Nice ! I wear 11 . 5 in some athletic shoes <| sep |> Thank you liberals . Thank you for 2018 , and thank you for 2020 . <| sep |> You ' re . I ' m that family member . <| sep |> thanks doublespicy ! I just ordered a bunch of stuff ! ! Can ' t wait to receive my new kbeauty haul ! !!!!!!<| sep |> Im EU Parlament war er mir eigentlich immer recht sympathisch . kO 4 RYvb 9 Uw <| sep |> Oh ok , the stupid delusional whore wants to tally up her 700 k votes in comparison to trump and Clinton ' s 50 million . you know what , fuck it . The stupid bitch might have even less votes than that , that might have gone to trumphillary or even Johnson for that matter . Honestly , a fucking napkin would have had a better chance at president than this dumbass . <| sep |> I ' m glad it helped ! You have great questions btw . I largely suspect that my mother has GAD as well , but she hasn ' t ever been evaluateddiagnosed . Growing up , I always thought she was extremely wary and overprotective , and I often found books around the house having to deal with how to handle panic attacks . My senior year of high school , when I took AP psychology , was when I finally put two and two together . My mother always tried to normalize her feelings and reactions , saying that it ' s just the way she is , there is no reason to try and changetreat who she is as a person . I then figured that my feelings were the same way , I would just have to put up with them to the best of my ability , because it was just my luck that this is how I am . When we started to cover mental disorders in class , I was floored with how perfectly GAD described what I have always felt for most of my life . Around sophomore year of college was when I realized this was seriously starting to affect my life . The reason why I got good grades were different from everyone else . When someone would get a bad grade , they would be understandably upset , but be able to get through the whole ordeal . I found myself in such terrible turmoil not just approaching exams , but afterwards , until I knew my grades , plus more . An A minus would be enough to send me into serious doubt of my ability , and I found myself fretting over my grades for weeks at a time , until the end of the semester , where then the new worry would be my GPA . I got the great GPA I wanted , but at the cost of often dealing with days and days of obsessive thoughts and worries regarding my performance , and as I would try to balance this across all my classes , I found that my grades were not reflective of how I am as a student , but the fear and terror of performing less than I expected . The fact that my manager at my job would always make comments like I can tell when you have an exam or two because of your performance or behavior at work and you always seem way more irritable and flustered during the semester made me realize that this anxiety is starting to affect me psychologically and interpersonally , and I couldn ' t afford to let this get worse . With your sister , I think she ' s really lucky to have someone as open as you are to understanding what she went through . That being said , don ' t let anxiety weakness , she is still as strong and charismatic as she always has been . The reason why anxiety and panic attacks are troublesome is partly because of how illogical and unpredictable these phenomenons are . I think you handled the situation great . A huge part of anxiety is behavior . Kids with anxious behavior report way worse symptoms if their parents display way more symptoms of anxiety than those who don ' t . I say this because when your sister is having a panic attack , one of the greatest comforts to her would be seeing how you are behaving . If you are calm and collected , she be more likely to quickly realize that there is no danger and no reason to worry since you aren ' t panicking either , so just remain calm so that she can go off your cues . Giving her water was also a great idea . If you find her heaving , try having her control her breathing , and if she reports feeling short of breath , reassure her that she is taking proper amounts of air people experiencing a panic attack really do feel like they can ' t breathe , even when taking regular or greater amounts of air . As you hold her hand , count to four inhaling , and exhale for four . It helps your body go back to that natural parasympathetic rhythm . It could also help to have her walk through her thought process out loud , this would help her evaluate what she feels and why . Lastly , if you ' re in a crowded place , move her to a more quiet area , and if that ' s not possible , have her focus on you alone . This would help distract her from everything else going on around her . Just understand that she ' s still the same strong , confident sister you always knew . Panic attacks could be a onetime deal , or a constant thing , so just always be appropriately responsive . I ' m sorry for the walls of text , again , I ' m a psych major and I work in a research lab that partly looks into anxiety , so I ' m passionate for the subject !