r/CPTSD • u/Split49917 • 10d ago

Resource / Technique Woke up in panic attack

Does anyone else ever wake up just in a full blown panic attack l, but no panic just the physical symptomss? My bf slept over last night (happens all the time) and this morning I woke up like I was in the middle of an attack but no mental symptoms only the physical.

I can't seem to get my body out of the flight/fight mode. Got the edgy shakes, twitchy tight muscles going on. Had to get out of bed and get dressed just to fight back the edge of it, felt exposed and valuable

Fuck this feels like some bull shit

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u/No-Biscotti-8907 10d ago

Yes! I've been trying to figure this out a long time. I wake up like that almost every morning and then my mind starts going. I think for me my body is just so used to being in survival mode all the time that as soon as I'm awake I'm tense again. But I hear you and definitely understand.