I’ve had anxiety most of my life, and a fair few panic attacks; but they’ve always been controllable, I would freak out or feel like I couldn’t breathe or whatnot for an hour maximum. But again, they were somewhat rare and controllable - despite being horrible, still.

Yesterday I had the worst panic / anxiety attack ever, it resulted in me questioning my own reality, it got so bad I called my dad. It’s so hard to explain but it was just absolutely frightening, I thought nothing was normal and was scared I would be like that permanently tbh. Nothing I could do would take my mind off it (like watching videos or playing games). 

I’ve woken up fully at 9:30 AM, and I just feel... empty. Thankfully it’s not the same dread and panic I was facing last night, but I still feel empty; the only way to describe it is like waking up from a bad dream and that kind of bad gut feeling you have for 10 minutes before being back to normal? That’s how I feel, and the anxiety always seems to be looming in my stomach from it. I feel so lost, confused and scared.

Anyone experienced this before? Reassurance may be nice, thank you.