This sounds like the result of anxiety to me. The thoughts you described - if they were dreams they would definitely be anxiety dreams. You should probably work on finding the source of your anxiety. |
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So before I start, I would like to say that I'm not one of those crazed lunatic people who can't maintain a conversation because they are paranoid. I'm perfectly healthy. But some things have been bothering me on a psychological level. |
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This sounds like the result of anxiety to me. The thoughts you described - if they were dreams they would definitely be anxiety dreams. You should probably work on finding the source of your anxiety. |
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(thanks for the quick reply I JUST posted this thread) I think your right about it being more over anxiety than paranoia, but when it happens it usually lasts for circa 30 minutes. Then I don't hear from it for a week or so. I specifically recall my cousins traumatically scaring me when I was younger and. Since then anytime I get scared I get scared out of my mind. |
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Awesome thanks for the help, I see where you getting at with the whole "see a therapist" thing. I don't personally think it's so severe so I'm just gonna talk it out with some close friends and hopefully things will work themselves out, but should things get worse or as you say, if I "blow a piston" I will seek therapy. |
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Yeah, it sounds like it's not too bad at this point. You might consider something like meditation. Sorry, I don't know what else to suggest. I'd stay away from drugs if I were you - pot can mellow some people out, but if you have anxiety it will only make it worse - even if at first it makes you feel better, eventually it will do a Jeckle/Hyde turn on you. |
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Last edited by Darkmatters; 12-02-2011 at 05:36 AM.
Yea not much of a drug user. I wanted to post my thoughts here about it first while its still not a big problem so that I could get a helpful response. As far as meditation goes, I probably need to start looking into that more because I don't meditate but once in a blue moon. |
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Next time it starts take some deep and relaxing breaths to see if you can nip it in the bud. I believe that anxiety is often caused by a lack of oxygen, so I second what Darkmatters said about exercise. |
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Don't get me wrong. When these things happen I have to where I can keep my physical body under control. My breathing never drastically (or subtly) changes. I do think it is anxiety, but not the "hypo/hyper ventilating anxiety" like I said it's really all in my head I don't actually SEE these terrible things happen except in my dreams. But since I just naturally visualize all my thoughts it just makes it that much worse... |
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I'm paranoid too, always have been, and I get similar thoughts to yours throughout the day! MAN I'm SO glad I'm not alone! I often get paranoid about WILDs too (well, the hallucinations, anyway). As a little girl, I walked down the stairs with a hand on my back, just to be sure nobody would be behind me trying to push me. I still freak out at the sound of a toilet flush. I freak out at mirrors, white noise on tv, noise on the radio.. I also take comments by others extremely personally. |
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