Re: need help with my fear
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Originally Posted by
xFenrir
I have a mix of hypochondriasis and being a germaphobe, and I have/had terrible anxiety because of it. One day, about a week before starting high school, I was walking up the stairs and was suddenly hit with an overwhelming fear that I was going to die. All of a sudden I couldn't watch any show like CSI or anything that had death or dying in it. I had to leave the classroom when they showed the movie "Armageddon". I couldn't sleep at night and throughout the day I was constantly checking my pulse. I HAD to wash my hands if I thought they might be the slightest bit dirty and I would not touch my face unless I KNEW my hands were clean. I ran screaming and climbed onto a car roof from someone who had car oil on their hands and was trying to touch me (they thought it was hilarious, I thought I was going to have a heart attack.)
I still have these fears to a degree, but I'm much better about them now. Every time I started to have an anxiety attack, I would tell myself that I was overthinking things, and was there any REAL reason for me to start getting so worked up? I would check my vitals, my heartbeat was steady, my breathing was fine and I had no pain anywhere. Then I would tell myself to relax, and I'd go do something I enjoyed: reading a favorite book, listening to music or watching a movie or a TV show I liked. It takes time, and your fear will probably never go away completely, but if you learn to talk yourself down from it and show yourself there isn't anything to be so worked up about, it will stop dominating your life. :gj:
Yeah thats a strong case of OCD and Panic Disorder, anxiety attacks are ALOT less worse compared to a Panic Attack (im speaking out of experience as i am also diagnost with OCD, Anxiety Disorder, and Panic Disorder). I went through the SAME exact things you did, it makes life so much worse...washing your hands every 5 mins and avoiding anything that may trigger a Panic Attack (which is called agoraphobia).
But now im on Xanax so im good :gj:
