Caridad Culajay
Showing posts with label Mental Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mental Health. Show all posts
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Anxiety Effect In The Body
Anxiety not only affects the mind and your emotional well being but it also takes a toll on your body. Some suffers could experience some or all symptoms on this diagram.
Caridad Culajay
Caridad Culajay
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Panic Attack
In May 2008, my life changed completely. I woke up one morning and didn’t know that my life was never going to be the same again.
It was the last day of finals, I felt confident that I was going to pass and I did. I was under a lot of stress that week. I had to study for finals, finish my papers; internship work was coming to an end. Not to mention helping my daughter with her homework, attending to her needs as well as my husbands.
All I wanted was to finally finish and graduate. So I went to school that day finish my finals and I remember leaving the school and feeling a relief. As I walked, I sighed thinking I’m done and finally graduating. I decided to go shopping at one of my favorite stores near the school. As I was looking around the store I started to feel funny inside. I felt off balance as I walked. With each step I took I thought I was going to fall. I started to feel scared, my heart was pounding. I felt like I couldn’t breathe and was going to pass out. I thought I was having a stroke. I finally told a store employee how I was feeling; she sat me down and gave me water. I called my husband but he couldn’t leave work because there was no one to cover him. So I sat there just waiting for the strength to get up and go home. I never felt so scared and alone. The train ride on my way home was torture. It was rush hour so the train was packed. I started to feel sick to my stomach; I thought I was going to pass out.
Finally, I made it home but found no relief to my symptoms. I continued feeling this way for a couple of days on and off. It wasn’t until I arrived at the emergency room because I felt I couldn’t breathe. At the hospital I told the doctor all my symptoms and he said I had suffered a Panic Attack brought by severe Anxiety. I needed medications. I did not want to leave the house afraid of having another Panic Attack outside. I had to seek therapy to overcome the fear of leaving the house. As far as medication, I have been on them since…I got better as far as the symptoms were, but I am not the same. Every day is a struggle. My mood has changed. Some days I feel depressed and others happy. It’s an everyday struggle to find that balance....
Caridad Culajay
It was the last day of finals, I felt confident that I was going to pass and I did. I was under a lot of stress that week. I had to study for finals, finish my papers; internship work was coming to an end. Not to mention helping my daughter with her homework, attending to her needs as well as my husbands.
All I wanted was to finally finish and graduate. So I went to school that day finish my finals and I remember leaving the school and feeling a relief. As I walked, I sighed thinking I’m done and finally graduating. I decided to go shopping at one of my favorite stores near the school. As I was looking around the store I started to feel funny inside. I felt off balance as I walked. With each step I took I thought I was going to fall. I started to feel scared, my heart was pounding. I felt like I couldn’t breathe and was going to pass out. I thought I was having a stroke. I finally told a store employee how I was feeling; she sat me down and gave me water. I called my husband but he couldn’t leave work because there was no one to cover him. So I sat there just waiting for the strength to get up and go home. I never felt so scared and alone. The train ride on my way home was torture. It was rush hour so the train was packed. I started to feel sick to my stomach; I thought I was going to pass out.
Finally, I made it home but found no relief to my symptoms. I continued feeling this way for a couple of days on and off. It wasn’t until I arrived at the emergency room because I felt I couldn’t breathe. At the hospital I told the doctor all my symptoms and he said I had suffered a Panic Attack brought by severe Anxiety. I needed medications. I did not want to leave the house afraid of having another Panic Attack outside. I had to seek therapy to overcome the fear of leaving the house. As far as medication, I have been on them since…I got better as far as the symptoms were, but I am not the same. Every day is a struggle. My mood has changed. Some days I feel depressed and others happy. It’s an everyday struggle to find that balance....
Caridad Culajay
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