Felt like I had a panic attack last night.

[tommy34]

So last night I had a few drinks an went out with some mates. As I was walking into the surf club, 2 security guards were escorting a guy down the stairs one on each of his arms. As they got to the bottom of the stairs the situation escalated an he was struggling for the guards to let him go, they pinned him to the ground an two more jumped on to help keep this small guy down. They held him there for about a minute until the cops came an arrested him.

I'm not one for violence an I always find it quite distressing but as I watched those guys struggling to keep him down my heart started to race an I felt my blood pressure drop. It was the most horrible feeling, kinda felt like a SVT attack I get sometimes but the feeling of nearly passing out quickly goes with that.

Why did I have a panic attack? I don't think I've ever had one before.

 

[blahman8000]

Environmental stimuli, I suppose. The situation probably made you anxious. Maybe it was the wrong day for you to have to witness something like that. It's probably nothing to worry about.

 

[DexysMidnightRuner]

yeah i mean panic attacks happen over the weirdest things. it could just have been a mental relation to how the guy was physically being restrained - like you mentally feel trapped/pinned down/ restrained. maybe by work or the worries you have going on in your life, even a subconscious feeling. it could be a number of reasons why. its nothing to worry about.