nurse at a bar

One time I was just chilling and vaping outside the bar standing at the fringes of other smokers. I was relaxed, this was just like any other night at a bar. A woman comes up to me and says, “I’m a nurse. You’re having a panic attack.”

I was confused. A panic attack? Me? I thought she might have mistook my distorted movement for a panic attack, so I frantically tried to explain it to her.

“I was in an acci-”

“Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth,” she said to me.”In through your nose and out through your mouth.” She repeated this until I was.

I had been what I had thought was faking panic attacks since high school. I had convinced myself that I was only doing it to fit in with my friends. I had recovered from a seven week coma and partial paralysis! Panic attacks were for people who had mental issues.