This morning I woke up and immediately had a panic attack. I woke up and my heart was already racing. I then got extremely hot, then so cold I started shaking. I tried getting up to get ready for work but every single movement made me more anxious. I pushed through it bc usually when I get to work the anxiety completely goes away, but it didn’t this time. I had to keep pacing and couldn’t keep my mask on because it was hard to breathe. 

I can usually take myself out of these states but it felt like I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I couldn’t look anyone in the eye for too long, and I couldn’t stand still. Does anyone have any tips for getting out of these situations? 

I tried laying down and breathing heavily before I went to work but every single thought no matter how normal that entered my mind made me feel ill. No amount of reassurance that I gave myself made me feel better, as I’m not sure what I was even anxious about. I feel like it’s a cycle of feeling a normal amount of anxiety when I wake up , then getting anxious about the way my body feels in reaction to that anxiety, then getting anxious about being anxious.