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i get panic attacks when go far from home if im working close by i can make it but if i have travle a little bit i freak out and turn around and go home im a single dad with two kids i love to hunt and now my son wants to hunt but when i tookhim this year i couldnt hunt long for fear something would happen to me and he would be alone in the woods i cant take it no more cuz we used to to camp ever weekend now we dont and i make up reasons why we cant and they get bummed out as do i but i feel like crap 24/7  it seems some times worse than other times but never like i did 1 year ago i used to the attacks 2or 3 times a year now its like 7or 8 a wek im so afraid of dying im not living please help if u can any advice?

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Hello, Im new to this sight and an old friend to this kind of situation. Im truely sorry that this is effecting your time with your boys and the things you used to together. I too am like you I freak out when I go far from home and make excuses to I dont have to. I have panic attacks three time a day maybe more I dont know I have stopped counting. I am no doctor or anything but I live with this myself. The important thing to remeber is that your not alone. Your are not alone. At the same time you are having a panic attack around 20 percent of the population is doing the same. And that is no lie its a fact. You will not die it is pysically impossible to die through a panic attack. I always tell myself that. Read up and try to understand panic attacks the hormons that are released and whats happening to your body. Visit your doctor let him or her know whats happening. Talk to a close friend or a professional. Alternative therapy is also another option message oils etc. Also meditation I know its a bit cheesy but try picture your self hunting in your mind for about 10-20 minutes a day in a quite room or in a bath clear your mind and place your self mentally in this situation look at you reaction what you would do the feeling about the situation do this every day. I also right things down feeling anything. One of my tricks of the trade, when every I go any wereI take my comfort bag with me tools that over the years I know will help me relax, water mp3 player to distract me and block outside noises out so I can focus and also I take my medication. These are things and tools that I use. Also some times if Im feeling brave I venture some were I know I will be uncomfortable in and I sit there Ill have a panic attack want to run away but I force myself to go and I do that quite a lot but I would really speak to a professional before you do that cause sometimes it can make it worse. Has anything happened for this to come on. Your message really touched me as Im too Im like your self. And people are always shouting ideas at me to help but I tend to find my own ones. From your message you sound quite low infact worse if you dont mind me saying. You also sayed that you feel you are not living this illness is stopping you enjoy your life, my advice is and I use this myself as long as my heart beats Im still alive and there is still hope. Dont do what I did and ignore it and the next day your freaking at tescos. Because left untreated it can spread like it did me. I wish you all the best I really do.  ;)