fam, but the reason it would be hard was because it had so much to do with my ex whom i loved insanely, i had only seen it with him, and it was basically his whole thing, but i went anyway, i knew it would be hard, but i thought i was over him, its been a month since he dumped me for another girl, and basically ruined me by making up a whole bunch of things about me and telling all his friends and mine, but i thought i was over it because i have been dating another really cute sweet guy pretty seriously, but i ended up not being able to handle it within the first couple of minutes i was quietly crying, but i thought i would be ok so i sat it out, but at the end i stood up, and turned around and sitting two rows behind me was my ex! i couldnt breath, and started shaking really bad, i ran out, went home called my friend and had a total panic attack! i dont know why i thought i was over him, i feel so dumb! and i feel really bad the other guy i am now dating has no idea, what should i do? why did i freak out so bad whats wrong with me? i couldnt stop crying, and had to take some peals to calm down because i had a full out panic attack, and i didnt even sleep? please i dont know what to do? help? i dont know why i even freaked out? its been a whole month why am not finnished and this other guy im now dating is so much better? whats wrong with me? i feel dumb.... please explain

Answer 1

Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.

Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.

But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There's this strange herb called "St John's Wort" - it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John's Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.

The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced... you have that "learned behavior" in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction... There are several other techniques to help cope them!

Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to....

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