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As you know, Drama Queens can have legitimate panic attacks too.
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Originally Posted by Buckeye Burgher
Apparently so.
My case in point is a colleague and co-worker back in 1994. Lovely woman, lovely person, extremely competent, a joy to work with, and a bit of a drama queen. (And I think she would agree.)
The 1994 Northridge California earthquake caused considerable damage to my colleague's house, though it was still "livable" -- they didn't have to move out. By contrast, our manager's home was so damaged that they couldn't occupy it until repairs were completed.
We were able to return to work the next day. Our offices were on the 11th floor of a modern downtown LA office building. Said building was designed to "move" right along with the earth during quakes. With a significant temblor this could become a real E-ticket ride.
During each aftershock, the colleague became totally panic-stricken. (Trust me on this, she wasn't 'drama-queening' - her panic was absolutely real.) By contrast our manager, whose home had been rendered unlivable while she was in it, remained relatively calm and assured.
I never faulted the colleague for her reactions/responses -- we all have our personal limits, and hers had been significantly exceeded. Had you been there, I don't think you would have thought any the less of her either.
I started getting panic attacks in my early 20s, then they stopped and came back again in my 50's! I ended up in the ER quite a few times. Here's what happens, your fingers get numb, your throat feels like it's closing up and your whole body literally feels like it's shutting down and you are going to die within minutes! I have even run out of grocery stores hoping I make it home in my car before I die! I talked to a Physician's assistant about this and he said "I worked for years in the ER and you would not believe the people that come in there with these attacks and think they are dying". He told me how to stop them! He said it is your brain playing a trick on you. Next time it happens remember that and don't let your brain do it. Lo and behold, a few years later, I had one while in bed trying to sleep and I told myself my brain is playing a trick on me and I won't GIVE IN and it stopped! I saved myself from it. That was 8 years ago and I have not had one since.
Thank you all so much. I am learning a lot about this.
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