I would say about ever 20-30 minutes I have an anxiety attack. Now the severity of each one differs, but no matter where I am the anxiety can and will hit. Now here is the problem with that, everything I do is timed and placed in my life, so I have zero time to deal with any anxiety attacks. I live my life through my Google Calendar app and if it isn't in my schedule then, it doesn't happen. Why does my anxiety think it is so special it can throw in an anxiety attack when and where it wants to? It just wants to fight me.

My anxiety has some tails so I know when it is coming. First, my hands clam up. It is the most uncomfortable feeling and I struggle to explain it. A few moments later I feel a film start to bind tighter and tighter to me practically suffocating me. It is at this point where the anxiety either stops or gets worse. If it takes the later route, my breathing begins to thin out and my asthma kicks in and I start to stop breathing. I lose all feeling in my arms and legs. I am losing the ability to move in seconds. I can't scream for help like I want to because I can't breathe. Everyone is moving twice as fast in my head and I am moving twice as slower than the world. The panic attacks now are triggered as the anxiety attack comes to an end and now I hyperventilate and still am unable to breathe.

Taking 5-25 minutes of my time each time it occurs, my anxiety has tried to take over my life more than once, but I have learned that I can control it. The more I study and understand how my anxiety works I can do what I can to limit its grasp in my life and shorten the cycles. This is my life and I decide what I want to do, not my anxiety.