Hello! I used to have a bad problem with anxiety and panic attacks. It's been about a year since I've managed to balance myself out and It's rare that anything triggers me.
My problem is that I'm at uni on an art course and I have life drawing lessons. These are held in a small room seperate from the main campus building. For some reason, whenever I have lessons in that room I keep getting attack symptoms. I start feeling dizzy, sweating, feeling ill, loss of breath and rapid heart rate. I've had a few times where I've just had to walk out of the room because I feel I would collapse. I have no problems with the lessons themselves (completely ok with staring at naked people) Its infuriating because I just have no idea what is triggering it and it's not a thing I can avoid. So I was wondering if anybody had any advice on how to calm myself when I'm faced with something I can't avoid?
Thank you. 
Are there windows in the room? Is it really small where the class has to be cramed into it? I have noticed with me, it seems I keep seeing more and more different phobias in me. Can you wear headphones in the class, and listen to something that calms you? Avoiding it is not going to make it go away. If you really want this class, you need to find something to make you feel comfortable.
Hi lotti
To try and atleast make this easier I would
Ask to stay near the door rather than being
Seated further into the room . It may help
Knowing that you can get out very quickly
Should such an attack occur . If you need
To move about always tell yourself that
A way out is always available . It may also
Help if you are allowed drinking water to sip
On . Hope you get on ok
Regards daz
Hi Lottydotty, the trick I found useful in the situation like yours was for me to accept first of all that I was going to feel some anxiety abd then basically go ahead and manage the anxiety and not "running away", as a result of expecting to feel anxious and facing the fear it would slowly ebb away.
im a strong believer in facing the fear as it slowly tells your flight or fight response that it's not appropriate in that situation and it does go often after a short period of time.
n