loui425
30-11-16, 18:24
Hi guys my first post so not 100% sure how this all works but hope someone may be able to give some advice. I generally suffer with low level anxiety on a day to day basis and get worried and nervous doing quite normal everyday tasks (speaking on the phone, going into town etc). Over the last 12-18 months i have started thinking people are always talking about me etc in public and have generally become quite paranoid and worrying about what people may think.....
2 weeks ago I was travelling to london on the train on a sunday afternoon and had been out drinking the night before. i was sat at a table seat so there were 4 people sat opposite me so was quite a socially intense situation. I had my laptop so was watching films on there trying to relax and just keep myself to myself and suddenly i got a sense of anxiety and worry as if i thought the girls opposite me were talking about me. this gradually got worse the thoughts intensifying in my head so much and after an hour i thought i was going to pass out i just wanted to dissapear as in my head i was just having what i can only describe as a panic attack. just staring into my laptop screen i was sweating heavilly and felt generally ill and i felt like the people around me thought i was on drugs or something as i was looking around awkwardly and eratically. I didnt know where to look and kept trying to look over to see if these girls were actually talking about me. a weird situation and eventually i got off a couple stops before arriving in london because i just had to get out of there.
I took 2 paracetamols containing caffeine prior to the journey for the hangover and ive heard this can help bring on social anxiety?
I want to know why i feel like this in perfectly normal situations because its so horrible and inhibits my confidence and ability to function on a normal level so much.
any help much appreciated.
2 weeks ago I was travelling to london on the train on a sunday afternoon and had been out drinking the night before. i was sat at a table seat so there were 4 people sat opposite me so was quite a socially intense situation. I had my laptop so was watching films on there trying to relax and just keep myself to myself and suddenly i got a sense of anxiety and worry as if i thought the girls opposite me were talking about me. this gradually got worse the thoughts intensifying in my head so much and after an hour i thought i was going to pass out i just wanted to dissapear as in my head i was just having what i can only describe as a panic attack. just staring into my laptop screen i was sweating heavilly and felt generally ill and i felt like the people around me thought i was on drugs or something as i was looking around awkwardly and eratically. I didnt know where to look and kept trying to look over to see if these girls were actually talking about me. a weird situation and eventually i got off a couple stops before arriving in london because i just had to get out of there.
I took 2 paracetamols containing caffeine prior to the journey for the hangover and ive heard this can help bring on social anxiety?
I want to know why i feel like this in perfectly normal situations because its so horrible and inhibits my confidence and ability to function on a normal level so much.
any help much appreciated.