Tony2005
16-07-05, 11:34
Hi there,
Its my first post on here and am wondering if anyone can help me with my symptoms.
I am waiting on an appointment to see a mental health assessor but I am really struggling at the moment and it seems to be taking ages to come through.
At the minute my symptoms just seem to feel like my brain is running at 100mph and shows no sign of stopping, almost like my brain is on red alert all the time. It might not sound much but it is stopping me in practically every area of my life.
An example would be the more things I do such as try to go to work, exercise etc it seems to increase the speed of my brain if that makes any sense, making me a lot more stressed and the only time I can almost relax is if i stay in and do nothing.
It sorf of feels like there is some sort of conversation going on in my head if that makes sense, so i'm not sure if perhaps it could be some kind of ocd, i have alos had intrusive thoughts which im certain is ocd.
This has in turn damaged my confidence and am now very nervy about going out and meeting people and always feel a lot more steressed whenever I do anything even remotely challenging.
I am only young so perhaps I might be able to get myself better but there doesn't seem to be any help available.
I was also wondering if the best way to deal with these things are to try and distract myself or is it due to some kind of emotional issue when I was younger. For example if i were to see a counsellor would I be taught coping techiques or do they look back at your life and try to deal with the 'root cause' as i have read a bit about the subject but arn't quite sure what happens with an nhs therapist.
Anyway hope that makes sense and thanks for reading and would appreciate any advice if possible
thanks
Its my first post on here and am wondering if anyone can help me with my symptoms.
I am waiting on an appointment to see a mental health assessor but I am really struggling at the moment and it seems to be taking ages to come through.
At the minute my symptoms just seem to feel like my brain is running at 100mph and shows no sign of stopping, almost like my brain is on red alert all the time. It might not sound much but it is stopping me in practically every area of my life.
An example would be the more things I do such as try to go to work, exercise etc it seems to increase the speed of my brain if that makes any sense, making me a lot more stressed and the only time I can almost relax is if i stay in and do nothing.
It sorf of feels like there is some sort of conversation going on in my head if that makes sense, so i'm not sure if perhaps it could be some kind of ocd, i have alos had intrusive thoughts which im certain is ocd.
This has in turn damaged my confidence and am now very nervy about going out and meeting people and always feel a lot more steressed whenever I do anything even remotely challenging.
I am only young so perhaps I might be able to get myself better but there doesn't seem to be any help available.
I was also wondering if the best way to deal with these things are to try and distract myself or is it due to some kind of emotional issue when I was younger. For example if i were to see a counsellor would I be taught coping techiques or do they look back at your life and try to deal with the 'root cause' as i have read a bit about the subject but arn't quite sure what happens with an nhs therapist.
Anyway hope that makes sense and thanks for reading and would appreciate any advice if possible
thanks