These are all great ideas. Unfortunately, I do not have health insurance or a physician in Florida, so I do not have access to talk therapy or prescriptions. Even if I did, I have already been on most anti depressants and anti anxiety medication in the past, and cannot take any of them due to reactions to the medications. Strangely enough, Paxil was the worst for me, which is weird because it works so well with so few side effects for so many.
Because of the specific situation I am in, which I'd rather not go into gory details here, therapy has not had an effect on my panic and anxiety disorders. Some of these breathing techniques and forced thought ideas seem like a good shot, though.
Piglet, some advice I'd like to offer is to not neccessarily be looking for places to avoid. I mean, yes, avoid M:S because of all Disney rides, you're literally stuck in a small box for that one, but don't be avoiding most others you would have tried otherwise.
An example - people have had full blown attacks of clasutrophobia in the Universe of Energy which has no restraint, is massive, and is typically uncrowded. So, it certainly doesn't fit any profile of triggers, but it can happen. I don't want you thinking you can't possibly go onto Spaceship Earth because of the ascent tunnel or into Gran Fiesta because of the tunnel at the start because someone else may have had an attack there.
I guess I don't recommend getting it into your head that you can't do something via the "power of suggestion." The thought that someone else got scared there, thus you might get scared there, and thus you might be scared of being scared in public , and thus avoid the area. If it happened to someone else, it doesn't mean it will happen to you.
And to note - if it does happen to you, one of the things you might want to tell yourself is that no matter what, someone will come rescue you. Like with RnRc, the vehicle was going to eventually move forward to unload or a CM was going to come unload the people if for some reason it really was stuck. It would never just sit there forever.
Doors have hydrolic system overrides, seat belts have an airhose system then can be disconnected, and other restraints can similiarly be undone in any sort of dire circumstances with ease. There are stairs to everywhere and walkways you'd never ntoice, but they do exist. And your friendly CM's know exactly what they're doing - and if you still have doubts, they never work alone
