Not being able to drive on a freeway for several years due to anxiety, and knowing that I can't just go do it....
Bloom, I have the same problems, diagnosed with OCD at age 17, now with depression and anxiety too. I have a lot of the things you described. I will try to message you....
Thank you everyone! Daisy, I just started therapy, also just started taking Prozac for depression and anxiety, already starting to feel difference with the anxiety after having it severely for over 2...
I feel like this often, too. I'm terrified of dying. I have been since I was a little kid. I remember being about 15 and sitting on the couch watching TV and suddenly being terrified that I was gonna...
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Thanks els! Everyone here and on the anxiety forum is so helpful. Honestly, I get a lot of reassurance and comfort just checking this, its only my second time to the sight, but tonight I was excited...
I feel this too. Heart races a lot, feels like its skipping sometimes. I have a lot of anxiety/panic. Maybe this is a dumb question, but does anxiety have a negative effect on the heart? Like is it...
You're not crazy at all. I agree with Mooney, we do this because we feel like crap and we don't understand why and we want a cause. When I first started experiencing anxiety, I thought I had heart...
Hug for Grouphug! I know it's so scary, I have been scared for about 2 years now, some times I was so scared and truly thought I was dying, I would just cry, because I didn't know what to do. I...
I had a similar Walmart experience, I got there, got inside, started to feel like I was whirling and going to pass out at any second, but I do the cell phone thing too, like look thru my pictures...
I have it too. It really, really makes me feel better to know that I am not alone though, that I'm not crazy, that other people know exactly what I'm talking about....
Wow, this really helps reading about everyone's experiences...I seriously, honestly felt like I was the only one alive who felt like this. I have a lot of symptoms of anxiety. I always feel like I'm...
I experience this too......
I have anxiety/panic attacks with a lot of physical symptoms. I experience all the symptoms you mentioned, maybe some others too: heart racing, (at least thinking I have) difficulty breathing,...
Hey Strong, one of my huge fears is freeways too, haven't driven on one in a year. Unfortunately my fears keep growing...first is was just freeways, then anywhere more than 20 minutes away, now I can...
Maree, I know you're right, I've felt like I was losing my mind for the past few years, when I'm to the point I don't want to leave my room or just walking around makes me feel dizzy...how much worse...
Thank you soo much everyone for your replies! I was excited to check the forum tonight and see if anyone had replied. This forum helps me a lot. Just reading through everyone's postings, on this...
I'm in Arizona......
Hello, I just joined the forum today. I've recently started seeing a psychologist and psychiatrist for my anxiety, which has been bad for about 2 years now. I've been diaganosed with anxiety...
Hello, I just signed up right now... I have anxiety and depression. I've noticed that I have anxiety days or stretches of days, and depression days. Sadly, I "prefer" the depression days, because for...