A year ago I was physically assaulted by my sister, the person who I’m closest too. It came out of nowhere while we were having a conversation. She has struggled with controlling her emotions and she was stressed out and upset. All of a sudden I feel blows on my head and face and my hair getting pulled. I was completely shocked and only tried to shield myself. 

She went to stay with our dad for a couple days and she apologized through text and I said it would take a while for me to feel okay about it. We live together with our mom so I still had to see her everyday.

A month after that happened I started getting intense anxiety at night, heart palpitations, feeling of doom, numbness, shaking. It escalated over time and now I struggle almost all day with heightened anxiety, panic, crying, racing thoughts. 

It’s also very possible I have a vitamin deficiency of some sort but idk, starting to think that incident has something to do with it.

I’m going to see a doctor soon, but would like some tips to cope with this constant, heavy feeling.