Hi Smallepiphanies and Kris, thank you!

Yup I am seeing a therapist and learning meditation. Baby steps but hopefully they get me somewhere 🙂

The cause of my first panic attack was probably a traumatic break-up with my fiancee of 8 years. I probably suppressed a lot of emotions in defiance of dealing with the onslaught of grief and depression. It’s been 6 months since the break, 4 months since I’ve developed anxiety. I’d like to believe things happen for a reason, but sometimes in the throes of my anxious symptoms, that is truly hard to believe, but I’m forging on.

In any case, this is a really useful bit of writing I came across which I found inspiring and very informative. I hope it can help anyone here. And please, I welcome any other success stories. Pile ’em on!

http://web.archive.org/web/20130928045837/http://nothingworks.weebly.com/