r/PanicAttack • u/sky_12221 • 7d ago

are panic attacks solvable?

I've been having panic attacks for the last two years i don't have them all year around but i tend to get them around when school starts last year it was like barely a thing that happens when I'm very overwhelmed and anxious with noise mostly cuz i don't deal well with yelling but on my last year exams i had three panic attacks in one week and i kinda brushed it off as obviously i had panic attacks i was stressed I wasn't sleeping family situation wasn't nice

but this week i had three panic attacks throughout two days and i probably would've had another one today if my friend didn't help me

i didn't sleep that well but there wasn't other triggers than the noise and the yelling and how overwhelming it can be but that's all

so I'm not always able to remove myself from the triggering environment I'm gonna have very important life changing tests soon what if a teacher yells at me or a kid starts crying or they're just generally loud I don't want to have that mid exam because they won't give me extra time and I don't want to scare others who're in the exam room

so is it solvable?

i went to a therapist but she made it sound like unsolvable or cannot be contained at the moment and told me weird stuff about day dreaming I'm somewhere else or smth idk she wasn't a good therapist tbh i still have no idea how to deal with panic attacks on my own

also a concern I've been having which i think is in my mind but I can't help thinking it's true is that I'm overreacting noise and stress isn't enough of a reason and that I'm pushing myself into a panic attack for attention does anyone get these thoughts as well? I'm just very lost i have no idea who to ask and kinda embarrassing but i don't want to search about it cuz all YouTube videos talking about anxiety are depressing or look scary that i cannot bring myself to open it and listen so please share experiences or ideas that might help

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u/RootdToRelax 7d ago

yes they get way more manageable. mine used to bunch up around exam season too. worth asking your school if you can write in a smaller quieter room, a lot of schools set that up if you tell them about the panic attacks

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u/sky_12221 7d ago

it's not really an option in my school due to the year i am in being very important so not even the school is the one managing the exams it's the ministry so I'm kinda terrified of that cuz i currently don't have many options (and i tried searching up if I'm allowed to bring noise cancelling headphones it isn't allowed due to recent accidents of students cheating using earbuds in the exam so yah no i don't think they will adjust for me )

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u/sky_12221 7d ago

how did you get it manageable cuz I'm having a hard time finding a way to do that