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greg123
14-04-13, 01:26
Hi I am new here, I'm a 20 year old male from England and I have been suffering from panic attacks and obsessive thoughts for about a year....

Although I am a lot better than I was I still have some issues. My main issues are accepting death and being scared I am going 'crazy'.

The reason behind being scared of death is that when I was 15 my Grandpa died, I watched him die, we all did as a family ( that's what he wanted), my mum was there, my brothers and sister and uncle, we all sat around his bed and basically watched him die. Now at 15 this was very hard for me to accept and it has obviously scarred me. I feel like now at 20 i am going through some of the grieving process? I will cry every other day over my Grandad or over anyone who has died in my life, my dog, my friend anyone it doesn't really matter. I just find it very hard to accept that someone can be in your life and then gone and you may never see them ever again!

The 'crazy' feeling is brought on from my panic attacks, I feel sometimes that i am very close to losing my mind and i will have awful obsessive thoughts or urges. If anyone can relate then please let me know!

Sorry that my introduction is about death! but thank you for reading

Greg.

Sorry I have posted this twice, once in another section, I should look around the site properly before making a post! lol

Lilharry
14-04-13, 02:28
Hi Greg and welcome. Fear of death is very common, you will find lots of support on this site.

BobbyDog
14-04-13, 09:19
A very warm :welcome: to you Greg.

Have you asked your GP about counselling, it would probably help you to come to terms with the feelings you have related to "loss".

jelly2010
14-04-13, 10:18
Hi Greg,
Welcome! I'm sorry to hear that you are suffering. I too experience huge fear of death and my personal experiences with it are what triggered my depression and anxiety in the first place.
I think it's important for you to know you are not alone and although it may not help, know that this is a common problem for people to deal with.
Have you looked in to counselling at all? I've only had 2 sessions so far but am finding it useful.
Take care, J x

Mark13
14-04-13, 22:31
Hi Greg. Welcome aboard. You've certainly found a good place to be.

I'm sure you'll find lots of support here, as I have.

greg123
28-04-13, 00:30
Thank you for all the replies people, i'm very grateful. Sorry it's takes me so long to reply! but just wanted to say thank you.

ladybug51
28-04-13, 01:07
Welcome..:hugs: