Traumatic Event at School

[Rachey189]

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.

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?

Please help

[geoff]

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.

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.

Large groups can become very stressful, I never go near them and know how you feel.

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/ ).

Take care.

Geoff.