My levels of anxiety have been pretty high now for a few weeks. But I've been working through my problems and I've had a good few days now. 

Earlier this week I arranged to see one of best friends for a walk around the local nature reserve. I have pretty much hidden away during the pandemic so I feel anxious being around people again. 

I was a little bit anxious about meeting up this morning but relaxed a bit when we started walking around and chatting. 

I have always had a phobia of heights and as we approached a bridge above a road I could feel a panic attack coming on. I almost had to make up an excuse and turn around and it took every inch of strength in my body to get over that bridge. 

Has anybody else experienced a random panic attack like that before? 

I know that I should probably be looking at this like a win that I faced my fear - and then walked back over the bridge again, which wasn't as bad as the first time. But it has scared me a bit as it obviously wasn't a nice experience and feels like a big setback in the progress I have made recently.