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Am I suffering with anxiety or panic Attacks?

So I'm only 13 year old girl and I'm not sure what's wrong with me! At first I used to think I was suffering with depression as I would inflict harm upon myself and I always thought I deserved the pain, from what I saw I was showing nearly all the symptoms of depression! But I latley read an article about anxiety, and I looked into it a bit more, it says it can include panic attacks. For a while now I have been having sleepless nights where I would stay up until I fell asleep in the early hours of the morning, as I would try and go to sleep I would get these rushing thoughts about death and fear of ceasing to exist. I know it sounds stupid but it's true!!! I would start having a panic attack, crying, shaking, I would excessively sweat. Now I feel like I'm avoiding the fact of going to sleep and I try to stay awake because I'm scared about having another panic attack, and feelings of anxiety... It offen happens when I am alone, all I do is think about it... Now I am always desperate to have someone with me so I don't have to sit and think about it alone!!!  Also it said that when suffering with it you can do things without noticing, when I started to get these feelings I was 11 and had just been diagnosed with a mild case of motics. They said it would stop as I grew older but all it seemed to be doing was getting worse and now I'm starting to wondering if that could be a symptom of my Aniexty... I was wondering if anybody can relate to this x
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Depression often causes anxiety.  Anxiety often causes depression.  My advice is to see a therapist and try to work through what it is at bottom you're afraid of.  They told you it would go away because generally childhood anxiety isn't the same as adult onset anxiety.  By the way, 13 is a hard age, a lot of change, and this is probably making it worse right now.
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Yes by all means talk with your mom and/or dad about what's been going on, and ask to see a therapist. You might start with your family doctor. Let your caregivers know everything that's been going on, including your self-harming. Don't hold anything back. The more they know, the more they can help you.
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