Burnout? Overstimulation? What is this?

Hello, I am diagnosed PTSD, ADHD(when I was kid, not sure if I grew out of it, Panic Disorder, GAD, and Hypochondria. Let me start by saying 2023 was one of the most stressful years of my whole entire life, it seriously took a mental toll on me and ever since August of 2023 I have developed this strange symptom and I do not know how to articulate what it feels like but I will try my best, so bear with me... it feels like my eyes are aching and my brain/mind is just completely overloaded, if I try and read anything or really concentrate on something or do anything that requires brain power i get super restless and my brain tries to pull me away from whatever it is I'm trying to focus on, my brain physically will not let me do anything that requires a lot of mental power, it feels like everything is too much and if I try and power through the feelings anyway I get agitated, restless, nervous, just this overall crawl out of my skin, urge to escape feeling. It's almost painful. I literally feel pressure in my head and almost get a headache. This symptom has made my speech sloppy, I can never form complete sentences, I have trouble forming thoughts as well. It seriously is affecting my ability to function, I get this feeling on and off throughout the day and it lasts about a week or two then I'm somewhat normal for a week then it will come back again.

marsmith98

Date posted: 1y

That definitely sounds like burnout to me. I have OCD, ADHD, and am diagnosed ASD, and I can relate to a lot of what you’re describing. For me, it comes from over exerting myself socially and/or mentally and emotionally. What helps is to prioritize rest & enjoyable activities (aka hobbies or other things you enjoy engaging with)

brenoaugusto

Date posted: 1y

Hi! I experience CTPSD and OCD, and i relate a lot. Diagnosis may be challenging ‘cause there’s a intrinsic multifatorial character to it. People with OCD experience repetitive and intrusive thoughts, images, urges, or feelings, called obsessions, and it assumes different forms to each individual — that’s why many of us think of it more like of a spectrum. The most wise use of a diagnosis is tracking an individual’s symptoms and signs while also being genuinely curious about one’s entire experience about what’s happening to them — not to produce normativity. Then, there’s gonna be valuable and legit information feeding both patient’s and professional’s acknowledgment to make conscious choices about their treatment, care and healing. For instance, i know “Third Wave of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies" such as acceptance and commitment therapy, compassion focused therapy, and others as the most effective approaches to address diagnosis such as the ones mentioned. Dr. Steven Hayes, ACT co-founder; Dr. Paul Gilbert; Dr. Gabor Maté and Dr. Nicole LePera have been so much valuable for me, in case you’re interested to check.

Baggs101

Date posted: 48w

I was trying so hard to describe this and you’ve been much more succinct than me, thank you so much for writing this genuinely makes me feel like I’m less crazy!!!

roblt

Date posted: 22w

I recently went through complete burnout I had panic attacks for over a month…brutal…then they manifested into the body. I’ve been constantly looping on symptoms and the tension in my neck and throat is pretty bad. It’s been scary. I’ve been in a chronic state of high stress for some time and also have ptsd and cptsd. I’ve considered residential since I left the job. Plus my son passed away recently. I’m down in San Diego right now staying with a friend but from NorCal. I don’t know why to do. Guidance would be appreciated.

Abdullah09

Date posted: 17w

Overthinking or Mental Fatigue? A Small Breakdown.

Today was just too much. While doing coding, I couldn’t understand one code logic and my brain got completely stuck. I felt like screaming loudly but didn’t want anyone to hear me. Then the milkman brought the milk, so I thought I’ll boil the milk and make some green tea, maybe I’ll feel better. The sugar I was going to use had ants in it a few days ago. I had kept it in sunlight and the ants ran away. Now every day I take out just the amount of sugar I need and lightly clean it, just checking if there’s a dead ant or not. But today I brought the sugar into the light to clean it and ended up just cleaning and cleaning. I saw tiny black dots and started picking them out. When I looked closely at one of them, I felt like it was ant droppings. Then I started cleaning it deeply, probably spent half an hour just cleaning four spoons of sugar. I kept thinking I should just throw it all away. I even imagined myself throwing it away multiple times. My mind was so disturbed but I controlled myself thinking all my effort will be wasted. Then I thought—if one day I’m alone in a jungle, and there’s a dog eating a dead animal, or a dog eating another dead dog, and I haven’t eaten in days—will I try to scare the dog and eat the dead animal? Yes, I would have to. And what if there’s no water to clean it? Still, I would have to eat it out of helplessness. So after all this, I finally relaxed a bit and put the sugar into the milk. And decided that tomorrow I’ll buy new, clean sugar from the shop. I don’t know what all this is... Is this overthinking or am I becoming mentally ill?

Calistarwood...

Date posted: 14w

Possible OCD “flare up”

Hi!! My names Calista R. Woodbury-Rabon. I recently got married in March of this year. And have been struggling with my severe anxiety disorder since I left my toxic 3 year relationship about a year ago. Over the past several months, I have noticed that I go through phases where: I have a full body “anxiety attack”. Or at least that’s what I call it. For example : when we went to cookout and they told us they were out of the chili for walking tacos. I had a full blown anxiety attack or at least what I thought was an anxiety attack and starting hyperventilating and crying. Therefore, the only solution (in my mind) was that I wouldn’t be able to calm down until I had the walking tacos. Another example : My husband bought me a pajama set that was only recently put out because it was a patriotic item which means that after the summer it’d be gone… I ended up picking up the wrong size. So that night when I went to put on the Pajamas and realized they were too small I started hyperventilating and crying. All because these $17 pajamas did not fit me and it was no fault of my own. Whenever this happens, I usually end up spiraling and crying and saying a lot at once very quickly. And I usually look crazy and don’t make a lot of sense. Usually after the spiraling is over with I’m very exhausted and usually will cry myself to sleep. My husband more often than not will say stuff like “it’s not that big of a deal you can get something else.” << when it has to do with food etc. OR “we can just buy another set of pjamas the next time I get paid.” << in relation to the pajamas in this instance. But honestly no matter what him or anyone else tells me in that moment. All that matters is that I can feel the anxiety in my bones. And I can’t breathe and in that moment my world as I know it has ended. I’ve tried taking online free “quizzes” to find out if I acctually have OCD and they’ve been negative. I also did some research and learned that you can have all the symptoms for a OCD “flare-up” but present no active case of OCD or symptoms. So I guess what I’m trying to find out is if I don’t have “OCD” than Is this out of body experience caused from my “severe anxiety disorder” diagnosis ? Or just anxiety in general?? Thank you for taking the time to read this even if you also aren’t sure!! Means a lot to me..❤️‍🩹

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