Anxious about Third Year

I was anxious about the amount of work involved in third year at uni and wanted to keep on top of everything early on. I had in mind I would get some work done in my first week at uni and found there just want time. I went out to the Mexican Flirt night on the Wednesday and didn’t get in till late, then couldn’t sleep and needed to wake up for a 9 o’clock lecture. I woke up feeling tired but not really that anxious, I got to the bus stop and just wasn’t feeling that great I then began to think should I actually go to lectures or go home, at this point I wanted to run away. My friends and I were in a queue for the bus and I was getting more and more panicky, I began to hyperventilate and had to sit on the bench, I really wasn’t feeling good. After about 5 minutes the panic went down enough that I could get on the bus I wasn’t feeling amazing but keeping moving put my mind off it. We arrived in lectures late due to the buses and I sat near the back of the lecture, after a few minuites the panic attack came back I couldn’t relax, concentrate or breath properly, I felt dizzy and my vision started to go fuzzy, I was luckily able to use the back door and went outside where I immediately relaxed. I was able to go back in and tried to keep calm, I knew I couldn’t keep leaving and coming back in and after 20 minutes of trying to keep calm I ran out of effort and another panic attack this time stronger came on, I couldn’t barely see or breath and packed up and got out of that lecture as fast as I could.

After a attack you feel like you have just ran a mile as fast as you can and just want to sleep so lectures that afternoon were a definite no go.