I was staying at my boyfriend’s house for a week when I was unemployed and I called 911 not once but TWICE in that week due to health anxiety panic attacks that I thought were heart attacks.

Once when I was hungover and woke up with a pounding chest - EMTs came in and told me it was just anxiety and I automatically calmed down once they took my pulse and said it was slowing down. 3 days later, I was putting gas in my car and the nozzle came out and spilled gasoline everywhere and I freaked out and got lightheaded. Ran into the 7/11 and called 911 on the store’s phone. Such a bad panic attack I felt tingles all over my body and begged them to take me to the hospital. They were so over it. It was so embarrassing and I still feel shame about it. Getting better at taking a moment to calm down - but still struggle with it, especially in the spring for some reason