https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/young-people/traumatic-event-at-school/m-p/409061#M18394 <P>So about a month ago I had a traumatic event at school. I was talking to my teacher with three other students, we were alone in the hallway so there was no one else around. And then all of a sudden my teacher drops her coffee mug and her face falls and then she falls and hits her head on a chair and she starts convulsing on the ground, like she was having a fit. All my friends and I run off to get help, I can remember how scared I was, so I ran and got my teacher and he came out and helped, while my friend was on the phone to the ambulance. I can remember it so vividly still and think it's going to happen again, I get really stressed in big crowds now. And I was at a lecture for a subject about two weeks after and all I could about when the person gave the lecture that whenever he froze, he was going to do the same thing as my teacher. I always think about it still, and recently I've noticed I can't watch people convulse and have fits or imitate the shakiness, my heart drops and I immediately think of what happened. Also my fear of heights has gotten much worse, I hate standing near stairs that are a couple of flights high, and I don't know why. I recently had a dream about waiting for an elevator and then having a panic attack because the stairs were so close and I was about 100 flights up. I can feel it getting worse. </P> <P> </P> <P>What should I do? I keep getting told it's going to pass, and I don't know if I should wait longer to see if it will? </P> <P>Please help</P> Mon, 01 Oct 2018 22:01:52 GMT Rachey189 2018-10-01T22:01:52Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/young-people/traumatic-event-at-school/m-p/409061#M18394 <P>So about a month ago I had a traumatic event at school. I was talking to my teacher with three other students, we were alone in the hallway so there was no one else around. And then all of a sudden my teacher drops her coffee mug and her face falls and then she falls and hits her head on a chair and she starts convulsing on the ground, like she was having a fit. All my friends and I run off to get help, I can remember how scared I was, so I ran and got my teacher and he came out and helped, while my friend was on the phone to the ambulance. I can remember it so vividly still and think it's going to happen again, I get really stressed in big crowds now. And I was at a lecture for a subject about two weeks after and all I could about when the person gave the lecture that whenever he froze, he was going to do the same thing as my teacher. I always think about it still, and recently I've noticed I can't watch people convulse and have fits or imitate the shakiness, my heart drops and I immediately think of what happened. Also my fear of heights has gotten much worse, I hate standing near stairs that are a couple of flights high, and I don't know why. I recently had a dream about waiting for an elevator and then having a panic attack because the stairs were so close and I was about 100 flights up. I can feel it getting worse. </P> <P> </P> <P>What should I do? I keep getting told it's going to pass, and I don't know if I should wait longer to see if it will? </P> <P>Please help</P> Mon, 01 Oct 2018 22:01:52 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/young-people/traumatic-event-at-school/m-p/409061#M18394 Rachey189 2018-10-01T22:01:52Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/young-people/traumatic-event-at-school/m-p/409062#M18395 <P>Hello Rachey, I know how you must have felt, it's not pleasant at all watching someone having to go through this, it means that unfortunately, your teacher may have epilepsy, that's also something I have to suffer from.</P> <P>It can be controlled by medication, however, if it's something you have only seen once, you may also be worried that you could be caught off guard at any moment.</P> <P>Large groups can become very stressful, I never go near them and know how you feel.</P> <P>Can I suggest you contact Reachout ( https://au.reachout.com/), Headspace (help@headspace.com) and/or Kids online 1800 55 1800 (https://kidshelpline.com.au/ ).</P> <P>Take care.</P> <P>Geoff.</P> Mon, 01 Oct 2018 23:27:52 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/young-people/traumatic-event-at-school/m-p/409062#M18395 geoff 2018-10-01T23:27:52Z