Almost had a panic attack

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Well that wasn't fun. I was cooking dinner and all of a sudden I could feel it coming on. . . the shortness of breath, the tightness in my chest, the racing heart. I felt overwhelmed making something that I've made dozens of times. That's when I knew that it was a panic attack lurking right there at the edges and waiting to burst through and take over. Luckily I had enough control of my mind to recognize what was going on and I was able to stop it before things got out of hand. I sat down to calm myself down for awhile and things were fine. Coincidence that this happened the night before I go back to work? Absolutely not. My job causes me an incredible amount of stress and anxiety. This happened for the same reason that I couldn't sleep last night. And people think that teachers have it easy. Hahahahahahahaha