thinkpink
19-04-12, 17:29
Hello all,
This is my first post. I've felt very lonely recently with all these anxiety issues and wanted some advice and support from people who understand. I've suffered with anxiety issues off an on for the last 10 years- I'm now 29. I felt absolutely fine until about 10 days ago when out of the blue (and without any apparent trigger) I started feeling awful. I've always believed I suffer with depersonalisation and derealisation although as yet I haven't had it officially diagnosed. I feel like my head enters a different place, a different state and I feel really unwell with it. It's distressing for me because the world becomes very strange through my eyes, like all sense of connection has broken down. I have strange symptoms which no one around me seems to understand. I find that sometimes when I'm talking I feel like the words coming out of my mouth don't make any sense, almost like I'm drunk. I also find that people and familiar faces look somehow altered and this is so distressing for me. I can still recognise people but they look weird and this makes me panic because I feel like I'm losing touch with reality and gradually dissolving into insanity. Depersonalisation also makes you turn inwards, you obsess about your thoughts and feelings, you analyse them and try to make sense of them and I find that when I'm in this depersonalised state my thoughts can become very disturbing and upsetting. I would generally describe myself as a fun loving lady, someone with a lot of zest for life, but this problem is very debilitating. I also have really severe night time panic attacks which are so terrifying I've nearly driven myself to A and E because I've been in such a state. I tend to feel like I'm going to collapse and I feel like I'm losing my mind, like I'm losing all connection with reality. I also find during this night time attacks that my thoughts become very frantic and distressing. Sorry to write such a long first post, but please get in touch if you recognise any of these symptoms, it would be nice to speak to others so we are not alone.
This is my first post. I've felt very lonely recently with all these anxiety issues and wanted some advice and support from people who understand. I've suffered with anxiety issues off an on for the last 10 years- I'm now 29. I felt absolutely fine until about 10 days ago when out of the blue (and without any apparent trigger) I started feeling awful. I've always believed I suffer with depersonalisation and derealisation although as yet I haven't had it officially diagnosed. I feel like my head enters a different place, a different state and I feel really unwell with it. It's distressing for me because the world becomes very strange through my eyes, like all sense of connection has broken down. I have strange symptoms which no one around me seems to understand. I find that sometimes when I'm talking I feel like the words coming out of my mouth don't make any sense, almost like I'm drunk. I also find that people and familiar faces look somehow altered and this is so distressing for me. I can still recognise people but they look weird and this makes me panic because I feel like I'm losing touch with reality and gradually dissolving into insanity. Depersonalisation also makes you turn inwards, you obsess about your thoughts and feelings, you analyse them and try to make sense of them and I find that when I'm in this depersonalised state my thoughts can become very disturbing and upsetting. I would generally describe myself as a fun loving lady, someone with a lot of zest for life, but this problem is very debilitating. I also have really severe night time panic attacks which are so terrifying I've nearly driven myself to A and E because I've been in such a state. I tend to feel like I'm going to collapse and I feel like I'm losing my mind, like I'm losing all connection with reality. I also find during this night time attacks that my thoughts become very frantic and distressing. Sorry to write such a long first post, but please get in touch if you recognise any of these symptoms, it would be nice to speak to others so we are not alone.