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Is it possible for anxiety or a panic attack to never stop? I am wondering if this is even a reality or not. TIA!
Is it possible for anxiety or a panic attack to never stop? I am wondering if this is even a reality or not. TIA!
I'm sure that is possible. I have learned a few tips about panic attacks if you are interested? Are you having derealization or existential OCD? (There are some great videos for that!) Or is the panic attack just not feeling real?
@Tea and Honey Mine is that I had an OCD thought that if I didn’t eat before I completed something it would either not go away until I completed the task or it would last forever and now I don’t remember sadly so I’m worried.
@Perfect Imperfectionist I understand this. I have different times where my OCD says that if I have a certain thought, that my son will make a basket in the basketball hoop , or that he will have a certain outcome in his sports events. But these are all lies. This is just OCD. In reality, our events are not connected to our thoughts. Tell yourself that this is an excellent time to practice ERP therapy. You are going to let it go. I know I have lots of times where I can't remember, and I usually take a lot of time to try to figure it out. But we have to try to identify the things that are OCD in our lives and just let them go
@Tea and Honey Thank you! That really means a lot. I just feel like I am gonna have anxiety that never ends or is forever now because I messed up and ate when I wasn’t supposed to. I feel so governed by my OCD and anxiety I truly hate having to obey!
@Perfect Imperfectionist That's why we have to break the OCD rules, instead of obey them. When we start breaking the rules, we always feel worse at first. It always brings terrible feelings, and we don't know how long those feelings are going to last. However, breaking the rules is actually taking steps toward freedom. And the next time your OCD tries to tell you that food is connected to an event, you have more courage to break the rule and be free of the OCD control. It will still bring bad feelings because it feels like a "risk" when we break the rules. But every time we do it, we get more and more free.
@Tea and Honey Tell yourself that you are going to try to break the rules every time. You are going to do exactly the opposite of what OCD wants you to do--on purpose!!! This is really a slap in the face of OCD. And it will help you break OCD's control over you.
@Tea and Honey Thank you so much! That makes sense. I am reading a book called breaking the rules of OCD I believe is what it’s called. It’s just so scary to think of bad happening or something uncomfortable I have to deal with. I avoid anxiety at all costs to be honest. I don’t know what to do cause it’s not like I can take back not eating or whatever bad thought I can last night. I hate this!!!!!
@Tea and Honey I really wanna smack OCD in the face hard and turn away forever if I could. I know it is a lifelong disorder though. But living with it and being at peace seems so much better than what I have dealt with most of my life!
@Perfect Imperfectionist I recently had a really big OCD episode a month ago. I had fear emanating through my whole body. I felt like I made a mistake that I couldn't take back, and now my entire life and eternal life was over. However, through all the pain of that, I had to embrace the truth more fully--the truth that I am absolutely safe. And now I am more free and better off than I was before I went through all of that pain. Breaking the OCD rules causes terrible feelings and pain. But with time and practice, you will get more and more free. Think of it like a marathon runner. They do certain workouts that cause their body pain. Maybe they do hill workouts or mile repeats. Maybe they are doing threshold workouts at the track for two hours a day. It breaks their body down, but they come back stronger. And in the same way, we are doing emotional and mental exercises when we break the OCD rules, but we come back stronger than ever. And we come to deeper truths that the OCD gave us an opportunity to embrace. We will understand these things more fully than other people (without OCD) ever will.
I’m glad that that really big episode got much better for you and you are free! I legit feel like I am crazy or something is wrong with me. It’s hard to feel anxiety and hard to not know and be uncertain. I absolutely hate it to be honest! That makes a lot of sense. When I have anxiety or cannot figure something out I just shut down like right now!
I am not feeling strong enough anymore to deal with the anxiety brought on my OCD. This is terrible!
Is this even a possibility? I'm not even sure if it's an OCD issue, GAD, or maybe a lack of something else, but I'm just constantly feeling off. Even if I'm not getting constant intrusive thoughts, I just feel on edge all the time? Is there anyone who's been able to overcome this? It bothers me so much 😭
I am trying to see if there are others like me. For the past 12 years, I’ve had crippling Anxiety that leads to intense panic attacks. I’ve been in and out of Ambulances and ER rooms and have called 911 several times. The panic is that intense. I can be just driving down the road and out of no where, BOOM! Hit by the anxiety bus. Most of the time it leads to me panicking, thinking I’m going to die or something is fatally wrong with me. The fear is so intense that I can only find a fraction of calmness by consistently checking my blood pressure, putting on a pulsometer and even checking my blood sugar until it passes. I’m not even a diabetic. I’m always having intrusive thoughts that doctors can’t even fix me. I’ve never met anyone else like me. I feel so scared sometimes that I’m going to loose my mind and that I’m going crazy and will end up in a straight jacket. Then I get another attack just thinking about that as well. Starting new medications freak me out too. If I experience ANY minor side effect, I immediately panic and freak out. I’m being so held back by this . This is a constant obsession that I can’t shake. It’s like I walk hand in hand with Anxiety and panic. Anyone else ever had these issues?
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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