Quote Originally Posted by cookiepup View Post
Welcome new member as I am new recently new to this site too, I have had my problems for over 30 years ,started in high school. It is nice to chat with other people that unfortunalty suffer from same problems and some of us share the same superstitions. Sorry I don not have any advice at this time my anxiety has gotten out of control at the moment. but reading these post from others helps me a-little knowing that others are feeling the same.

One helpful thing about understanding what's going on, is that now when I have an "episode" I feel like I've accomplished something. Rather than getting confused and upset with myself for my throat tightening and getting n*, I'm psyched that I was able to do what I needed to do to get through it.