I just woke up from a weird dream and about a few seconds from waking up, while still being half asleep, my throat felt tight as if it’s about to close up on me. I started panicking as I was gasping for air, following along with other symptoms such as a headache, stomach pain, chest tightness, feel like I might pass out and my heart beating really fast. I never had a panic attack as soon as I wake up in the morning, but can this actually happen? Whenever I have a panic attack, it’s mostly before bed but then I end up falling asleep right after the symptoms stop.
sounds like a panic attack. They can come on from nowhere. When you have one, breathing properly is very important to calm everything down. There is a short thing on YouTube you can search for when this starts to happen again. Hopefully it won’t happen but if it does search for something called stop panic attack now. Then scroll down to one called don’t panic in black bold letters . She will guide you through it and it really works well! just listen to what she says. It’s short but very effective!
I wake up every morning with my heart racing, shaking, chest tight and pains, jaw hurting from being clenched, feel scared and weak, throat feels like its tightening / swelling. I have high anxiety and apparently it’s very common to wake up first thing and feel like that with high anxiety.