Panic attack while riding

[gixxerjoeca]

I had a panic attack years ago when the chain on my Z1 snapped and wrapped around the rear wheel and locked it up. About shit my pants i was panic attacking so bad.

 

[beginner]

YOU. Speak geek at me, and I will love you forever. Or at least, lust, in a weird, nerdy way. Go on with your synaptic complexity.

Something that comes up regularly is freezing at the controls, needing a maneuver and doing nothing until there is a crash. It's mostly associated with inexperience but may be the risk never goes away, just becomes less likely. In the first few weeks of riding, I gave the throttle a few involuntary twists that caused a scare. My name for that one is the 'scary throttle mistake'. The motor balance part of riding is taken for granted, treated like it just takes care of itself. I don't agree with that.

 

[Sane_Man]

Thank you. But a note for the rest of the peanut gallery: I wasn't asking for therapeutic advice. My post was: yo, peeps, this happened today, this ever happened to you? I'm not sure the reason for the mass tendency to psychoanalyze and be all therapeutic and gushy. Seriously, man up, y'all.

 

[AkatomboRR]

Doesn't sound like you're ready for the bridge nor the freeway and traffic.
Take it slow if you have problems every time.
I didn't do freeway for 2 months after I started riding.

 

[Beauregard]

It hit after I'd come off the Bay Bridge, and that portion of mad merging traffic when all cars verge towards 101 southbound.

Gloves felt like they were too loose, about to come off, helmet felt super loose, was it even on my head? Hands couldn't get a grip on the handlebar, or felt like it, no idea how fast I was going, how slow, severe tunnel vision, mad rush of cars I could barely see, complex, confusing, have get out, have to get off this motorcycle NOW...

No idea how I made it over to the slow lane, and the exit, without blindsiding a car, or getting blindsided.

This ever happen to any of you?

No.

Kinda the opposite actually.

 

[AkatomboRR]

Take yoga, that helps with breathing control which might help with panic attacks?
I always keep my breathing constant when I ride

 

[Sharky]

It hit after I'd come off the Bay Bridge, and that portion of mad merging traffic when all cars verge towards 101 southbound.

Gloves felt like they were too loose, about to come off, helmet felt super loose, was it even on my head? Hands couldn't get a grip on the handlebar, or felt like it, no idea how fast I was going, how slow, severe tunnel vision, mad rush of cars I could barely see, complex, confusing, have get out, have to get off this motorcycle NOW...

No idea how I made it over to the slow lane, and the exit, without blindsiding a car, or getting blindsided.

This ever happen to any of you?

Keep loose. The bike will continue going if you freeze up. Improper rider inputs cause a large portion of crashes. Deep breath, focus and ride. If you can't do that, than riding might not be for you.

 

[Sharky]

I was lucky, I learned to ride at the age of 12, well before I was scared of killing myself or getting hurt.

 

[dwschultzy]

Don't let assholes get you down. Everybody's got problems in life, but most of us don't feel a need to rip on other people about them.

This is fine and dandy for when you all are standing around hugging tree's......but that's not the case here.


We're talking about operating a motorized vehicle. Cars, bikes, trucks, buses, etc.......


You should not be allowed to operate a motorized vehicle if you suffer from some kind of mental illness that can potentially put others in harms way.

Driving/riding is a privilage.....not a right. You dont have the right to operate a piece of machinery when you have the potential to cause harm because of your mental illness.

 

[louemc]

Something that comes up regularly is freezing at the controls, needing a maneuver and doing nothing until there is a crash. It's mostly associated with inexperience but may be the risk never goes away, just becomes less likely. In the first few weeks of riding, I gave the throttle a few involuntary twists that caused a scare. My name for that one is the 'scary throttle mistake'. The motor balance part of riding is taken for granted, treated like it just takes care of itself. I don't agree with that.

I agree with your posts...some would say...that's to be expected when both the bikes are Kawi Green, But I say...It's more than that

 

[canyonrat]

Damn, sucks. Work on deep breathing when you feel them come on. Also look at what you have been thinking about and doing during the prior 24 hours.

 

[beginner]

Panic could mean a medical condition not related to riding. There are other medical conditions that argue against riding besides that one.

Panic in riding would be an emotional episode that impairs the ability to maneuver the bike. When it happens to a beginner at 60 mph the results can be tragic. When it happens at 10 mph in a parking lot or in the dirt, usually not so tragic.

Nerdy motor balance talk

My view is the difference between a good rider and a great rider is the ability to feel even smaller changes in lean and traction and have the conditioned responses to deal with those. Getting from good to great is years and years of exposing the motor balance system to useful stimulation and letting it learn.

I think riding a motorycle is one of the premier balance trainers and contributes to overall health similar to exercising muscles--assuming it doesn't kill you. The risk of riding improves the training compared to safer kinds of balance training. It's addictive therapy.

Easy reading about motor balance system.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6797280/BALHuman-Balance-System

A little more involved
http://vestibular.org/images/pdf/Human Balance System_VEDApubS7.pdf

If someone finds something better please share.

 

[Gnarly Cranium]

No.

Kinda the opposite actually.

You do realize, I hope, that jizzing in your pants in nasty traffic situations might be hazardous as well?

I have to believe...there are different forms of "panic attacks". The things called "pucker moments", are panic attacks.

A panic ATTACK is a very, very different animal than the pucker moment adrenaline slam that comes in reaction to an actual emergency. Flash panic in a pucker moment emergency is pretty natural, it's just not always accompanied by useful actions and can sometimes involve a dangerous instant of mental paralysis and indecision. Actual panic/anxiety attacks on the other hand are full-on disorders in their own right. They come on hard, totally out of proportion to the actual circumstances and environment the person is in, and the biggest problem with them usually is that they do not STOP in any kind of timely manner. Flash panic in an emergency usually just hits, bang, and then it's over. The person might be in shock afterwards and not thinking clearly, but it's over. During a panic attack though, that instant of paralyzing emergency horror just goes on, and on, and on. It's debilitating. Basically, you're that chick in the horror movie who's locked herself in the closet and the axe murderer is rattling the door handle, or you're in a ditch with bombs coming down-- for hours. Except you're just minding your own business, trying to ride an elevator, or eating breakfast, or whatever.

YOU. Speak geek at me, and I will love you forever. Or at least, lust, in a weird, nerdy way. Go on with your synaptic complexity.

Be careful what you wish for.... just sayin.

 

[Banjoboy]

It hit after I'd come off the Bay Bridge, and that portion of mad merging traffic when all cars verge towards 101 southbound.

Gloves felt like they were too loose, about to come off, helmet felt super loose, was it even on my head? Hands couldn't get a grip on the handlebar, or felt like it, no idea how fast I was going, how slow, severe tunnel vision, mad rush of cars I could barely see, complex, confusing, have get out, have to get off this motorcycle NOW...

No idea how I made it over to the slow lane, and the exit, without blindsiding a car, or getting blindsided.

This ever happen to any of you?

Nope, I only have panic attacks if I don't ride for a couple dayz. Actually come to think of it, I do get panic attacks if I'm in a crowded room; I hatez crowdz! (It's a hillbillie thang) Good luck wit yer phobias.

Lehme tell ya dogg, 'bitch is hot!

 

[Sane_Man]

You do realize, I hope, that jizzing in your pants in nasty traffic situations might be hazardous as well?

Yeah, I hear slip-n-slide injury lawsuits can be costly.

 

[nebulous]

Dune Quotes, Sigmund Freud action figures and R. Lee Ermey commercials. can this place get any cooler?

 

[sanjuro]

Instead of being afraid, get angry. Slap a few mirrors.

 

[DaveT319]

 

[shoelace]

Instead of being afraid, get angry. Slap a few mirrors.

oh man... here we go...

 

[Ogg]

oh man... here we go...

Nah, look at it seriously for a second... if his choices for a state of mind are panic and rage he should give some serious thought to whether motorcycling is a good choice for him.