Have you ever had a panic attack or mental breakdown?

Yes, in my early twenties I suddenly felt like I couldn't breath. Nothing physically wrong and the doctor put me on Valium which made me feel spaced out, so I stop taking them and lived through it. I still get it now sometimes.

Just due to Growing pains of accepting decisions and things one just cant change.

It happened at work. I suddenly lacked air and I had to escape to another place to breathe properly.
The best part of it is that nobody noticed. Perhaps it is the worst part, who knows. I was having depression at the time. It is better now.

Not yet.

Sometimes. I know how to deal with it.

Sleep Paralysis is something I find more fearful than panic attack.

Yes. The difficult part is having to face those who saw you when you were vunerable.

For once I'll creep out of my little corner and post elsewhere.
I had a full blown panic attack tonight. I still don't feel very well. I hate these things. What's super weird is that I have no idea why it happened tonight. Usually I get them because I'm out in public and I start worrying about stuff or something. Today I was just in my room though. Sitting at my desk. Posting on SW. What the fuck, brain?
I always feel like I'm about to die, and I want to run out and ask someone for help. But I don't. Because I'm too embarrassed. I hate how tight and heavy my chest feels. I always take my bra off because I feel like it contributes to the pain, but when it doesn't get better, I feel like I need a knife to cut whatever is hurting in my chest. I hate that I don't remember to breathe. It feels like I'm being asphyxiated. So I panic even more.
Do panic attacks make you feel dysfunctional? Like what the hell is wrong with me? They make me want to quit life. I'm not normal.

Breakdowns a couple of times when I was seriously suicidal. I don't think I've ever had a panic attack, despite being anxious about most things.

I've had a couple of full blown panic attacks. It felt like I was dying.

Many, many, many panic attacks. A few mental breakdowns. Life's rough.

I have had two panic that were serious. Minor ones, often when driving.

Hospitalization 14 days for a breakdown. There was too much going on in my life and it overwhelmed me to the point that I couldn't do anything except think about suicide.

Yep. I've had many panic attacks, including a couple in public (I went to the bathroom, but I was still at my high school, then later in college). They usually would involve hallucinations of a dark figure behind a door watching me.

I had a mental breakdown once (unless attempted suicides count, too?) in which I cried like a baby every night for like..two weeks? Or maybe a month.. It was due to a realization about myself that I'd been in denial about my entire life. I'm still in denial. I don't rock the boat.

Currently, I rarely will have a panic attack anymore, but when I do, the hallucinations are much worse and appear much more quickly. And that's my experience

Yes. Three years ago, I got an antibiotic resistent UTI along with some very bad medical care. The infection increased and then affected my brain and became delirium, a serious delusional mental illness which is, fortunately, almost always temporary. It was very frightening. I tried to get my friends to come help me but nobody would because I was too crazy to explain it to them.

Ive had dozens of Panic attacks. My gawd.
Luckily they started going away over the span of 2017...that shit was a daily thing... I guess my psychological health is getting better.
Im so glad i stopped talking to my ex. best decision i ever made regarding her.

I nearly died. I thought it was just an asthma attack but I haven't had one since i was in high school.
Broke down into tears and almost fainted. Lol i thought i was going to die that moment because i couldn't breathe and my heart was beating so fast.
It happened on my mom's funeral. 😕

Yes. I left my second wife and moved back to my home town. She flew there to me and begged me to give it a second chance, so I moved back to Cali. As soon as I got back I went to the laundromat to do her laundry and at the laundromat I had the first panic attack of my life.

I've had 3 anxiety attacks in one month and I usually get em once a month so that wasn't fun.

I have had multiple mental breakdowns. I have had more than i can count. I have also been hospitalized 6 times. The last time was when i was 26; 8 years ago. I live with bipolar disorder. Self care is the best remedy for me.

Yes, I've had quite a few of them at work. Kind of sucks because I have had my leads tell me to "just calm down" when I take some criticism too personally. They probably think I'm crazy, and I guess to a certain degree I am, but they clearly don't understand that it's pretty much impossible for me to calm down right away. Even if I stop crying for a bit, there's a period of time where what I like to call "resurges" can happen, where the slightest thing can set me off and I start crying again. Call them panic attacks, breakdowns or whatever, they suck all the same.

the other day I started having a panic attack in my therapists office and she did a great job helping me (:

I have had more anxiety attacks than panic attacks.

Mental breakdown. Yes. I'm dealing with one now.

A simple example of the mental breakdown would be I have had times where I felt I was hallucinating and on some occasions I lost it in a way where I started forgetting everything even things that were told to me a minute ago.

Yes, I had a nervous breakdown twice in my marriage as he was a constant cheater an liar. I have had panic attacks as well.
I am doing much better now.

I had a panic attack in the midst of a mental breakdown. My neighbor observed me and then told every person in my neighborhood that I had "gone completely crazy and was permanently delusional." Not true at all, but it messed up all my neighborhood friendships.

I had one once. I was actually in the shower. I didn't know what was happening at first.

I think might be having seasonal depression and I am mourning the loss of a young nephew. It's so had to say anything here at home because my entire family is grieving.

I've come close to a panic attack but never had a full-blown one. However my wife who has always dealt with anxiety and depression had a full-fledged breakdown two years ago, and is still recovering with several setbacks. So panic attacks or breakdowns are semi-frequent, but becoming rare. Doing what I can to help her.

I have anxiety and depression, since I was an young teen but lately it's been really bad,I think Im on the verge of being suicidal again....

I shut down for about half an hour once. Had a huge argument with my dad and step mum about my wedding, they stormed out of the house and I feeling like I had absolutely no way to fix it.

I've never felt like that before or since, there's almost always a way. But I just couldn't find any way through the situation.

The first panic attack I've ever had was crazy, I literally thought I was dying. I was so scared. And for a short period of time after that I would get them so bad I couldn't even walk 10 feet away from my house, I'd have to go back. This was a few years ago, I don't have them as much anymore now.

Years ago I used to have panic attacks or what seemed to be regularly, there would be times as a teen I'd hyperventilate and on time it felt like it would never end and by miracle I fell asleep after quite some time, I'm not sure if I've had a mental breakdown yet but I've most likely come very close to it.

I had a physical panic attack coming out of the shower explode into a puke

i have had a nervous breakdown before. my friend used to have panic attacks. i prayed for you.

I have many panic attacks and sometimes depression

Maybe sorta right now

Yes, I've had both. Now, thanks to a good doctor and better medical care, I am well again.

I've had panic attacks during tests before. I imagine driving with your eyes closed is a similar feeling.

I have had panic attacks and gave PTSD

Breakdown yes; panic attacks no.

Yes. I panic and Ive had a few breakdowns. One very recently

I've had both.

Panic attacks.
I have anxiety at times.