LiveAboveIt
14-04-16, 05:34
I know that sometimes rumination and obsession can occur because of anxiety, but has anyone else ever had extreme anxiety over ruminating or getting stuck/obsessed thinking or worrying about anxiety?
I know most people just fixate on a fear or physical symptom they have anxiety about, but I feel like my anxiety has evolved into an awareness OF the rumination and has now become a trigger. I catch myself worrying/thinking about the anxiety and then immediately get anxiety because I cant seem to stop, no matter how hard I try to focus on something else or quiet my mind.. I then have anxiety over the fact that I cant stop thinking about how I cant stop thinking and so on..
I miss being able to just think without having anxiety over being introspective and being able to sit and watch a movie without anxious thoughts running through my head.
Its a terrifying cycle of getting stuck in thought and I have no idea how to fix this.. I know that increased anxiety causes/makes this worse, but Im afraid that I will never be able to reduce the underlying anxiety because I fixate so heavily on this fear.
How are you supposed to get past something like this? Does it just eventually fix itself or one day you just dont really care as much and its easier to dismiss? Is this classified as intrusive thoughts, racing thoughts, or just plain old anxiety?
Thanks in advance.
I know most people just fixate on a fear or physical symptom they have anxiety about, but I feel like my anxiety has evolved into an awareness OF the rumination and has now become a trigger. I catch myself worrying/thinking about the anxiety and then immediately get anxiety because I cant seem to stop, no matter how hard I try to focus on something else or quiet my mind.. I then have anxiety over the fact that I cant stop thinking about how I cant stop thinking and so on..
I miss being able to just think without having anxiety over being introspective and being able to sit and watch a movie without anxious thoughts running through my head.
Its a terrifying cycle of getting stuck in thought and I have no idea how to fix this.. I know that increased anxiety causes/makes this worse, but Im afraid that I will never be able to reduce the underlying anxiety because I fixate so heavily on this fear.
How are you supposed to get past something like this? Does it just eventually fix itself or one day you just dont really care as much and its easier to dismiss? Is this classified as intrusive thoughts, racing thoughts, or just plain old anxiety?
Thanks in advance.