My Panic Attack Story, how I treated my Anxiety Attacks
My story started about 15 years ago after an unpleasant go round with a buyer of one of my thoroughbred horses. I raise and train horses and this woman wanted to purchase a mare that I had put a fair amount of training into. My wife loved the horse and thought I should keep her, but I thought I needed the money worse than the horse.
Anyway, the woman who bought her was very critical about the horse, probably just to get the price down, but I took it personally. I wanted to just leave with the horse, but the deal had already been struck and against my better judgment I let it go through. That night I woke suddenly in my motel room. My heart was racing, my mouth was dry; a cold sweat broke out as I opened my eyes. It was pitch dark in the room; I could see nothing and I honestly thought either I was dead or dying.
In misery, I lay in the bed clutching the pillow as absolute waves of terror rolled over me. I was unable to even reach over and turn on the bedside light. Finally daylight came and some sounds from outside seemed to take the ice out of my veins. I was able to get up and function somewhat normally through the day, but became more and more nervous about spending another night in a strange motel room before returning home….
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