Courage and Panic Attacks
I was deeply inspired when I read the following article by Barry McDonagh. As someone who experiences anxiety in the simplest of situations I can completely relate to what he describes below. People who have never experienced a panic attack often judge the anxious person harshly. The outsider has no real comprehension of what is happening to the person experiencing a panic attack and wonders why they fear to do the simplest things. I know myself that I could not understand how overnight I went from being a confident young man to someone who became anxious of common everyday situations. Going places took on a whole new dimension as I constantly evaluated if being there might trigger a panic attack. (more…)
