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Did I have an anxiety attack? I was backing my vehicle into a parking spot as I usually do and I felt panic out of the blue. I felt as if my vehicle wasn't stopping so I slammed the brakes fearing I was about to hit the vehicle behind me. I had a weird feeling rush through my body and then realized I had already come to a complete stop, my vehicle wasn't moving and I was parked normally at a fair distance from the vehicle behind me. The moment felt like a long time but I believe it was only for a second. I consider myself to be a good driver with a clean driving record. I have never been in an accident or have I ever been worried about one. As for the anxiety, I've only ever experienced this while lecturing a large crowd. I have never considered myself as someone who has anxiety.

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Meme Many people believe that since I overcame my chronic anxiety, I am levitating through the halls with a halo of light aimed at the crown of my head, with 8 angels flying behind me singing choruses while I remain in a state of spiritual perfection at every moment.

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Anxiety symptoms Have u guys had this weird shooting pains in legs like I get twitching like maybe 2 twitches a day not a lot it’s mostly this pins and random pains in legs that none stop ? I get them in arms also and in my neck but mostly like my legs would go a lil weak sometimes when I stress about them and my left hand too but I can use them normally I’m even a boxer so I do my sport normally but they feel weak but they aren’t ??? Idk how to explain it guys but they go away when I distract myself

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Starting my journey with clinic anxiety disorder, any tips? So yeah, I've finally been diagnosed with anxiety as an actual disorder (generalized anxiety disorder), after many years of thinking it was temporary. I don't feel bad at all, I feel good to finally have my issue recognized on a medical level so I can receive the adequate treatment. What are some do's and don'ts when living alongside anxiety? Any natural medicine available? (Been proposed medication, rejected) Very happy to be able to find a community on reddit which can help!

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Constant Weakness/Fatigue For about 2 months now I have felt muscle weakness in my arms and legs (more on the left side) and experiencing more fatigue than normal too. This has fueled my anxiety into thinking I have something like als. I’ve always had some anxiety but never to the point of physical symptoms like this. Does anyone else feel this with anxiety? I’ve had multiple Dr. Exams, a Neuro exam/ emg, CT, and blood work which all came back normal. Someone please give me the reassurance to keep fighting this daily mental struggle.

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Existential OCD hitting hard right now, any advice? I'm having an OCD attack, basically I came back from the psychologist and yeah I almost had a Panic attack while coming home and now my mind is just really disordered, I'm having a lot of feelings about life being something unreal and crazy, like everything is crazy and not normal and I feel scared about not understanding the reality etc etc...

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Just found out i got cheated on again. 20F I have no words to describe what i feel right now. I'm so exhausted of this but i can't leave him, i feel like i'll be worse without him. I have an interview tomorrow and i don't know how i will be able to do great with this on my mind. I feel like the dumbest bitch ever. This kills me. I have no one to talk to. I hate this shit

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i never thought ill be toxic to her i feel so bad. i feel garbage. my conscience is eating me up. i never thought ill be the reason of her feeling drained. my ex broke up w me almost 3 weeks ago. i blamed her for feeling insecure. i didnt know that what i was doing was trying to restrict her from opening up to other people. i asked her if we could keep our problems to ourselves because people might think differently of us. i told her that because she opened up to our friend and that friend told the story to our other friends, and so they were laughing about it. i didnt like it so i opened up to her regarding that. she said she opened up to our friend because it was too heavy on her. she cant handle it. i wasnt there to comfort her that time when were having an argument coz i told her i dont wanna talk and i just wanna cool my head first. i was so self centered. i realized how selfish i am. like instead of understanding why she opened up to our friend instead just let my insecurities take over me. im trying to be better. im reflecting from my actions. i tried talking to her but she doesnt want to talk to me anymore. its all gone.

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advice needed hi everyone. yesterday i took my first pill of my anxiety meds and i‘ve had the worst side affects. it would be time to take the next dose soon but i’m cotemplaited doing it. i‘ve had trouble sleeping, i could barely eat anything because i’ve been so nauseous and all that i ate i threw up. i’m just feeling very tired, beaten down and sidetracked. like the days before i felt pretty okay on a daily basis with my anxiety but i still have anxiety when it comes to things. now i’ve been just crying because i don’t know if i want to take the next dose and like i worry about eating because i really dint want to lose weight. and also if i can make it to work tomorrow. also i was used to go to the cinema with friends tomorrow but everything is just stressing me out (the meds i’ve been on is citalopram)

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constamt tension headaches and face pain Im 19f im a university student and since last may i have constant headaches ...all tests came clear mri, blood tests, ct scans ...etc anything possible im healthy . At this point no one believes me. I experience constant tension headache, sometimes if im lucky it goes away for a week but it comes just as easily after minor stress occurence or bad sleep night. Also facial tension and pain i feel like i have brick on my face 24/7 and heavy eyes. Eye test came all back very good ...i am diagnosed with anxiety and take SSRI'S to manage but u never even considered that anxiety or any stress could cause this. Could it be true ? Its been to long i tried lot of things ...but it never dissapears. I am anxious person but even when im calm it still seems to be there. It does not take a lot to provoke it . Can anyone honestly give me advice or just ...tell me your experience ? Do you think anxiety could be causing this ?

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I (F24) don't believe my boyfriend (M24) loves me and it's a me problem I have been struggling with worse anxiety for the past year and recently, my anxiety does NOT let me believe that my boyfriend loves me. He gives me reassurance everytime I ask, but for some reason it is never enough. For instance, when he says why he does, my thoughts will find complaints with his reasons why. I haven't talked to him about this because this is technically not a his issue and I hate burdening others with my anxiety. He has reassured me everyday and I don't want to ask for more. I feel like this is something I need to figure out on my own. I've had bad experiences with boys in general, so I often time believe that they will say whatever is convenient to them. so I cannot shake this feeling and I do not know what to do. Ive been talking to a therapist but she has not been giving me effective solutions. She listens and validates, but I need calming techniques... How do I shake this feeling? what should i do?

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It's been a while but it's back 20M i've been busy with life in a good way for the past 2 months going to the gym 5 times a week and eating healthy starting to like myself again. However, out of nowhere it's back, the feeling that I'm not doing things i should be doing, feeling like the future isn't as bright as i hoped. And I don't know what to do. I've never spoken to anyone about my anxiety except my friend who is studying in a different country now. I don't know who i can speak to because in my head my problems seem like they're not big enough for me to talk about but yet they have a weird weight on my chest that makes it harder to breath

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How do you manage anxiety when sleep deprived? I am eating some good I haven't eaten for hours. I had a headache ive gotten like 2 hours sleep the past couple of nights. I walked out in the cold for a minute and turned the lights on. I had a bad dream that made me feel like I was going crazy.

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Anxiety? I’m trying to figure out and address an issue I’ve had my entire life (or at least as long as I can remember). As I try to seek out treatment and help, I’m not sure if anyone here can relate. I will obsess and fixate on completely mundane things. For example: If I overhear someone taking about a movie but I don’t know what the movie is, I may fixate on “Who did they say the lead was? An Australian named Ben. What was the movie? What was the movie???” and my heart will start racing and my breathing will get shallow and I’ll need to get up and walk around. Another example might be for me to see a photo of myself reading and I’ll obsess, wanting to figure out what the title of the book is that I’m reading. I might also obsess wondering what a logo on a shirt is, who was that guy that I helped with a flat tire that seemed so familiar, etc. You know how sometimes people will hear a song and not know what it is and they’ll say, “What IS that song? It’s going to drive me nuts?” For me it feels like that “going to drive me nuts” thing is for real. These “attacks” might also occur in certain circumstances of guilt or self-loathing. Does this sound at all relatable? Does it have a name?

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Miradry Experience Miradry Experience Good morning all! I am looking to get the miradry procedure for armpits done here soon. I am sick of constantly sweating and can’t keep enduring this. Was hoping to hear peoples experiences on it that went through with it. Positive/negative experiences, tips and anything else are extremely appreciated! Bless you all!

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Any tips for dealing with these symptoms? Does anyone experience vision/auditory issues? Recently this is what’s been bothering me the most. The only way I can explain it is..imagine you’re indoors for a long period of time and then come outside..it’s almost like I’m sensitive to light and everything and I mean everything feels so loud. Ugh. I hate it. This past weekend I went to have lunch with a friend and the restaurant we ate at was so packed. I felt like I couldn’t concentrate and my vision became shaky, like i couldn’t focus my eyes on one thing which eventually made me feel dizzy. Anyway, I appreciate any tips if you have any. Thanks!

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Exposure Fail One of my exposure tasks is to walk my dogs outside. I had been incrementally increasing the distance i walked them up until today. I felt confident about todays walk before i left the house. Then, less than half way around i start becoming aware of how out in the open i am and turn around after stopping a couple of times, and ultimately went home not finishing my walk. Im really disappointed in myself and wonder how you all handle situations like this. Its completely knocked my confidence. Thanks guys

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I don’t know how to behave in group chats and it’s destroying me mentally. So to start off, I don’t have many friends and I don’t participate in many discords, so I admit I’m a little out of practice here. But recently my three cousins decided we should all be part of a group chat and rekindle the bond we had as kids. I was all for it, they’re family and I love em, but just existing in this group chat is giving me some major anxieties. It also doesn’t help that I have absolutely nothing in common with any of them. All they talk about is work, their s/o’s and gossip. They said we would be sending each other memes but every meme they’ve sent so far have been the most unfunny monotonous tiktok reaction videos I’ve ever seen. I don’t even know how to respond to them so so far I just haven’t. Now after about 3 days the group chat is silent and I feel like they’ve silently moved on. I just know it’s going back to the usual where I only ever talk to them at family gatherings, which is another awkward thing I’m going to stress about. I really am at a loss of how to handle myself, and I fear that if I eventually get into a group chat of other friend groups it’ll go the same way. I’ve tried joining discords before of varying sizes in the past, but nowadays everyone types so fast and gets their thoughts out in seconds. I feel like by the time my brain is even able to process what was said and think of a response, they’ve already changed topics. Has anyone else here had to deal with this kind of thing before?

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C2E2 Frengs? Going friday and need help Hi I'm 33 and have little money, no job, a ton of comics and love anime, manga, SIkTC and Deadpool. I have a very bad anxiety disorder but I decided to buy a ticket for myself for Friday. I want to submit some books to be graded (so I might have money someday 🤞. Large crowds, no visible exits, loud noises and cramped spaces are very hard for me and I thought maybe someone here would be going too and could meet up. Before you say "all the things you mentioned are what happens at c2e2." I know, but I want to fight my anxiety and challenge myself, I'd just like there to be someone who could be around. I'm rambling now so I'll shut up. Thank you!

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Not sure if I want to go to a friend's wedding One of my mates has invited me to his wedding and I'm not sure if I want to go. I really appreciate the invite and we were really good mates years ago but since 2018 I've not seen him too much since he moved away. The wedding is a good 7 hour drive away and I don't think I'll know many people at all. Just maybe two or three other mates I've met before, but no one else. I don't have a plus one or anyone to go with. I'm feeling a bit anxious about it and don't want to be a bad friend or let him down by saying no, but I have a feeling that if I go, I'll feel really awkward. Will be a lot of his and her family and I'll just be there not knowing anyone really at all. Also it's gonna be quite an expense in accommodation and travel expenses. I'm just torn what to do!

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I’ve recently been having problems with heart palpitations and increased anxious feelings Hi Reddit. I am a young adult female in her first year of university, and I just wanted some reassurance or advice. I’ve grown up around anxious people- having parents and step parents on anti depressants and with ptsd, so I know how the gist of mental health issues in this caliber (somewhat haha!). I myself have also struggled with mild anxiety or depression in the past, as well as a brief but somewhat severe ED many years ago, but nothing ever officially diagnosed or bad enough to get diagnosed or treated for a part from some counselling. However in the past few months my anxiety have been ramped up to the max, with the feeling of my heart pushing against my chest for the silliest little fears- giving me insomnia or making me feel sick etc. It’s doing as much as I write this. One thing to note, I have a heart murmur, and occasionally I can notice it, but normally it’s very faint, if really there at all, so I’m assuming it’s got nothing to do with anything? I have been feeling kind of lonely lately. For some more recent context, whilst I play online with my old friends and see them and my bf often, I don’t have any really close friends at uni, and have had some fall outs with a Flatmate I share a bathroom with, making me often anxious in my own home. I absolutely love living away from home apart from this as I came from spilt custody between parents. I would just like some advice or anyone with past experience to reassure or educate/help me if any way? Thank you so much :)

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Taylor Swift Concert- Anxious and easily overstimulated I’m going to see Taylor Swift next month. I’m classically anxious in crowds and hate feeling trapped. I don’t do malls or places like IKEA. I can barely handle Walmart. I’m also just easily overstimulated. Any tips on how to cope with this all? I plan to wear ear plugs and will probably have a couple drinks. I’m really nervous though and I’m looking for suggestions on what I can pack as a sort of emergency kit for my anxiety or ANYTHING else to cope. I want to have a good time and not be in a constant state of fear the whole time. Thanks!

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I just wanna sleep but my heart is beating through my chest I don’t even know why. I can’t sleep, I can’t relax, I can’t focus on anything but my heart. It’s all I feel right now. Every time I try to calm myself down, it feels like it gets worse. Guess I’m not getting any sleep tonight.

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Note to self, don’t use r/teenagers or you get creepy dms. So I’ve been trying to answer my dms to try to help my anxiety. It’s just something I started doing because it pushes me out of my comfort zone a bit. I don’t get dms often so I don’t worry too much. Anyways got a dm about an hour ago from a dude, real creep, knew from the first message, but that fucked up part of my brain wanted to see where it went for some reason. Anyways, we talked for a bit (i know im an idiot) until he went to the creep zone. I ended up calling him out by saying “you’re weird af. now I know why you have a burner” and just leaving the chat and blocking him but now I’m a bit nervous I did too much. I feel like an idiot because I know that sort of stuff gives me anxiety but I did it anyway. Morbid curiosity got the best of me and now I’m paying the price with anxiety :(. Any advice to calm down. I deleted all my recent post on r/teenagers so I should be good but damn, I’m stupid.

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Recovery from fear of seizures? Hey! I have an irrational fear that I have epilepsy, and I haven't met that many people with health anxiety who share this specific fear. I know all anxiety is the same at the end of the day, but it'd be comforting to hear about how other people who got over this specific fear.

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I’ve been waking up multiple times at night with elevated heart rate. Is that anxiety? I’ve been waking up daily for the past month multiple times with elevated heart rate. It only lasts a min or two and my heart rate goes back to normal. Is that anxiety? When it started, I was in the middle of a very stressful situation. But that has passed and I am still experiencing racing heart. How do I know whether it is anxiety or underlying health problems.

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Needing help please Any tips for dealing with someone who appears to be borderline and have emotional terrorist tendencies? I have anxiety and I’m not able to manage properly these days and every interaction I have with that person takes a toll on me. The thing is that person also need help and I have no idea how to respond to all the drama.

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I had Anxiety attack over the cat i’ve met today So i walked to the grocery store near my house, and i saw a poor cat with her right eyes almost gotten out in front of someone house. and I cried cause I can’t bring her home cause i already had a lot of cats. So i went back to my house to bring her a food and water instead. but she only drink the water she doesn’t want to eat:( i’m also scared and questioning myself is she a real cat or demons? cause she has no tail(in my country cats that doesn’t have tail are demons). but she has a shadow tho. and when i’m about to leave that cat, she kept looking at me and when i’m on my way home there is a quite big shadow of bird flew around like making a circle( I walked under the tree btw). i feel so bad for feeling like this and i feel so bad for not taking that little cat. I feel like completely a bad person now

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Why does he stare at me so much? My coworker constantly looks at me. I’ll be standing in the room getting ready and he will walk in and immediately look at me. He constantly glances and stares at me. One time he was looking at me and I rolled my eyes and looked away from him. I looked back at him and he walked out of the room with a hurt, upset look on his face.

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what are you doing to fight trembling, shaking, tremors, vibrating, jittery symptoms? Do you take medication or supplements to get rid of these symptoms?

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Does Studying Trigger Extreme Anxiety? I have this real weird thing that happens to me. So besides my work life, I have potential academic plans. I love studying, reading, writing. I have so many ambitions with all these things I want to write. I might even publish them. I spend a lot of time-effort on these studies I do on my personal life. The weird thing is, whenever I go into focused studying, the idea that I will die anyways comes to my mind. I start to feel like this effort is for nothing, that I will die eventually, maybe even soon. I read about these scholars of the past, and see that some of them died so young. What will all this information help me with if I am going to die anyways? Will I have enough time to categorize-interpret-publish so much knowledge? Anyways, lots of anxious thoughts suddenly rush to my mind about mortality. I had this back in uni as well. I remember when I studied a lot during my masters, I would always start thinking about my mortality and whether all the work I do is even worth it.... Is there a scientific explanation to this? Why would studying in a focused manner put me in such an existential crisis each time? ​ note: I use escitalopram for GAD/Panic

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I have the best friends. I canceled plans yesterday because I had terrible anxiety and felt overwhelmed. My best friend drove out of her way to bring me leftovers from the get together because she knew I wasn’t having a good day. Is that friendship or what

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Starting to lose the connection with my therapist I’m not sure if maybe my therapist is telling me what I do not want to hear but I feel like I’m getting little frustrated with him. He starts to bring up his personal life as an example sometimes and it wastes time. Also, when I’m explaining something he doesn’t realize the important part I’m trying to discuss and then we end up spending a whole session talking about something that was not even that important for me. Maybe he’s just realizing what’s better to talk about? Idk does anyone have experience with this?

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Abdominal guarding? Not sure if that’s the right term, but does anyone find themselves clenching their tummy all the time? I noticed I do it particularly on the left side. I’ve been having anxiety over PVCs, so I’m not sure if I’m subconsciously guarding that side bc it’s near my heart. I know the vagus nerve is mostly afferent (takes info to the brain), and I’m wondering if the guarding could also be sending signals I’m not safe, thus increasing the anxiety I’m experiencing? Any ideas on stopping this other than increasing relaxation, and becoming more aware? Thanks in advance :)

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Psychiatrist or psychologist? (F,22) TW: self harm, suicide Hey there! I hope this is the right place to post about this. I don't know anyone irl who deals with so much anxiety so here we go. Since last summer I've been dealing with a lot of intrusive/obsessive thoughts about my relationship/my partner/me etc which caused a lot of anxiety. From july all the way through december I felt like I was going crazy. I felt so much anxiety and so much emotional pain to the point where I thought I couldn't function properly. I would've done anything to stop feeling anything at all. And everything between me and my partner was fine, I didn't have any reason to feel like this. In january I started to feel a bit better (anxiety wise), but I started to self harm again (I don't do this constantly, only once or twice every few months I guess). In january and february I felt so sad and so numb that I didn't care about anything anymore. I think I also experience suicidal thoughts but I am very afraid to die so idk if I actually do experience them. I still feel a little bit anxious and I do experience self harm thoughts here and there but overall I can function decently. I've never been to a psychiatrist or psychologist and so idk where I should start. The thing is, therapy is very expensive and I can't afford it right now. I could afford going to a psychiatrist tho, but i don't know if my situation is that bad in order to reach out to a psychiatrist. I am scared they won't take me seriously and that they will tell me to go to therapy instead. Do you have any advice regarding my situation? Any response would be much appreciated.

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I feel like if I stop worrying, something bad will happen, on and off sense of doom. For several days I was convinced I had appendicitis… well I’m finally out of that stage THANKFULLY. or at least almost out of it, but now I’m convinced if I stop worrying about it happening or something then it’ll happen or if I stop worrying in general something bad will happen like my therapist cancelling or just some form of misfortune. I’m not used to having good things happen to me and my life is finally starting to improve so I’m just constantly on edge. My past four dreams havent been good, in one my friends started being rude to me, in another my food messed up, I wasn’t able to eat, my family was rude and my period started (haha my period then started 30 minutes after waking up), and these past two other days were focused on appendicitis in one I got it, had bad pain and then woke up freaking out (only had back pain tho which passed), and in the other I had it and got surgery. That dream did help me start to slowly get over my fear of it though. But I feel like if I stop worrying then it’ll happen, i know when I finally get distracted I start to think “huh maybe I’ll be okay, i don’t feel like anything bad would happen” and then sudden fear and feeling of it going to happen. Fucking lord go away. I just need to be okay for 13 more days and then I can see my therapist but my mind doesnt think ill make it in these 13 days. Like it’s certain I’m going to die and if that doesn’t happen then something else bad will, especially if I stop worrying argh

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sleep anxiety doe anyone else ever get so worried that they’re going to die in their sleep that they stay up all night or is that just me 😅

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Night time left arm pain Any help here is great… here is my issue. I get bad night anxiety. My left armpit feels tense after falling asleep for maybe 3 hours average. I then may feel it stem to the left side of my neck and dullness tension in arm. I always feel it is a sign of a heart condition But I believe it to be my anxiety. I’ll then be up for 2-3 hours trying to feel it subside or me to become tired to fall back asleep. This really only happens at night. I feel five during the day. I sleep alone and I’m 26. I do lift weights few days a week. Anyone have any suggestions for me? I just want to live/sleep like a normal person. Really sucks. Been going on for a few months.

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How to get over anxiety/fight or flight when people are in my personal space all the time?? Hi everyone. I noticed my anxiety over the past couple months has gotten worse. I used to maintain decently w cbd here and there, but I find that I'm getting frustrated or my fight or flight is seriously kicking in For context, just shopping in a store the other day. I'm reaching for a can of food and my bf is near me. Suddenly, a middle aged man w a cart barrels through towards me and an employee is inches from me, reaching for items directly below me. I suddenly moved so I wouldn't be touched or run over by this guy w the cart. No 'pardon me' 'excuse me', nothing. This morning I come to do my laundry at my local laundromat. I usually chat w a little old lady here but she usually gets in my personal space to clean literally crumbs from the floor. I am putting laundry in and I'm suddenly butt-to-butt with the laundry attendant, a woman comes in w a body bag sized laundry bag and almost hits me w it and I try to back up and the laundry woman is directly behind me, inches behind me I finished loading the laundry and went to my car for a deep breath. I called my bf to vent and he understands mostly how I feel. I also am starting to feel like an emotional burden to him. Idk how to cope anymore. I feel like I'm on edge all the time. Any tips would be amazing. I don't have health insurance so I can't be seen by a doctor anytime soon Thanks for listening

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Why can’t I just do things My bf is going out with some friends tonight and I was too scared to ask if I could come along. Normally I would but recently he said he wanted some space so it doesn’t feel right asking him if I can tag along places anymore. He’ll always say yes just to be nice. Then my friends call asking if we want to hang out with them and I’m like bf is already going out. At this point I freak out. Urgent social interaction and I would have to ask bf for a ride. No I don’t want to bother him. I feel stupid that I wanted to go out so bad. But when I was offered another chance to go out I declined because I was too scared of everything. I was too scared to ask to go with him I was to scared to ask for a ride I was too scared to go to an unplanned social event Tomorrow I have a planned social event and now I feel so insecure. It just feels like a cycle. Why can’t I just do these things? EDIT: next day and I found out he got a ride for once since he’s always DD so I couldn’t have asked for a ride anyway. If I had asked for a ride I think it would have been worse because he would have felt pressured to drive me which again would not be great since he asked for space a while back. I was feeling like the call was a sign to go out and I didn’t. So I was feeling down on myself for choosing to miss out. But now that I know I probably could not have gotten a ride anyway somehow I feel better lmao Weird how that works isn’t it

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Any confidence tips for a job interview? I’ve got an interview in 3 hours and I’m stressing about it a lot, any tips/input would be appreciated :)

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Constantly having dreams (or nightmares) about doing school presentations I'm 27, but I've been having dreams about having to do school presentations and knowing that all the students are going to be watching me. It's not super frequent, but at least once or twice a month for the past few months. I don't even have any presentations coming up, like for work...

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XANAX FOR PHOBIA Hello. I am a 18y old boy. From a very young age I have a fear of doctors. My heartrate was 160 the last time when i went to the doc. She told me to go to cardiologist. I said to her that i dont have problems with the heart but she was still wanting to go. So i went, made an ECG, the heartrate was 170 but the heart was healthy. So I think the best solution is to take Xanax before going to the doc...i have it at home from 1 year but for other reasons. How much should i take so i can feel calm the next time i go to the hospital? Sorry if my English is bad... :)

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Anxious habit help Hi everyone, I have always struggled with an anxious habit of chewing on the ends of my hair. It’s really damaging to it and it’s preventing it from growing. I never do it intentionally, it’s always something I find myself doing when I’m trying to focus on something that’s making my anxiety spike up. Does anyone else experience this?? I need all the tips I can get. I try to tie my hair up but I’m one of those people who can’t have their hair in a ponytail for long periods of time just because it’s uncomfortable.

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College with crippling anxiety I’ve tried everything. I was withdrawn before because of my lack of attendance 5 months ago due to my anxiety, I have started college again after being on Zoloft for a while, but my anxiety is still just as bad. I have gone into college more but I still feel unable to function thinking of all the people around me. I have only been in 6 times so far and I can’t cope, I’m scared of being withdrawn again just because of my inability to go in sometimes. I just want to get on with my life.

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How do you help anxiety that manifests via chest pains/aches? I've noticed recently that my anxiety is showing itself more in my chest with aches and the insomnia, and clenching my jaw is getting worse. I want to be able to help myself but I honestly don't know what to do besides take two benadryl and make myself tired. Help please.

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Anxiety So I just need a bit of reassurance that I am not alone with this and a few tipps if you have. I'm currently holding my first job after uni and during this first year my finances have been a huge trigger for my anxiety. At the moment I am scared to look at my online banking. Scared that I am not able to cover my basic finances. Of losing that little bit of financial independance and security I have for the first time. I just feel totally unequiped to deal with money.

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Can anxiety cause this ? A spot that almost constantly itches on my chin and around my mouth under lip? My facial hair even feels more prickly. It seems I am having hypersensitivity to sounds and feel lately as well. I also have bruxism and clench almost all day without paying attention. I had my kidneys and liver all checked out good in November. This started in December. Xanax takes it away yes but if it was something other than anxiety I think Xanax would still take it away.

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Wedding speech in a few days, social anxiety So I’ve always had an aspect of social anxiety within me, usually in groups of more than 3 or 4 people. One on one or in a group of 3 in absolutely fine. I had some bad experiences of speeches and presentations back in high school and totally avoided it throughout my adult life. I’m now 31 and the only public speaking (if you can calll it that) I’ve done is a hand full of interviews to no more than 3 people. I’m my brothers best man at his wedding in a few days and I’ve got to do it in front of 100 or so people which seems absolutely alien to me. My heart races and I get sweaty palms just thinking about it or practicing in front of a mirror. I hate the sound of my own voice and it just begins to break/shake and I go bright red and my mouth makes this involuntary frowning thing like I’m about to cry whenever I’ve had to do it in the past. I’ve read online countless tips and advice but I just don’t feel these people have it half as bad as I do? I’ve resorted to getting a low dose of diazepam from my doctor (only 6 2mg tablets) and they have told me to take a maximum of 3 of theses before the speech. Will this honestly help? I appreciate the concerns about mixing alcohol and diazepam but I do believe that is a low dose and I only plan on having 1 or 2 small bottles of beer before the speech. Any tips/advice? TIA.

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Why is my love life non- existent? I been seeking a partner for years now and never meet anyone I am compatible with and vice versa who I share values and ofc chemistry with!! Why

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I feel like a tightly closed fist My exhaustion, anxiety, high standards and low effort are all ruining my life. I let the whole day outside of work pass me by. I don’t workout anymore, I take all of my feelings out on food and then beat myself up for allowing myself to make the less healthy choice. I sleep as much as I can. I feel exhausted all of the time. I constantly feel like I’m on a time crunch. I feel like I missed the boat in life. I realized all the things I wanted to do too late and I don’t need to hear the “it’s never too late” bullshit because for some career paths, it just is and that’s the reality I have to face. I’m digging myself deeper and deeper and I know I am but I can’t STOP. Im going to ruin my life. I see myself doing it. Im going to lose my fiancé and my dog and my roof. I can’t drag myself out of this. I wake up late, I binge eat, I tell myself I’ll start tomorrow, I don’t clean because I slept in too late and now I’m out of time and I need to get ready, I cry my eyes out because weeks go by like this and then maybe my shits together for a week and I prep my food and stay on the house and get to work on time and I can get up at 7 instead of 10 and I can workout every day and wash my hair more than once every week and a half. I feel so lost. I don’t know who I am anymore. I can’t stop spiraling and I know I sound insane. I’m just so sad and lonely and anxious feeling all the time and I feel like such a FAILURE. God, help me.

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Not doing too good this morning… Slept maybe an hour last night. Too stressed over going into the office today. I only go in once a week, but I hate it. I feel like I’m going to throw up any minute and feeling super light headed. Feel like calling in but I didn’t go in last week either because I had an appointment. Anxiety over going in and anxiety over calling out… 😅

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Help Why do I check my phone so much even the Whatsapp ? I am unable to concentrate on anything else properly I just tend to wait for people to text me???

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Electric shock like feeling? I’m not even sure if this is the right group but as an anxiety sufferer I figured it’s worth a shot. During an extremely stressful life phase last fall, I began experiencing an electric shock like feeling in my chest - lasts for 2 seconds tops, and feels like you’re being electrocuted then it just goes away. It’ll sometimes come and go for 10 minutes sometimes a few days. It totally went away for me last November, and now it is back today. I’m just at such a loss as to what could cause this but wondering if it’s anxiety related or if anyones experienced this what did it end up being?

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Absolutely terrified / health anxiety 20/ female I went to the toilet today and there was maroon coloured blood when I wiped. When I passing stool the first part felt quite hard and then some pieces. Yesterday my butthole was burning quite a lot I have quite bad upper abdominal discomfort, I have tried so many over the counter meds but nothing is working and I’m absolutely petrified this turns out to be the worst. I am waiting to see the GP but I am so scared.

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What is or isn't a panic attack? Hi folks, I have been diagnosed with GAD last year and still am discovering/recognizing all the different symptoms I have. Thank you for this wonderful community btw, I have cried at many of your stories and small victories. I was wondering what your panic attacks / anxiety attacks feel like, and what difference you make between the two? I keep telling therapists "oh no I don't have panic attacks" because in my mind if I'm not passed out on the floor then it's not it, but also I do have attacks of accute stress/rapid heart beat/can't breathe/need to move and get the f out of where I am which I don't know how to qualify. Looking for your experiences so I can put words on what I go through Stay strong

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My health anxiety is spiralling I just got back from an eye check up for a new set of contact lenses and the optometrist told me my eyes are healthy and I just have a few eye freckles (they’re on the whites of my eyes and are light grey). After the appointment, KNOWING he said my eyes were fine, I went into a rabbit hole and googled eye freckles and found out that in rare circumstances they can turn cancerous. I felt sick to my stomach and want to go back to an optometrist to get them removed but I know I’m sending myself into a spiral. It’s been about two hours now and I’m starting to calm down about it all, trying to tell myself that if anything was wrong I would be told. But I hate this. My brain has to focus on the worst outcome possible. Planning to speak to somebody about my healthy anxiety because I feel like it’s getting worse as time goes on. But it sucks.

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i need support please Hello, I'm new to this community and I need your support. I am diagnosed with obsessive ocd disorder (rocd) severe depression and emotional addiction and a few hours ago i was in the middle of an ocd crisis and i came across something that triggered me as I was in full compulsion. It was about attachment styles can someone please tell me if i am a good person to love my partner and that an emotionally dependent person has the right to love someone and date them . I'm in such a healthy relationship and I'm proud of it because my previous relationship was very chaotic and so toxic and I'm afraid to be with him that because of my emotional dependency I want to be with him because i love it with all my heart but my thoughts are killing me (i think it's the ocd side pressing where it hurts) Thank you all. Be kind please my ocd makes me believe so many things through messages and it's horrible.

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Feeling dreadful after best friend didn't want me to come on night I know this feeling is unjust, but I can't help but feeling dreadfully anxious and sad that my best friend didn't want me at a night on the Weekend. I'd been excluded before in this group of friends when they went on holiday last year together. I was really upset then and just so happened to be very down at that time anyway so I ended up bringing it up and we got into a huge fight where he said he hadn't meant to and these things just happened, but also, I needed to back off. So this weekend, he said he'd got a ticket for this night but downplayed it like it was only him and another guy and not the whole group going. But everyone from that group went. He said he hadn't known they were but I'm sure that's not true and now on reflection, they had probably planned it for months. I know I have no right feeling this way, people can do what they want but I can't help but feeling really sad about it, like he didn't want me there for a reason and after last time, I don't want to mention anything because I don't think he'd take it well. I know we should be able to do different things, and I'm not saying otherwise but I know everyone in this group and wonder why he didn't want me there. It's making me feel pretty low. We live together but I'm moving out next week, and a part of me is worried he'll slowly cut me out of his life. How can I stop feeling like this? I feel pathetic

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Feeling so overwhelmed with my reoccuring thoughts all day I keep thinking of this one social interaction i had today and my mind is never leaving it. Im so tired,

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Meds Has anyone on here taken Paxil? I’m on it and I feel so exhausted and lethargic all of the time now and I don’t have the energy to do the things that I enjoy. Do I just need to give it more time? It’s been about a month. Any insight helps. Thank you

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Anxiety after blackout drunk Hello, I am a 17 year old male and last Friday i threw a party when my parents where away. I was pretty amped up because I have never thrown a party so I started doing shots with my friend. After a while I just forgot what happened and woke up the next day. I had left my phone outside and there was a toilet paper roll in the sink covered in water as well as vomit in another sink. I asked my friends and they assured me I didn’t do anything stupid. However, I have a lingering anxiety that I ruined my Body or brain. Everytime I think about the blackout I feel the worst anxiety I have ever felt. Can anybody help me out?

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Night time anxiety and noises from upstairs neighbor I rented downstair of a house for a really cheap price with my mom and brother. Upstairs is landlord and their family. I’ve been living here for over four years. Everything is fine except when something is broken and I was afraid the landlord won’t fix it, or scared of landlord will “sell the house” and want us to move out. Anxiety hit real hard Earlier this year, my neighbor upstairs - landlord’s daughter - brought home a high school graduated boyfriend. He is childish and usually yell out of nowhere. I have PTSD from domestic violence so this triggers me a lot. It seems like he knows I’m scared, so he brought it full blown one night last month by stomping, laughing, yelling while playing games at night. I try my best with school and hoping to graduate soon after next year to get the fuck out of here. But the panic attack happens every time there are noises at night, and people upstairs are so passive aggressive that this is going no where…

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Finally asked my doc about propranolol Just a little bit ago I sent my doc a message asking if propranolol could be an option for me. The fight or flight mode in my body sometimes just activates with no mental triggers I could think of. I've heard a lot of good things about it, so I'm hoping she says yes especially with her knowing I HATE taking benzos. I'm hoping this'll be the push I need to have a decent recovery, and maybe start working more than 10-12 hours a week Feel free to share success stories, I need the support!

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Feeling as blue as the planet is warm TW CLIMATE CHANGE I am 22 yo and I've been studying to become a lawyer for the past 6 years. I'm on the verge of finishing my studies and I ask myself: what's the point? How are we supposed to keep living as if things were normal, as if Society was not rushing towards a brick wall? I've been worried about the environment for years, especially feeling helpless and seeing governments and multinationals not giving a damn. In order not to be crushed with worry, I held onto the idea that, at worse, our generation would be okay and it's the next one which would suffer the big consequences. In reality, it's hard to be that optimistic, especially as IPCC reports get more serious and worrying every time they're issued. The idea that Society is on the verge of collapse feels more realistic as time goes by. I'm scared that it will not be able to adapt to climate change, that we will die or live in a post-apocalyptic world. I'm scared and I feel helpless, especially as a future lawyer because I don't see the use in lawyers in such a situation. I'm feeling depressed because I feel like my studies are pointless. I don't see how lawyers can be useful to save the world. I feel like it's too late for lawyers to be helpful in urgent times, as law is such a slow process. I feel like what we need are people in the field; scientists, real politicians, essential jobs, etc. I feel useless, and I feel really unmotivated to keep on working for my master's thesis.

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Anxiety at night Anyone’s anxiety worst at bedtime ???

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Thinking of deferring law school due to mental health and burn out. Really need advice and support Hey all, For context I’m 17F and in week 4 of 1L, so have just started law school. However, these past three years, but specifically last year was so hard on me. On top of enormous pressure and performing at a ridiculous standard in high school to get into law, my grandpa who had been battling with a brain tumour died 3 days before my first exam. These exams were the ones that dictated whether or not I’d get into university. For some background, my grandpa was like my father to me. When I was younger especially, my dad wasn’t home often as he was constantly working as a lawyer and would get home really late so I wouldn’t see him. As a result, my grandparents looked after me and I spent countless hours with them, and still see my grandma every week. As you can imagine, his death was possibly the most devastating thing for me. Seeing someone so articulate and intelligent being unable to move nor speak to you was so hard, but I had to push it all aside and after burying him in the ground, I went into school - no literally, 30 minutes after the burial I had to go to school for final exam prep. Anyways, this was in November of 2022. I got through exams, and for the first time in what felt like forever I felt happy at Christmas. My mind was clear, I was surrounded by family and didn’t have any responsibilities. I even managed to stop anti depressants for my anxiety which had been bad from 2020-2022 but especially ramped up in the period of his deaths to the point where I got through my days with whiskey and beta blockers. So I had a brief intermission of calm. I was happy for about 3 weeks till about February this year until it all came rushing back. Anxiety, panic attacks, derealization. Just like that put back on 10 mg of lexapro, which I’ve been on for just under 4 weeks. The trigger? Possibly University. Being back in an educational context with such high stakes and workload such as law may have caused this relapse. But I decided I’d push through, and have one to uni these past four weeks with the help of beta blockers. It’s been probably one of the most difficult weeks since my grandpa died. Exhaustion, unable to leave the house without terrible anxiety and just loss of ability to enjoy anything. I’ve spoke to my therapist and he thinks I need a break from study and need some time to actually relax and process to allow my body o heal. Besides the mental strain I’ve been under, there’s also been physical and health issues I’ve been dealing with, being hyperthyroidism, and as of a week ago, iron deficiency. Seems like my body wants me to stop, but I don’t want to. Studying gives me a sense of purpose, of validation. I guess all I ask for is for some advice please. This is a big decision for me and I really just want someone to talk to and hear me. Thank you in advance :)

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Since December I had a complete breakdown in December, nearly a month to the day after writing my mom out of my life. I am mid 30s, and my therapist said I have two ptsd triggers from childhood trauma, with my mother being the largest chunk. The ER trip in December involved barking "Help" but feeling like I wasn't the one saying it, and randomly losing consciousness due to hyperventilating, and intense heart palpitations. The heart palpitations and hyperventilating happened about 7 years ago as well, and I remember doing similar when I was a young kid. I had another panic attack last week, and my anxiety has been up and down. Hydroxyzine for panic instances, and prozac to keep me level. My mind instantly goes to the worst places when my anxiety is high: it's a stroke, a heart attack, a tumor, an uncurable/unknown disease. Thanks to therapy, I'm no longer depersonalizing/derealizing, but this just means that staying in the moment involves powering through intense heart palpitations, fear, and cold/hot feelings. The medication brought back a handful of dreams for the first time in more than a decade or two, but only for a week. But now, I have had a handful of "simple" auditory hallucinations, such as a drum beat, a beeping sound, or the sound of water pouring, all of which are coming from in my head. Has anyone had a similar mental breakdown after removing someone like a parent? Work has been a stressor too, but my mom was the trigger, and work was the icing. For months before this, I was frequently tired and not hungry at all, and always stressed at work, and had a short temper. I just want to feel normal. Right now, things are generally ok, but when that spiraling anxiety occurs, it's really hard to break free and feel like I'm staying sane.

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Toxic Squash Syndrome Ok so for dinner I had a vegan meal from the restaurant down the street. It had teriyaki “chicken”, brown rice, broccoli and pumpkin. About ten minutes in I started getting indigestion and about an hour later I began throwing up with slight abdominal discomfort. It’s been about seven hours since I ate and the puking has finally subsided. How worried should I be? I’m currently dog sitting and away from my partner and just giving myself anxiety thinking the way I’m going to die is from a god damn pumpkin (I’ve been drinking water but still don’t feel like eating)

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Anxiety over appetite loss. I’ve been feeling very flat like depressed lately along my anxiety, like literally I can just cry and it’s hard for me to want to get out of bed. I’ve been taking lexapro for a while and I believe it stopped working. New psychiatrist added 30 mg of mirtazapine with that. I felt like it was helping at first but now I don’t feel it is. I’m meeting with him next week. I feel hungry but I have no appetite, I have to force myself to eat and that’s giving me more anxiety because I have no appetite. Like nothing sounds good, and when I start eating something nothing is sparking that “oh this tastes good I want more” and it’s giving me anxiety and scaring me. It also takes me forever to eat because of it, like I mean forever I feel like I’m just chewing and chewing when I’m usually a fast eater so that’s giving me anxiety. I’m finding that the thought of eating because of that is giving me anxiety and I’m scared that this isn’t normal.

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Klonopin not working? Recently prescribed klonopin for general anxiety/social anxiety and panic disorder. Random facts about how my anxiety- I don’t frequently have panic attacks (couple times a year) but have pretty severe anxiety everyday, from social anxiety to over thinking everything in my life to the point of ruining my day. Also experience nausea before any social setting/event no matter how small, every single time. I also have car anxiety where I do not want to drive and am terrified when I ride with others. Been on SSRIS for years, they never work. And when I say don’t work I mean I couldn’t tell you if I was taking a tik tac or my medicine, I genuinely wouldn’t know the difference. Been on lexapro, buspar, Wellbutrin and maybe a few others. My psychiatrist finally decided anxiety is the root, not depression so I don’t need a ssri. I’m prescribed .5 a day, half or the whole thing twice a day. Took half of .5 for the first month and tbh I didn’t notice anything. Doctor told me maybe I need to take the full .5 twice a day, so I’ve been doing that and still don’t feel like it’s doing much. Am I immune to medications lol??? I still have anxious thoughts and feelings, I’ll say though maybe the feeling of nausea before social settings has gone away but other than that I feel like my anxiety is still very present ): Side note, very very far fetched side note, a thought that I’ve had is maybe, just maybe, ADHD is causing my anxiety? And this is why these medications aren’t working? I’ve read adhd can cause anxiety disorders. Ugh I just want to know what the hell is wrong with me and how to fix it.

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Trash can, rabies saliva, and many cuts on hand Hi guys, so today, I forgot to wear gloves when taking out the trash, and when I took out the trash, I saw squirrel feces, we have a lot of squirrels here. So when I threw the trash away, I accidentally closed it on my hands with cuts. Now my finger with cuts is itching very much. Could it have been rabies saliva on trash cans, and now it got into my hand from the trash can. This is our homes trash can which is outside our house. Am I overreacting and overthinking something I should not? Thank you

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MRI anxiety, what does Diazepam do to you? If you have taken diazepam for one thing, not long term, can you please describe what happens? I don’t like not knowing, it is making me more anxious. Like will I feel trippy or sleepy or dopey? I have to have an MRI done on my head. First time I went I had a panic attack but got through it after 5 minutes, and they didn’t put headphones on my head under the coil (it’s like a head cage), which made me feel less trapped. I had to have a second MRI last month and I started crying as soon as I saw the machine, then when it came to having the coil and headphones on I had another panic attack. The first time I was on my own and didn’t properly recall that the headphones were a problem. I couldn’t do the second MRI. I’m going in to try again this Thursday and my GP prescribed me Diazepam. He didn’t really tell me what it will do to me in detail, just said it will make me less anxious. Edit: I had the MRI! I made it through I am genuinely so proud of myself. I thought I’d share the experience in case anyone has a similar question and ends up here. Took one 5mg tablet an hour before the scan. I’m about 5 minutes I started feeling tired like I’d got up way too early or stayed up too late. 45 minutes later I was feeling really tired and a bit zoned like I’d had alcohol, drunk without the sick feeling. I got to the appointment and was a bit slow answering questions, mental lag sort of thing. Then in the machine I didn’t panic, I did feel the start of panic but it was very easily tampered down, like it was just a thought. The mri went well, got home and went sleep for 3 hours woke up tired still and a little bit sick, and then have slowly woken up more through the day. Thank you for all the comments it really helped my nerves.

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Long term Clonazapam?? Long term Klonopin?? I am a 20 y/o male with fairly bad anxiety. Have tried every ssri in the book none of them work and give me horrible side effects. My anxiety is as follows: completely random attacks, feel like I’m dying I went to the er many times. I can’t process thoughts in my head pretty much 24/7 (hard time holding conversation). I will sometimes have attacks with stressful situations at work, but I have an important job so I don’t let those attacks stop home from doing my job even tho it can be miserable. I have tried many different ssri, hydroxzyine which works sometimes. The only thing that has worked is Xanax. I’m prescribed 1mg, but I typically break it up and take .25-.5 as needed. The only thing I haven’t tried is a beta blocker which I will try next. Xanax allows me to have a perfectly clear head. I don’t feel like a retard and trip over my words and feel disassociated when I am on it. I don’t feel sedated or tired I just feel normal. It curbs and prevents panic attacks for usually 6-10 hours. I have been taking it more than I should recently .25-.5 every day to every other day. I do notice some rebound anxiety on the days off but nothing too crazy. If a beta blocker doesn’t work I will try clonazapam. I really don’t care about dementia later in life. So my question is if these drugs increase my quality of life dramatically should I really avoid them just because of withdrawls? Yes I know their hell but you don’t go through them if you are on em for long term with no intention of getting off. Sorry for the essay pls share input, advice and experience, Thanks

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How to make friends? I have severe social anxiety. I can barely carry a conversation, let alone initiate one. I’m not in touch with any of my high school (toxic) friends. I’m in my late 20s and I basically have no friends. How do I make friends? Not online but in person? I know I’ve asked this question many times on here but none of the suggestions seem to work for me due to my stupid anxiety

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Teeth Pain, Headaches, Hot Flushes I always feel tension headaches everyday which is making me anxious about it. Also, if feel so hot even though my temperature is not high after checking in thermometer. My front teeth aches I dont know ehy. Any tips on what to do?

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“hearing” random noises on my mind when falling asleep, i take clonazepam, it is anxiety? im hypocondriac and i dont want it to be schizo like when im falling asleep i “trought” noises like when u get stuck a music in your head, but in my case are random noises, why is that happening?

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Breaking up with boyfriend of two years because of my anxiety I (25f) have been dating my boyfriend (33m) for two years now. We haven’t really had any problems until my anxiety started worsening about 4 months ago. I’ve had anxiety and depression since middle school and was officially diagnosed with ADHD in January. My anxiety and depression have been at a low for a few years now, which I definitely took for granted. I’m on a couple different antidepressants and got them to a good level. About 4 months ago, my anxiety started worsening for no discernible reason. Okay, great, I’m working with my therapist on it and talking to my psychiatrist about it, but my overall mental health is still going downhill. My boyfriend, luckily for him, has never struggled with mental health and has no idea how to relate to me or support me. I’ve been working really hard to communicate with him about how I’m feeling and what I need, but he really just ignores it. For example, in January we were out of the country for my work and planned on staying a couple extra nights to make a vacation out of it. Traveling generally heightens my anxiety, especially international travel. A lot of little things happened (including a couple small actions he made) one day that led to an anxiety attack, and he basically ignored the fact that it was happening. A couple hours after I came down from the attack and I had taken a cold shower and eaten a little bit, I talked to him about it a bit. I said “you can correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems like you don’t know how to respond or support me when I’m having really bad anxiety moments like this,” he said yeah that’s true, so I asked if it would be helpful if I told him a couple things that help when I’m really struggling. He agreed, so I said a few things like getting me some cold water, giving me a hug/holding me, taking a walk with me if that’s an available option, things like that. He said he could work with that. Over the past two or so months since then, I’ve had a few anxiety attacks similar to the one I had in January, and every time he basically ignores my anxiety. I’ve repeated my request a couple times, but it doesn’t make any difference. (There are a lot of other similar issues that have been going on as well.) Over the weekend, we had a very short conversation (probably 5 minutes max) and half of it was silence because neither of us knew what to say. (None of this is necessarily in order, I really don’t remember the order because it was really emotionally charged and kind of upsetting.) I said I wanted to try to make it work. I asked him if he wanted to try to make it work, and his response was “I want you to be happy, and I don’t want to be taking that from you whether it’s because I’m not putting the effort in or unable to support you, or something else.” Which didn’t actually answer my question (I guess it did in a roundabout way, though). I also asked if he still loved me, and he paused for what felt like forever before saying “yes.” I’ve spent more time crying in the past two weeks than I have my entire life before this. I’ve been thinking about our relationship a lot over the past couple months. He’s not a very talkative person in general. If there’s an issue, he ignores it completely or makes passive remarks and doesn’t actually bring it up. I feel like not only am I the only one that tries to open communication lines, but that I’m not getting my needs met also. I’ve talked to my therapist about it a bunch, and I think I’ve pretty much made my decision: I’m going to break up with him and work on my mental health. It feels terrible sitting on this, knowing the relationship is coming to an end. I have some major events coming up at work this week (including a 4 day long audit that I’m in charge of) so I’m basically trying to balance holding off for as long as possible (I.e. the end of the week) and being anxious and miserable about it and having that hard conversation now and being a different kind of upset and not able to focus at work. Either way, I’m not going to be able to be completely mentally present at work, I’m just trying to figure out what would be best for me and also respectful to my partner. I’m struggling with feeling like I’m broken and impossible to love because of my anxiety. I know that’s not actually the case, but it sure feels that way. Anyway, thank you for listening. All my family lives out of state and I only have a couple friends, none of which I really talk about deep stuff like this with. I just want a hug. I apologize for the long post, I just wanted to get it off my chest.

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Heart/health anxiety Hi all, 30/m/New York This post is about my struggle with health anxiety and the fear that my heart is failing. Might be a long one but would love to speak to anyone who has/is going through anything similar. I have had anxiety for years but have been able to deal with it until recently. 4 months ago I had some chest pain which caused a massive panic attack. The only way I can explain the sensation is that it felt like someone was grabbing my heart and squeezing. A couple of days later I went to my doctor and had all the necessary tests. Blood work, EKG, echo etc. All results came back fine, as expected, except for the fact that I have an oddly low pulse (53 most of the time) and the chest tightness remained. Over the next few months my panic attacks became less frequent (twice a week) and my chest tightness began to disappear. I managed this by reminding myself throughout the day of any moment where I was distracted enough to feel normal. An hour or two went by and I would be suddenly be reminded that I’m not dying. I feel great. It must all be in my head. I had also started weekly therapy during this time but I didn’t find it particularly helpful. My therapist mostly talked for an hour and guided me through breathing exercises. I think what I really wanted was to find the route of the problem. More recently, my panic attacks have been worse and more frequent. I have been feeling heart palpitations a lot, or more accurately, my heart skipping beats. I began checking my pulse and counting the beats fairly often at this point, causing more anxiety and more panic attacks. Now I’m obsessed with my low pulse and my blood pressure machine. Almost all results show high blood pressure with a pulse of 51. I have just had a heart monitor on my chest for 48 hours and won’t get the results back for another 10 days or so. And this is where I am at… Frequent panic attacks and the constant thought that my high blood pressure and low pulse will either kill me, give me a stroke or make me faint. Anyone else gone through this? Thanks!

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Anxiety at night I need a solution! I can't sleep

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Am I going crazy? About 2 weeks ago I was walking home from the train station and suddenly felt like I wasn’t real and that everything around me including the world was fake as in I’m not alive or this isn’t real life. Naturally I freak out, have a huge panic attack and feel even weirder and more fake till I call someone to talk or calm my breathing. This has been happening every few days and I’m really scared that a) I might be psychotic or something, or b) I might be dying. Please reply to this if you know what this is, I’m so frightened.

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H e l p please 😭 I can't live like this anymore 😢 Hiiii. So I went to the skatepark for the first time a few days ago. I'm happy about it. I can go down small ramps nothing major. There is a kid down the street who skates like a pro. Only 4 years old too. I see him al the tome so I decided to start skating. No matter jow hard a try ramps are roo scary for me right now. Everytime I think about skateboarding my hands and feet start to sweat majorly. I know what your think, just to not think abou ti. But I can't! All I think about is skateboarding. I'm homeschooled and don't have an exciting life because my mom is ill and my dad is long gone somewhere. I love to skate but it gives me anxiety and makes me sweat In a good way? But it's also bad??? I don't know how to explain it but I want to stop think about it helpppppppppp

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I have trouble convincing myself that my friends really love me when I know they do Brain always tells me that they secretly hate me when I know that they don’t. Any advice for me to reassure myself effectively? Any would help!

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Intrusive thoughts anxiety I am having intrusive thoughts about my boyfriend hurting me everyday for the last week. I feel less connected to him since those thoughts started and i keep having a voice in my head that is telling me "What if i don't really love him", but I know that I really love him. I am so confused and fell super anxious.

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What's your longest hypervigilant episode? I've personally been in a state like this for about four months now (excluding a single day I felt normal again.) I know this isn't a super long time for some people though. What's your longest episode ever? I'm generally curious to see how many people are out there who have been stuck in a hypervigilant state with no rest.

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Can someone please understand me and give me motivation! Hello everyone I hope you’re okay! So from January 24th up to know I have fallen back into my anxious state. It all started when I went to the big city in January I hadn’t felt anxious in months and I love the city so didn’t expect it. When I was walking off my train all the way down to the shopping centre I felt my legs and they didn’t feel ‘normal’ not weak but not strong and I was really aware of them and felt like my legs would just fail to walk and I’d fall over. The more I walked the more I started to stress out it got to the point where I felt dizzy and a bit lightheaded cause I was panicking and BOOM it hit I’m think OMG am I going to pass out ! I started to panic and think maybe it was diabetes but I’m a slim 22 year old male with no health conditions but in the moment I was panicking it was horrible so derealised and the fear of impending doom ! And then 3 days later I imagine because my nervous system was stimulated I was at my grans putting her bins out and for no apparent reason 0-100mph panic attack my legs instantly out of nowhere felt weak ish and shaky and so didn’t my arms and I let out this big exhale and I felt off balance and kind of dizzy in my head I rushed out the house into the car and sat there for a minute and I was okay but walking from my car to the house again made it happen mildly. Fast forward to today 20th of June i am still struggling with anxiety. Not the instant panic attack weak legs. This is like a head pressure feeling kinda like I’m tilting my head. Anyway I get this when I go on walk and panic and think I’m gonna pass out or fall over and then I think it’s something serious. I am also getting. It in shops. Although I have been in 4 shops the past few days just to ivercome this feeling. The past two times I had it very mild but made it without a panic attack and rushing out. B it because of this and headaches ( I want to say all my symptoms don’t hurt and they aren’t terrible they are 3/10 maybe 4.5/10 when panicking in terms of intensity but i still panic thinking I’m gonna fall to the ground or pass out. HOW DO I GET OVER THIS because I’m currently thinking I have a brain tumour. Basically all I want is reassurance that it’s anxiety and it’s not high blood pressure (had blood pressure check at doctors this year after walking there and it was fine) diabetes( I had general blood tests before and I didn’t have diabetes I am also a slim male 22) brain tumour ( head pressure and headaches making me think. Fairly certain I had similar dizziness years back when my anxiety was at my peak and my doctor kept telling me no brain tumour about 3 years ago. Also I’m scared of having low iron but I guess I just eat more iron and I’ll be okay ? Please let me know what you think. I have had 6 heart tests from three years ago up until now and it’s fine! Thank you in advance I am also starting to feel my heart rate again to check it and it’s stressing me out and making me more aware of it! Also need to mention I play computer games for like 4 hours a day and not that far from my monitor lol. Could be this ? I am also on my phone a lot

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Having trouble sleeping. I have quetiapine and I know it works for me. Tempted to take 25mg so I can sleep. When I try to close my eyes, I have so many thoughts and I’ve tried to talk aloud and tell myself to stop thinking about them but after a few minutes, there they are again in my head. Part of me want to not take it but I have work later and I want to make sure I get enough sleep.

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My anxiety is unbearable and my abusive alcoholic father is making it worse My dad is a very angry alcoholic and I’ve dealt with it my whole life. I’ve watched my mother struggle mentally with it too. I also still live with my father and can’t afford to move out at the time. We had an episode tonight and he charged after me and my mom had to get involved. I was already having horrible anxiety and this has increased tenfold. I feel that my heart will give out. I don’t want to live the rest of my life like this. I’ve already made so many mistakes and I can barely hold down a job. Is there anything I can do to deal with this unbearable anxiety 24/7? I don’t blame my anxiety entirely on him, but I can’t help but feel that it’s caused some harm in my life.

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Feeling alone around others Some family are over at my house right now. I enjoyed the company for a while. I came into my room to clean up a little bit, and just laid down to rest and then go to sleep. I took a deep breath and a thought came to my mind. I’m in my room and I can hear everyone laughing and joking and just having the time of their lives. It’s so hard because I just want to be in my room watching my show and not having to talk or interact. It makes me feel like such an outsider. I don’t know if I’m making sense. I just feel like I was hit with a sudden realization that anxiety is always there no matter how much I work toward healing.

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Been having very bad nightmares lately. For a time now, I had never had bad dreams, sleep was always quiet and if I had a dream it was always positive. However, lately my dreams has been really bad, it’s always about worst case scenarios where I lose this girl I have been talking to and I feel like I’m developing my feelings towards. Is this anxiety of losing her? How come I never have these thoughts when I’m lucid. P.S. sorry for the bad english I’m not a first hand speaker of english. Thank you!

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Anyone else anxiety symptoms run like clockwork at specific times of the day? I think my GAD is so severe it now has a physiological source where my brain chemistry is messed up. My cortisol or serotonin levels throughout the day decide how I feel. DAE see patterns in their anxiety symptoms like this? **Mornings**: Wake up feeling shaky and short of breath, takes 30min of scrolling on my phone to get the motivation to get up. **Afternoon**: Tension builds up and I feel stiff and uncomfortable for no reason. Or have an adrenaline dump around this time **Early Evening**: Can be 50-50. Either I feel fine or symptoms start up again and last for a bit **Late evening**: Right at around 11pm or so some chemical switch goes off in my body and 80% of my issues vanish. It gets easier to breathe, my Heart slows down, and my brain fog lifts. Start feeling much happier too and its very obvious the constant subconscious anxiety has lifted. I have always been a night owl and even before my panic disorder I had weird spurts of energy and motivation in the late evening which made me a productivity machine in the AM. **Sleep**: I can sleep relatively ok but if something startles me and wakes me up I have a full on panic attack. I get at least 7h of sleep daily. ​ I wonder if medication can help fix this. Any experiences?

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Weird fullness in ears Hello I think this is related to my stress/anxiety Because lately it’s been kinda worse But I have this weird fullness in my ears, I started freaking out a little earlier and then noticed my ears starting to feel like this, mostly just one but now it’s in two And they are sensitive to sound like, idk how to explain it It’s really uncomfortable and it’s making me freak out even more I don’t know what it is or if anyone else is experiencing it, if someone else is experiencing it please reply to this because I hope it’s not just me.

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water slide this is going to sound so stupid lol but basically i am going to centre parcs with my boyfriend soon and he really wants to go on the tropical cyclone water slide. i have been on it twice, a couple months back at a different centre parcs and i was ok- i did panic and stop breathing the first time, the second time i only stopped breathing for a second lol. Anyways i’m basically asking for advice because I am so worried about this i’m losing sleep and i literally think about it everyday. on the bus a couple days ago my chest felt really heavy and my throat felt all small because I was just thinking about going on the slide. it’s so annoying as i don’t want to seem boring and i’ll be sad if i don’t go on it, however I am terrified! Not even that scared of the slide more scared of the panic. I hate my brain. Any advice?

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Intrussive thoughts So yeah, me and my girlfriend have great times with each other, but i keep getting these thoughts that i need her to say that she loves me constantly or she doesn't feel it, anytime we have even the smallest discussion i think she hates me so i need vonstant reassuring of her feelings, and i think that might annoy her, how do i deal with these thoughts?

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Panic attack in car. Any help appreciated Hey guys currently stuck in my car dry heaving trying to get the strength to get out and grab the few things I need from the store any help appreciated

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