by Camelidae » Wed May 27, 2015 9:41 pm
I woke up with intense anxiety yesterday and have had very high levels of anxiety on and off since. It seems to be especially bad in the mornings upon waking up. I think it's related to thinking something terrible may have happened as I slept that I could have prevented if I hadn't slept but that it is too late to do anything about now and that the consequences of whatever happened will be intense and severe and I'll be helpless. May also be related to what the new day may hold. I think a lot of it revolves around abandonment (bad things happening to ppl I care about, ppl deciding to cut contact irrevocably, ppl killing themselves) or having to face situations I'm not equipped to deal with in general. Anyone have something similar? It's made me freeze up and I've had a difficult time showing up at school or leaving the house because of it. I couldn't even call in sick. I sat at home for probably an hour repeatedly thinking "you have to get up now, you have to call them now, you have to leave the house now" without feeling able to move one bit. I eventually managed to go to the doctor's and get a sick note though. I don't have urges to cut, per se, but I do think about it.
"If you're using half your concentration to look normal, then you're only half paying attention to whatever else you do. Just pointing out something that could save your life. You want society to accept you, but you can't even accept yourself.", from X-Men: First Class