I’m so sorry about your past. I’m get in a perpetual circle of doom where I can’t breathe and I panic so I can’t breathe so I panic more. I gasp for air and have a panic attack for about an hour and spend the next day or two in a ln exhausted fog. No fun and not doing it to make someone who should have stayed home more comfortable
Yeah. Basically same here. Sometimes I'm fine for 10 minutes, others it's 10 seconds. Then something clicks and before I know it I'm hyperventilating.
No need to be sorry - it's literally never impacted my life until this mask thing beyond having been really fidgety with scarves or jackets(but I hadn't known why at the time).
Edit: got a msg about this comment about contradictory statements; ".. Two sleepless nights after wearing it" and "sometimes it's fine for 10 seconds..."
No, dumbass. I'm saying it's a problem for me after a certain amount of time. Being forced to do so once it's flipped that switch is when it's a problem. Often that means going in to buy gas wouldn't always be a problem, but doing a grocery shop is.
There's plenty of reasons not to, but the bullies succeed in forcing compliance with many.
Someone i went to highschool with only has 1 functioning lung, and he got bullied into wearing it, even against physicians recommendation. He wound up in hospital a few weeks later.
IIRC, it was a viral pneumonia? I could be wrong on what diagnosis was. But he's back to wearing his again... It's gonna kill him if it happens again.
I have PTSD due to a strangulation trauma in my past. Anything over my face or neck is a problem.
I had to wear one to see a doctor, but it led to two sleepless nights after. Sooo, guess I won't be going next time if I have to wear one.
I’m so sorry about your past. I’m get in a perpetual circle of doom where I can’t breathe and I panic so I can’t breathe so I panic more. I gasp for air and have a panic attack for about an hour and spend the next day or two in a ln exhausted fog. No fun and not doing it to make someone who should have stayed home more comfortable
Yeah. Basically same here. Sometimes I'm fine for 10 minutes, others it's 10 seconds. Then something clicks and before I know it I'm hyperventilating. No need to be sorry - it's literally never impacted my life until this mask thing beyond having been really fidgety with scarves or jackets(but I hadn't known why at the time).
Edit: got a msg about this comment about contradictory statements; ".. Two sleepless nights after wearing it" and "sometimes it's fine for 10 seconds..."
No, dumbass. I'm saying it's a problem for me after a certain amount of time. Being forced to do so once it's flipped that switch is when it's a problem. Often that means going in to buy gas wouldn't always be a problem, but doing a grocery shop is.
This is the kind of abuse I get on Reddit. We must be unicorns.
There's plenty of reasons not to, but the bullies succeed in forcing compliance with many.
Someone i went to highschool with only has 1 functioning lung, and he got bullied into wearing it, even against physicians recommendation. He wound up in hospital a few weeks later.
IIRC, it was a viral pneumonia? I could be wrong on what diagnosis was. But he's back to wearing his again... It's gonna kill him if it happens again.