These patterns include thinking of every possible way it is capable of a human being to not succeed in a given situation, and then continuing to think of different, often implausible ways for a person to fail in said situation. Often these thoughts continue to come at increasing rates until I have a panic attack and find it difficult to breathe. Once I calm myself down, I often do not wish to think about the things that caused me to panic in the first place. I often remove myself from the situation and have a fear of returning. I have slowly been working on deep breathing before I begin having a panic attack, attempting to stop my thoughts before they become too carried away, and to force myself to return to said situation to face my fears. I do not always succeed with this and it is never easy, however, I hope to continue to work on these issues and to begin to lessen how carried away my thoughts become in hopes of learning to stop them before they are an issue. I believe that by gaining further control of my thoughts in this way, I will be capable of healing myself further and handling more stressful situations. I also hope that it encourages me to continue to break out of my comfort zone, but with far less fear than I currently have in doing this