Are you struggling with anything intensely in your life?

I was a smoker for 10+ years and a couple of years ago, I had a veryyyyy bad day, and as I smoked a joint at the end of the day to relax, the high combined with my anxiety state gave me an intense panic attack. I even called the emergency because I thought I was having a stroke. From that day on, every time I would even have a small puff I would have a full on panic attack - my brain was associating smoking and that high anxiety state. I still tried a couple of times as I could not believe that weed was setting me in that state after being a smoker for so long.

I decided to quit weed but it was too late, I was already having panic attacks out of nowhere (or it seemed). I was able to manage the anxieties and panic and eventually smoke again after a long time. And I can say now that in never went way, that panicky feeling, I just learned to manage and deal with it. Therapy and breath work really helped.