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Posted 10/27/2012 3:30 AM (GMT 0)
Ive been dealing with anxiety for about 5 years now. Im 23 years old for the most part I can handle my anxiety by myself and deal with it the best I can, I try to see the bright side and think other people have worse problems than me worrying too much. But over the past couple of weeks my anxiety has gotten really bad Ive been feeling like I dont know who I am anymore, that my anxiety is slowly making me go crazy and pretty soon it will take over my brain and I'll have to be put in a mental hospital. It doesnt help that its Halloween time and for some reason everything halloween related, especially scary movies makes me extremely nervous and on edge. does anyone else have their anxiety intensified by scary movies, ghosts, etc...? Also Im scared 24/7 lately weird sounds even make me nervous, it probably also doesnt help that Ive been struggling with an eating disorder as well which only makes my anxiety levels go through the roof even more...thanks for listening, I love you all <3
Posted 10/27/2012 5:56 AM (GMT 0)
HEY!! you are not alone, it happens to me too I have Harm/ going crazy OCD so as you can see any movie freaks me out, besides i am having memory problems and weird dreams because of my cymbalta , it gets my ocd soo bad and i get panicky, I feel like I am going crazy and panic . IT sucks I know but remember is all anxiety !! And just think everyone is scared of ghost so its ok !! I know what you are feeling!!
Posted 10/27/2012 5:57 AM (GMT 0)
And on the top of that i am 23 and i go to college and i have a full time job !! I know how annoying it is !
Posted 10/27/2012 9:07 AM (GMT 0)
This is my worst fear. I am terrified of going crazy, and at any time I am thinking that I will end up hurting someone I care about. Usually this thoughts trigger panic and anxiety. I go about my chores and find I forgot to turn off the lights, and I immediately think, alzheimer. Sometimes when I have bad dreams I wake up being scared and I think schizophrenia. I have read that anxiety ofthen transforms you in a hypochondriac. Actually going crazy is the only thing that scares me, as a series of medical tests dismissed my initial reasons to panic (heart problems, brain tumors). That is the reason I don't freak out so much of going crazy and i label the thought for what it is, a scary thought, i observe it and it passes. However I have bad times when going crazy really seems like a real possibility, and then I try not to overanalize, if it is to happen, worrying about it won't help...This is how I deal with my worst fear, so if anyone has a better coping solution, please advise us ;)
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