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Natural Disaster Survivors

Aerows

(39,961 posts) Wed Mar 26, 2014, 10:45 PM Mar 2014

This isn't exactly a natural disaster [View all]

but I got bitten by a raccoon a few months ago. I get freaked out when I have to go outside at night. I know it sounds stupid, but I had a full blown panic attack.

I know people like to make fun, but they don't realize how horribly this incident has affected me. It left me with $18,000 in medical bills, and I get scared when I need to go outside at night because something might dart up on me.

How do I make the panic attacks go away?

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This isn't exactly a natural disaster [View all] Aerows Mar 2014 OP

Sadly, it takes time, a lot of it in some cases. Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2014 #1

If you reflect upon how it happened Demeter Mar 2015 #2

I was attacked by a person, afraid to walk alone for years but had to get over it. Liberty Belle Jun 2015 #3