Does anyone here have anxiety?
I just found out today I did. Last night, it was about 10:30pm and I was home alone. It was quiet and usually when it gets quiet I think about scary things that might happen, such as power going out (I'm deathly afraid of the dark), someone breaking in my house, house catching on fire, dying, things like that.
Today I had a bad anxiety attack. I called my dad to come pick me up and take me to his house and I was scared I was going to have to go to the hospital or emergency room (I'm deathly afraid of hospitals, even when I'm visiting someone). I went to his house, I had trouble breathing (symptom of anxiety disorder) and my fingers and hands and forearms started going numb. Then my mouth started going numb. My dad said it might be anxiety or a panic attack. Knowing that probably isn't a big deal, I calmed down and, thankfully, lost the numbness. My dad read out the symptoms for anxiety and I had quite a few of them. Trouble breathing, watching for signs of danger, sweating, anticipating the worst, muscle tentions, shaking, nausea, and chest pains. I have all of those :/
I hate anxiety... but I know it's anxiety cuz I'm not thinking about bad things and I'm concentrating on playing Sims 3 (was playing before this) and I'm feeling fine, no numbness, trouble breathing, or anything of that nature.
I just found out today I did. Last night, it was about 10:30pm and I was home alone. It was quiet and usually when it gets quiet I think about scary things that might happen, such as power going out (I'm deathly afraid of the dark), someone breaking in my house, house catching on fire, dying, things like that.
Today I had a bad anxiety attack. I called my dad to come pick me up and take me to his house and I was scared I was going to have to go to the hospital or emergency room (I'm deathly afraid of hospitals, even when I'm visiting someone). I went to his house, I had trouble breathing (symptom of anxiety disorder) and my fingers and hands and forearms started going numb. Then my mouth started going numb. My dad said it might be anxiety or a panic attack. Knowing that probably isn't a big deal, I calmed down and, thankfully, lost the numbness. My dad read out the symptoms for anxiety and I had quite a few of them. Trouble breathing, watching for signs of danger, sweating, anticipating the worst, muscle tentions, shaking, nausea, and chest pains. I have all of those :/
I hate anxiety... but I know it's anxiety cuz I'm not thinking about bad things and I'm concentrating on playing Sims 3 (was playing before this) and I'm feeling fine, no numbness, trouble breathing, or anything of that nature.
