TW!! : Anxiety attack/panic


Panic hit me like a bus,
a weight suddenly dropped on my chest,
crushing my lungs and cracking my ribs.

I felt the tightness in my throat,
a sour taste in the back of my mouth
and I tried to breathe.
It felt like i had been punched in the throat,
my head started spinning.

My stomach twisted up into knots,
Sharp jabbing pain up my sides.
Nothing caused this.

Let me tell you what was happening when this happened.
Today, I was sitting in history class, 6th period.
It was 12:22 pm and I was writing about the Declaration of Independence.
I typed out the name “John Locke” as an answer to a question and then

All of a sudden my heart started racing.
My breath was trapped in my lungs, in my chest
beneath my bones that made up my wiry frame.

it felt like being hit by a crashing wave.
Like a thousand tons of ice cold water towered over me,
Only to swallow me and take the fleeting breath from my lungs.