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Posted 10/11/2015 3:12 PM (GMT 0)
Have any of yoy ever just been standing there and you think of something, and you're like, where the BLEEP did that come from!?

I was sitting there in the bathroom at like 4am, tired as heck, don't feel good. My family was asleep in the living room ( kids wanted a "sleep over" ) and I all of a sudden think "maybe I'll just go in my room and sleep, but I'll be alone. Animals go to be alone when they die. So i dont want to do that." SMH. um. WHAT!? I AM afraid of sleeping without someone around since all my anxiety started. But WHAT. IN. THE. WORLD!!! now I'm dwelling on it like an idiot, just because I'm so confused as to why I'd even THINK about that!!

How freakin ridiculous do I sound!?
Posted 10/11/2015 3:21 PM (GMT 0)
You're about as ridiculous as me, because I do the same thing.

Those intrusive thoughts that seem so crazy just sneak in when you least expect them.

Last summer, I was sitting in the back yard looking at the small pool I bought to bloat in to help my neck and shoulders. The thought just hit me that I could just sink into it and not worry anymore. Those thoughts are fleeting, and they don't mean you want that to happen.

It does make you feel like an idiot though. I hate it when it happens too. You're not an idiot. You are a smart, funny, strong woman, and you your tired, stressed brain just had a little party while you were distracted by not feeling well.
Posted 10/11/2015 4:16 PM (GMT 0)
I get strange thoughts usually at night when I awake to use the restroom. I always think, " wow I'm going to die someday". I have no idea why it bothers me at that time but it always has.
Posted 10/11/2015 4:44 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you both for the replies, I'd maybe understand If my anxiety has been bothering me, but it hasnt! I've actually been ok, that's probably why it happened, my brain was like " oh! You're acting normal finally? Syke!"
Posted 10/12/2015 1:39 AM (GMT 0)
I think what you said there actually has a lot of truth to it!

There is a phenomenon that some people experience (especially those with anxiety) where anxiety will spike after a period of progress...

...it is sometimes referred to as "waiting for the other shoe to drop."

You are not alone in this! Use your coping skills to get you through this.:) It will pass.

S.C.
Posted 10/12/2015 2:14 PM (GMT 0)
S.C., I never knew that!!
Posted 10/12/2015 3:44 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, here is an interesting read on it!

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2015/02/04/waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop-on-worry-contentment/

S.C.
Posted 10/12/2015 7:29 PM (GMT 0)
Well if you're ridiculous, then I must be insane, because I do this all the darn time! Sometimes I even prohibit myself from having a good time because I'll convince myself that usually before people die they'll have a really good day because it's the "last day." Silly, silly thinking. But you are not alone, and I am actually relieved you made a post about this because I was certain I was the only one.
Posted 10/13/2015 12:03 AM (GMT 0)
My thoughts are running wild again tonight, because I had some sharp pulsating pains in my left breast and ribs. Ugh, I need a bath, lol.
Posted 10/13/2015 2:12 AM (GMT 0)
I've had a scary phrase come to mind and then think I'm having a premonition- always some kind of doom & gloom
Not about my own death but about people close to me-
Happily they are not premonitions- the next day everyone is still fine but I manage to scare the hell out of myself for a good part of the night....
Posted 10/13/2015 7:17 AM (GMT 0)
Sometimes I have hypnagogic hallucinations when I'm trying to fall asleep or wake up, or am really tired. It usually happens when I take benzos or sleeping medication, I've noticed. They're usually nothing, just strange "brain chatter", but every once in awhile I'll get one that's so clear and distinct and I'll suddenly be WIDE awake. Like last week, I was almost asleep and I heard someone say "I know who did 9/11"... WHAT! Then I'll think I'm totally going crazy, for sure.
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