What a beautiful message! Thank you! This is very inspiring ... I had one panic attack when I was 21 and struggling, before meds. But it wasn't as severe as these, so it's a whole new world of frightening for me. I am glad to say that after the initial week, I haven't had another one--but the wake of them has left me with a lot of anxiety and depression. And this feeling of 'who the fuck am I???' So I really love hearing about this 'new normal' you speak of. Those 'alarm!' signals my mind/body keeps giving out are definitely hard to fight--I'm trying to learn how to not fight against the anxiety, just observe it ... since fighting it, I learnt, can escalate it into a panic.

What do you think helped you most in your journey?