Hi !!!

I just wanted to wish you all a wonderfull day full of joy and lot of smiles....Don't forget that you can control yourself and you are not alone.
About me, i can tell you that im having a great day.
Love u all.

Wanna know what happend today??

I went out with my husband to see the Dr. 'cause he wasn't feeling good, we went on a bridge and guess what??? I started to have one episode...But I manage to control it and of course after a while i took the pills that my Dr. prescribe me...IF YOU CAN'T CONTROL IT. Take what your Dr. prescribe you., then in the afternoon i decide to take a nap and when i woke up i turn on the TV, when my dog went crazy because the house next door burning, so i took my pet and run out of my house bare foot...Thank God everything when OK, the police and firefighters came just on time. What i couldn't believe it was that something that dangerous didn't give me a panic attack.

Don't forget that there's always a light at end of the tunnel.

LOVE YOU ALL, GOD BLESS YOU.

Another day to live and see the sun

Today I'm having a good day, the sun is shining, i am at home but later I'll go to my Zumba classes which i enjoy very much. You know everyday we can reinvent ourselves, we can find happiness even though we're having problems, there's always a light of hope and so many blessings waiting for us.

Sometimes I think that if I'm having this episodes is because i am a strong person who can deal with them...You know i want to make of my life something easy, i want to smile even if I'm sad, i want to get a nice job because I'm not working right now.

My dream job would be working for Marc Jacobs or Steven Madden..but maybe one day I'll reach all my dreams.
Is better to think about the good things that are happening in our life that the problems we're having.
i invite you to take this panics attacks as a learning process, don't leave the panics attacks control your life, you are the one who can control them, i know is easy to say but heart to do. About me i can tell you that I'm afraid of flying, just to think about it makes me dizzy, but is something that i have to do if i want to see my family, because they live in Colombia, S.America.

But the most important thing to say...ALWAYS ASK FOR HELP!!! go to see a Dr. because i take pills they do their part but the rest is in your hand and don't forget to pray, God haven't forget you He's always there for us.

Love you all and God bless you...=)

Another day of my battle.

Today i had a big panic attack, i felt so overwhelmed i was on the way to the mall and for a moment i wanted to ask my husband to stop the car, but we were at the highway, it was so awful but i started to listen into my music trying to distract myself but I'm not going to denied that was so so hard but thank God i did it. That's why i tell you all that we can control ourselves. You know, even though we are having this kind of problems in our lives, we have to be sure that we're bless, because there's people out there with more problems than us.

I know that God is good all the time and I'm taking this experience like something that can make me stronger. So to you all that are having panics attacks i tell you this. DON'T GIVE UP. I know that i have panics attacks a lot but i have the hope that one day all of that will have an end.

God bless you all.

Some tips for when you're having an episode.

1. Think about how good you're feeling even though you're having a panic attack.
2. Distract yourself ( Listen some of your favorite music, read something)
3. If you are out and having a panic attack try to start a conversation with your friends.
4. If you feel desperate, just breathe and try to calm down, because nothing is happening.
5. Fight your negatives thought for positives.
6. Remember that you are brave and you can do it
7. Pray, because that will help you a lot.
8. Tell yourself that you walk along faith and not for what you see.
9. Do work out, the one that you will enjoy ( running, walking, zumba, etc.)
10. The most important..YOU ARE NOT ALONE, there's people like you and me everywhere.
11. Don't doubt to ASK FOR HELP.

There's Hope!!!

You know there's always hope, when you feel that you are having an episode, take your ipod and listen some of your favorite songs, don't let your fears take over you, think that you are in control and what your brain is telling you, you can change it.

You will have negative thought, but you can change them for something positive, every time that you feel your heart fluttering, tell yourself that you are strong.

You know , sometimes when i go to my psychiatrist and i tell him " i had a panic attack" he says "congratulations", because he says that i sound like something great happened to me but you know why??, because you are the one who can make your life happy or sad.

What is a Panic Attack???

Is a sudden episode of fear that develops for no apparent reason and triggers physical reactions. You can think that you are going to die or have a heart attack, that you are getting crazy or losing control...But you know my first big pain attack was when I was coming from visiting my family in my country, we hit a big storm on the way here, and i felt my heart beating so fast, I was so scare because i thought that i was going to die. but when i came back i notice that out of a sudden i will get dizzy and scare. I went to the cardiology, got some test done, but everything cam out good. So i decide to call a psychologist and a psychiatrist. I'd been taking pills for over a year. But i can tell you that i still have them but i learn with my psycologist that even though i feel anxious i can be in full control of the situation. So everytime that i'm having an episode i listen some music, I try to do something else to get me busy and i won't have the chance to think about anything else.

How my Panic Attacks started

My name is Karen, I'm 29 years old and I'd been living in USA about 4 years, I am from Colombia.

My life was great, i was be able to do so many things, but last year i had an Ectopic Pregnancy, it was the worst experience that i ever had. At first i was so happy when i new i was pregnant but then i started to have a lot of pain and a lot of bleeding, and i went to the hospital and they told me that they couldn't see anything but after that my pain increase everyday, i never had a pain like that one. So one night i was going to bed and i notice that i couldn't get up from my bed, because the pain was so bad and told my husband, who took me to the E.R. I had to have an emergency surgery. That was the moment that I realize that i have lost the baby. After all that I cried almost every single day, with desperation and fear. After that experience my life changed, because i wasn't the same person. I noticed that i was scare of been outside and i didn't know why....One day I was out with my husband and suddenly i felt that i was not be able to breathe but it was my brain telling me that something bad was going to happen, so we decide to go to the E.R again and we spent a couple of hours there, and after all kind of test, the Dr. told me that nothing was bad with me, that maybe i needed to see somebudy, because that was a case of anxiety.