Savvy_Darling
21-04-16, 10:26
Just curious if anyone else with anxiety thinks like this too.
Have you ever felt most uncomfortable with your thoughts before bed? Like when you turn all the lights out and lay in bed trying to drift off to sleep.
Things I'll think about will be:
What if I don't wake up.
What if I have a bad dream.
Sleeping is such a weird thing it's like you power off for hours.
About dying, what if I do tomorrow or tonight or soon.
I can't see myself growing older. (This one worries me)
Kind of an impending doom feeling like I'm gonna die soon or not live long.
(That one also bothers me like what if it's a omen or intuition??)
I always wonder if it's just me that thinks things like this or feel things like this. I'd just feel comforted knowing I'm not the only one ya know.
The death one really makes me uncomfortable and ever since my health anxiety got bad I feel like it's something in the back of my mind often.
I guess just the unknown and not knowing what will happen makes my anxiety worse.
I definitely know cancer is my main health anxiety. Which I hate but I feel like I've been getting better with it. /: but anything to do with it, like news articles,movies,tv shows or commercials I have to avoid it because it makes my mind start to race with fear.
At the moment I'm dealing with trying not to obsess over my moles and not convince myself I have skin cancer.. Or even worse melanoma that's spread to my brain or other organs. /: trying to block out the thoughts but it's hard. This is something I've worried about before. Stopped. And then resumed worry at another time. I'm fair skinned and have quite a few. I've had them for awhile I grew up in the south and was outside a lot as a kid and have had a few sunburns in my 21 years.
But anyways, I'd appreciate replies for the first part of this. I kinda rambled off but it helps me organize my thoughts and feel less anxious when I write it out.
Have you ever felt most uncomfortable with your thoughts before bed? Like when you turn all the lights out and lay in bed trying to drift off to sleep.
Things I'll think about will be:
What if I don't wake up.
What if I have a bad dream.
Sleeping is such a weird thing it's like you power off for hours.
About dying, what if I do tomorrow or tonight or soon.
I can't see myself growing older. (This one worries me)
Kind of an impending doom feeling like I'm gonna die soon or not live long.
(That one also bothers me like what if it's a omen or intuition??)
I always wonder if it's just me that thinks things like this or feel things like this. I'd just feel comforted knowing I'm not the only one ya know.
The death one really makes me uncomfortable and ever since my health anxiety got bad I feel like it's something in the back of my mind often.
I guess just the unknown and not knowing what will happen makes my anxiety worse.
I definitely know cancer is my main health anxiety. Which I hate but I feel like I've been getting better with it. /: but anything to do with it, like news articles,movies,tv shows or commercials I have to avoid it because it makes my mind start to race with fear.
At the moment I'm dealing with trying not to obsess over my moles and not convince myself I have skin cancer.. Or even worse melanoma that's spread to my brain or other organs. /: trying to block out the thoughts but it's hard. This is something I've worried about before. Stopped. And then resumed worry at another time. I'm fair skinned and have quite a few. I've had them for awhile I grew up in the south and was outside a lot as a kid and have had a few sunburns in my 21 years.
But anyways, I'd appreciate replies for the first part of this. I kinda rambled off but it helps me organize my thoughts and feel less anxious when I write it out.