Is this crazy? or has someone else felt this way?
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This sounds like anxiety. I have it and it started when I was about 19. It sucks because it is kind of just how you are and so technically it could be like that for your whole life... but not bad all the time. For me, drugs helped at first, but I didn't like taking them or having side effects. So I just changed some things about my life. That helped a lot. I changed my school schedule and just made time for myself. I set aside a lot of time for just relaxing, sleeping in, watching tv, meditating, yoga, etc. Also, I try to make sure I eat regular good meals. Exercise helps a lot too.
Anxiety is like a disease of the mind that you either are born with (even though it might not start until your early 20s), or it happens because you are under a lot of stress. If you don't want to be medicated, the best thing I think is to try to reduce your stress and keep your body healthy.
I have found a lot of releif from massage and acupuncture. These are treatments that can help regulate endorphins and neurotransmitters and can help you feel better. Sometimes your insurance will cover it, it is worth a shot. Acupuncture helped me so much that now I am going to school for it.
Another thing to do is to try to talk yourself out of it. When you start to think some crazy thing... you know its not real or its not a big deal and just keep that in your mind... it will be hard at first but eventually you can train yourself to relax about it. Take deep breaths in and exhale hard. Think that when you exhale you are getting that worry out of your body. Sounds funny but it helps me a lot.
I was so upset when I was first diagnosed because I felt like I would never be a normal person again. That all my plans for my life would change and I would always have this fear hanging over me. Its just not the case. Sometimes its bad, like esp. before my period, or if there is a stressful thing going on, but it gets better! You will learn ways to cope and you have a lot of great days ahead of you!!
Also, I went off my meds because I didn't like them, but when I was first going through it they worked miracles for me. Don't discount it as a tool to help you, and know that it doesn't have to be forever, just until you are ready to handle it on your own.
Good luck, and feel free to contact me anytime with questions!
You are not crazy. I would suggest you see your doctor, because you might have depression or an anxiety disorder. There are highly treatable, and you don't have to live like this forever. I also suggest lots of prayer, because only the Lord Jesus can set you free forever.
Get out of politics. You don't make a good Senator any way. And would be a bad President too.
Sorry wrong Hillary. Relax we all get that way some time.
It was almost a perfect description of a Jr. Senator from New York, Except for that last line.
Danni
It sounds like you have an anxiety disorder. I know because I have been there. I tried meds and all they did was turn me into a zombie. You need to get a good therapist to talk to, they can help you learn to deal with htese types of thoughts. Also try to eat very healthy, no sugar, no caffeine and try to exercise every day, even just a nice long walk or bike ride. I suffered really badly with these thoughts and after changing my diet etc I was a different person in a couple of months. Please find a therapist, you don't want to ruin the best years of your life feeling worried.
I've felt this way too, it happens sometimes. Try seeing a counselor so you can figure out how to stop being so worried about all the things you mentioned. I hope you feel better and can learn to trust more easily. Take care!
-Kari
Oh Hun I'm Sorry but I do the same thing! Its called having anxiety and worry! It's part of life, but if it gets out of control like yours has you need to get help and find a therapist you can talk to. good luck! hugs!
My guess is that your a highly sensitive person. you may have been hurt before in the past, therefore have a sense of uneasiness.
i can relate to how your feeling because you are right, some people seem to always want to take advantage of others in any way they can.
You need to stop the dread though and worry. This makes things worse. When you are prepared for something bad to happen and never anything good you are setting yourself up to repeat the whole experience over again .
at 19, you are still young . You have your whole life ahead of you. you can choose to live your life full of dread, worry and disappointment, or choose to live your life with peace, joy, and fulfillment.
Get a therapist, don't time. Definitely sounds like an anxiety disorder. I had it too... started around 19/20 when I was in my sophomore year of college. You can gett better, don't worry about that. You just need to get help
Good luck, I know how hard it can be.
yeah im 22 and i feel the same way sometimes. You need to becareful though, this could be a sign of depression. SOmetimes even though its hard..you need to just stop breathe and try to understand that everything that happens happens for a reason good or bad. You might not be able to understand the reason at the time..but eventually you will be like..ok i understand now..I get upset all the time at things that i cant control and that I shouldnt either..its just your personality..but if you think its a really bad issue and its constantly controling your life..you might want to talk to your doctor..
Ok you said how you feel.
Now do you know how everyone else around you feels?
And you never will be able to read their minds.
So they will never know exactly how you feel by reading your mind either.
You are focusing on how you feel. Pay attention to what is being said instead of what is going on in your head.
Relax. You are not the only bumpkin around. Everyone around you feels awkward at some time or another.
Feelings are something that happen because of how you choose to react to whatever is going on around you. You think something happened to worry you; but you actually choose in your mind to let it worry you.
In any case whatever goes through your mind is your responsibility. It is your mind afer all and no one else controls it.
For example, if someone looks at me, I can think to myself "Why did he look at me that way" and decide that maybe he is angry at me.
If I catch myself thinking this, then I just laugh, because I really can't read the other persons mind.
So I devised a little rule. If I think I am reading someone's mind I make up three reasons why the person might have looked at me. He was just curious or he just happened to look in this direction or maybe he is too shy to ask me a question.
Now I don't have anything to get angry about. Or to feel paranoid about for that matter.
So it is how you choose to think about events. It is what you say to yourself in your head that is causing you to worry.
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HI, it sounds like this was a sudden onset with no previous problems ?? Or was there an "event" in your life that ? Important questions ! This has alot to do with not living with this the rest of your life. If it was "triggered" by an event, then working thru that or processing it is needed and one usually finds out the "lies" one is believing and replace them with truth. There are several ways of doing it but if it continues find a therapist that can help. If it was a sudden onset for no reason, I suggest you see an MD to check for hormone problems and the possibiliy of certain mental health issues that can hit suddenly with no reason. Either case, the sooner you talk to a Pro the better the prognosis..Unless you have a friend that you trust enough to talk to about.that root cause if there is one, and can truely resolve it.
In the mean time, try to take control by deciding to not worry, fear and distrust. Sounds simple and impossible.but try it, like your life depended on it. Everytime to are around somebody decide to put a smile on your face, feel inside, act walk and talk like you are secure and in control.. "Fake it till you make it". Maybe you got in the "habit" of feeling that way...from whatever started it. Assume the best and ask yourself."what's the worse possible thing that can happen if I'm "stabbed in the back, have a trust broken or hurt in some way?"
In truth the worse that can happen is your feelings get hurt a little. If anybody breaks a trust, hurts you in anyway...you don't want them in your life anyway...and you have to have enough self respect and personal pride to ...not allow that into your life because you deserve better. Seriously think about and do these things as "self help" starting now, but NONE of this is a substitute for seeing a MD, therapist !
Wow, you must've been badly hurt at some stage to feel like this! Can you think of anything or anyone in particular that could've started it? People can be horrible sometimes.
It really sounds like you're depressed, if you don't want meds, there's other options like counselling, new age remedies, they reckon even a regular walk around the block can lift your optimism. What do you love and get enjoyment out of? Try just doing that more! (and no, hitting the grog doesn't count!!) Make more happy times to balance out your memories and fears of bad ones.
You don't have to live the rest of your life like that. You are describing a classic sign of anxiety and/or depression.
Sometimes the anxiety and depression are in response to a life situation and counseling can help.
I know you don't want to hear it and I feel I must tell you what you don't want to hear: Only a doctor can help you find out if this is treatable with medication or without medication. No other way around it.
This screening test from the medical department at New York University may help you understand more: http://www.med.nyu.edu/psych/screens/dep...
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