Hi,
Just posting to help myself through another episode. I'm trying not to panic. Our daughter woke us up - she's been up and crying for an hour or so. Now she's asleep in bed with my wife and I'm up and almost crying instead! I hope what's wrong is that I tensed up in be for an hour trying to sleep through her crying, while occasionally waking up to soothe her. But now my stomach is cramped, I can't breathe well, and I have d. I'm drinking hot water and trying to breathe and stave off the panic that comes wiht this for me.
From therapy, I'm supposed to tell myself: I can handle this. I have had many, similar episodes and most haven't led me to throw up. Even if I did, that isn't more pain than I endure on an almost daily basis, just more emotionally charged for me because of my history. Also, I want to face this in a mature way to teach my daughter that she doesn't need to be scared. So I don't pass down this fear that was passed down to me.
Typing it helps, but not a lot. Its so hard for me to not slip back into panicked, helpless mode of thinking.
Well I think both typing this, and also the hot tea is helping. Without the panic this might have been just a five minute stomach ache. I should try to go back to sleep.
I've been offline, on vacation, hope everyone has been feeling well. Thanks to everyone who listens...
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4am and woke up cramped and scared - need to just vent
