I think I had an anxiety attack

I'm honestly not feeling well tonight. Things usually feel negative at night. My mind as usual keeps thinking too hard and I can't relax. I haven't felt the feeling of true relaxation in a long time. That meaning no worrisome thoughts, no weird feelings, no trouble breathing, and no chest tightness. I was just laying down googling and listening to a YouTube video until I got tired and doze off. Then I woke up gasping for air. Before I went for the nap, it felt harder to breathe as I was laying down. As if my body was going into fight or flight over basically nothing. I hate this. It's very annoying. I also always feel tense in an area like my left hip, shoulder blades, my head feeling heavy, or my back. I really hate this.

Username: OCDHaver OCDHaver

Date posted: 2y ago

I’ve had this too where I wake from a nap in a panic, it feels terrifying. For me it feels like all the guilt and shame I feel from my real event and just OCD in general wakes up with me and cause me to feel like there’s something horribly wrong, it’s terrible

Username: Drew777Drew777

Date posted: 2y ago

Hey BigGip09, it's been awhile, I'm sorry you've been feel negative at night. Oddly enough my anxiety tends to be the opposite, I'll obsess and ruminate and be anxious all day, but as soon as night time comes around (like normally 7:00 or 8:00) I'll start to feel better. It's interesting to me how OCD is so different for each individual person. Anymore I'm not really sure how to combat the anxiety. Nothing specifically seems to help anymore than anything else. Normally I just live each day trying my best not to think about whatever my intrusive thought or obsession is for that day. I hope exercising or the yoga you're going to try helps you with the anxiety. God bless. :)

Username: BigGyro09BigGyro09

Date posted: 2y ago

It's been a long time since I've seen you, friend. It's good to see that you're here. :) I haven't found anything that fully mends the anxiety besides deep breathing but it all just comes back. I'm trying to see if I can get help with this because it's starting to give me physical symptoms.

Username: Leslie44Leslie44

Date posted: 2y ago

Im glad your doing some exercises. I think we're all in this together. I'm glad we can support each other. It's great to get outside too! That helps me enormously!

Username: BigGyro09BigGyro09

Date posted: 2y ago

It definitely helps, but I feel no motivation to do any of that, which is why I'm trying to do it anyway no matter how I feel or what I think. Thanks for your comment.

Username: Leslie44Leslie44

Date posted: 2y ago

Your message above very much resonated with me. Especially your first paragraph. I have it too.. the difficulty relaxing, thinking too much, worrying, feeling wierd. I also have the trouble breathing at night. Twice I did have a dream that I couldn't breath. It feels so real and i wake up scared. I know for me yoga helps me to relax and breath better. It opens up your chest and calms your mind. Also I play Texas holdem' on line which completely takes my mind off things. It helps at least. Yes OCD is an anxiety disorder for sure and I hate it too. I'm working with a therapist now hoping to do exposures that will help me in the long run to feel more "normal". Do some stretches, I think they will help you.

Username: BigGyro09BigGyro09

Date posted: 2y ago

I'm just trying to do anything that will alleviate the anxiety long term. Thanks for your comment. I did exercises and the troubles went away but came back tonight. Yoga is probably the next step

Username: croutons

Date posted: 5y ago

i don’t know why i am constantly so afraid and anxious when i am alone especially at night like all i think about is is someone looking at me or watching me or is someone going to break in etc it’s the worst possible thing to feel like this fight or flight bodily response and emotional response and mental response 24.7 i am so tired and like lately i’ve been obsessing over thoughts about people having repressed memories and wondering if it’s possible idk i just wish i could relax or at least know why i feel like this so i could understand it and learn control it but i have no idea what my triggers even are it’s just a constanr state of being

Username: Charles497746

Date posted: 5y ago

Currently really anxious. Lately I've had the obsession that I won't be able to sleep again. I lay down at night, doze off for 15min to and hour, then wake up even more anxious like "I won't be able to fall back asleep again."

Username: treehugsss

Date posted: 3y ago

Don’t mind me just riding out a massive anxiety attack after a few rough weeks of actual health issues. I have major health anxiety and I’ve had 2 awful asthma attacks recently due to wildfire smoke coming into our area. I hate having asthma because I didn’t know I had it for so long. And I never really know if my shortness of breath is anxiety or asthma 😭😩 It freaks me out whenever I have to get treatment for it because they always run an EKG to make sure my heart is fine. After having COVID last year (then getting the vaccination) one of my new anxieties is developing random blood clots despite being physically healthy. I go on Twitter for the memes then the next second I’ll see someone’s personal story about how someone they knew dropped dead randomly from the shot. It freaks me out so bad. Like what?? I don’t want to stop using Twitter either because I like it and don’t want to avoid any triggers. Back to health, they took an X-ray of my lungs the other day as a part of protocol because I couldn’t breathe that well (because I was having an asthma attack 😩) and it freaked me out so bad. Everything came back clear but my discharge papers said to get my heart checked out just in case. My resting heart rate is generally higher because of anxiety anywhere from 75-85. I hate having health anxiety on top of actual health problems. My doctors tell me I’m healthy despite asthma and allergies. Every day is a battle with health anxiety. Sometimes I can’t even workout because I’m so focused on my heart rate or breathing. Like I’m genuinely convinced I’ll die of a random disease I don’t know I have. AnywAY, health anxiety OCD is something I’ve had since I had my first panic attack. As most of you know that anxiety can manifest itself in so many ways it’s horrifying sometimes. Hopefully I feel better again soon bc this ain’t it chief!! 🥺

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