During or in between anxiety attacks i laugh histerically???!!!

I tried looking online for people who go through this...perhaps it wasn't anxiety...more like an emotional breakdown? I have no idea but today this question has really been on my mind.Am I insane??? When I get bad, as in crying my soul out and all that fun stuff, as I calm down I have every single bit of emotion so drained out of me I feel nothing...numb and mean, evil a bit...I sit in silence and then I giggle...Giggles turn into laughing as if I just heard the funniest thing ever...and when that laugh is over I'm a machine, a robot... During my episode every ounce of my body is fighting to make me breathe...I know this is normal for anxiety and depression and such but the laughing part really scares me...some sort of emotional outlet maybe? cause when I get to that point crying is no longer an option. It scares me and I really need to know someone else's opinion on this. As it is not so easy to tell any of this to someone without sounding like a complete and utter mad person. The way I feel during that laughing break scares the shit out of sensitive regular me...any ideas?

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  • MangoTango

    A ton of adrenaline creates an emotional rollercoaster. You'll be okay! Okay?

    Breathing...yes, deep breathing...don't hold your breath. That's what people having panic commonly do, and it makes everything worse.

    I'm opposite. I'm so blah, that panic would be good energy for me. I need 'anger' grrrr, grrrr, grrr ...adrenaline for me is zero-side effect caffeine.

    Are you sure you don't let your imagination get carried away when this happens? Maybe you should unhinge from your thoughts when emotionally triggered, whatever spikes your anxiety? Put on a particular track of music, or do a specific exercise, anything, drawing, counting, anything that distracts your imagining, and gets you to focus on something. The mind is terrible at multi-tasking. If you are focusing on something, aha, like juggling three balls? If you can't juggle, try it. This is a perfect distraction. It really can free the mind from a trained fear response (that's anxiety) because it is focused directed attention. It's awesome. I have everyday generic anxiety too when I'm not busy. Actually, for me, if I didn't have anxiety, I would probably do nothing. Anxiety is a great motivational energy. Anyways, if you try what I'm talking about? This might tone down the adrenaline-surging reactive anxiety that leads to panic. Panic is just the body flooding with adrenaline. Yep, you can retrain your brain to not do that. That might bring you some relief, I hope. :-)

    This might help,I'm all about self-education. You can harness the power of your brain. The brain is plastic. It's malleable. You can do things to create a state of mind that's relaxed. The video is long. It's a lecture by Martin L. Rossman, MD.

    How Your Brain Can Turn Anxiety into Calmness
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYJdekjiAog

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  • TexasToast09

    It sounds normal. You can think of it as crying is resetting your emotions and laughing is resetting your stress. When you cry, you are winding down, releasing everything that is troubling you and once that's over, you relax and the stress and anxiety is being let go. Laughing is just you letting go off the stress after everything is alright.

    You feel like a robot afterwards because you are drained. It's like if you were swimming all day and lifting weights then had to walk upstairs to get to your room after you got home. It's hard to even lift your legs at that point. You might even feel tired or hungry once you are done laughing. It's normal, and probably a sign you are healthy, if anything.

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  • peterrabbyt69

    Are you a Lesbian? This happens to them all the time, it is a reaction to eating too much cunt.

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