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By HMM - 28/07/2010 11:42 - United States

Today, I received a call while at the dispatch station for the Naval hospital I work at. It was a woman having a panic attack. Apparently, she couldn't plug her vacuum in, and was more or less freaking out. I had to take her in anyway. FML
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dynky 3

er, yeah, if someone's having a panic attack you do need to take care of them. It doesn't matter why. If she was panicking about something that was actually panic-worthy, that wouldn't be a mental health problem, would it?

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AGGoddess 2

I do feel bad for you in the sense that with a job such as yours it can be pretty stressful dealing with such situations. However, I am a person who suffers with an anxiety disorder myself, and I can totally understand what it must be like for this woman. Before I went on medication, I used to have panic attacks because of the most inane things, ie, I'd be at work, trying to focus on an important task, and I'd have difficulty concentrating because the phone lines would be ringing off the hook. As it turns out, my condition is due to a chemical imbalance in my brain known as Serotonin Deficiency Syndrome. So while I do have some sympathy for you, because I myself have some experience working with dispatch and I understand that dealing with people calling in can sometimes be difficult and stressful, I'd say this is more of an FML for HER.

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krevs123 0

reminds me of my grandma,poor women lmao

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sexypikles26 4

i wonder which naval hospital cuz I deliver food to the one in san Diego all the time

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sehket 1

Panic/anxiety attacks are terrifying at best, life threatening at worse. Even though you might think that this was a silly reason to get upset, there was probably some underlying cause that lead to it (whether it be biological or psychological). I'm sorry you think your life sucks because you had to *do your job* over something you perceive as stupid, but you don't get to decide her panic attack wasn't good enough because you don't like what triggered it.

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SneakyChick1722 14

Panic and anxiety disorders cannot be life threatening. I have panic and anxiety issues from being in the military and it isn't life threatening, all my psychos told me so especially when I am having an attack they tell me it isn't going to kill me like it think it is.

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rocky2289 0

#2- They should have a small plug-in and a vacuum cleaner sitting like 5 ft in front of her saying "plug me in." on it. hahaha.

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Jessi_the_sexii 0

lol I can just imagine, THE VACCUME WONT START! AHHHH! haha

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cantfixme36 28

You're actually an ignorant twat. Panic attacks are serious and I would say that the vacuum wasn't the real, underlying cause, but it just pushed her over the edge because she was actually stressed about something else in her life.

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niles_f1 0

to those laughing: I have a college degree and a professional editor. I have a panic disorder so crippling that I require a service dog when I go out in public to warn me when an attack is coming. They can be triggered by anything - on a bad day, I can be so immobilized by fear of getting the mail that I cannot get out of bed long enough to make breakfast. It's humiliating and kept me near-suicidal for several years. a bad panic attack actually feels like a heart attack. In fact, during an attack, the heart can race so fast for so long that it can lead to hyperventilation and heart damage, not to mention the burst capillaries in the eyes and nose. Just because a person isn't in a wheelchair doesn't mean they're not handicapped. The ADA has recognized panic disorder as a legitimate disability. It makes me question the OP's choice to be a medical professional while being so unbelievably cold.

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Seddah 3

Wow. Someone's an asshole. You should rethink your career path, seeing as you're a major douchebag. I get hospitalized all the time, occasionally for panic attacks and other mental issues, and the worst part of being in the hospital are the doctors and nurses who think you're not worthy of being there. Once, a nurse actually told me I was just overreacting about a sore wrist. Turns out it really was broken.

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Pwibble 2

Wow FHL, more like. You really suck. I'd expect this level of ignorance from a lay person - not a medical professional. Panic attacks can have serious consequences, and obviously the thing that triggers them can be just the final straw on the donkeys back and not the real underlying cause of trauma or fear. Just like say, a fictional morning when I got up, anxious about the huge exam I was to have that day, which I hadn't gotten as much study for as I wanted on account of my grandma dying suddenly that week, stubbed my toe getting out of bed, found my flatmate had left a window open so it was freezing inside, and then found HAIR ON MY TOAST and yelled at the hair on the toast because it was clearly the WOARST THING EVER.

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KusanagiStyle 3

uh, #79--that doesn't sound like a panic attack. That sounds like you're raining on other people's parade, a "fictional" parade of course. Panic attacks are usually caused by an irrational fear. For example, the stubbing of the toe in this fictional morning, would cause you to think, "Oh crap! I've stubbed my toe! What if the pain keeps me from getting out the door? If I can't get out the door I won't make it to the exam! I'm going to fail! I won't get to go to college! Everything has just gone to SH*T! WHAT DO I DO!?" It's usually not so much a stack of things, but one thing and the logic that follows = w =

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Dilwann 27

Indeed. A panic attack doesn't have 'serious consequences' either, except maybe mentally. A panic attack reaches its peak at about 10 mins, so it's over before you know it.

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