there's none

So how does one cope with it?

I'm referring a feeling. The same intense, sickening feeling of your heart sinking that one sometimes get. Like talons it grips you and refuses to let go. You try and relax, thinking it's just heartburn and that it will go away with relaxation but it doesn't. No, au contraire it gets worse. And then when you realise what it is you feel weak. Absolutely soft in the legs. Your arms feel clammy, and you begin to sweat. Your brows arch together into a frown without you even realising it. The colour of life drains from your face. Your breathing shortens and quickens. You try taking a deep breath but it chokes you instead.

You feel helpless because you're fully aware that you're powerless against it.

Different people get it from different triggers, i guess. Some upon realisation of a truth. Some after they've been told something they didn't want to hear. Some after a breakup. Mostly it has to do with disappointment, i postulate. That feeling we've all had as a child when our favourite toy was forcefully wrenched from our arms. That same one we never wanted to feel again.

So what does one do in a situation like this? You pace around and it doesn't work. You lie in bed and it intensifies. You try to arrest the situation but can't. And why not?

Because to deal with something you need to know what it is.

I don't. Do you?

(Benny, 2009)