I've been told that I have GAD but I feel as if I have been misdiagnosed. I am of 20 years of age and these are my symptoms. I have never been good at explaining things though.
Symptoms:
1. Emotional detachment from those around me (no desire to connect to family, friends or girlfriend)
2. Blackouts: I become full of anger and physically start to shake if I lose control I see myself punch a wall unless I’m in an altercation with another person then I see myself attacking them. No control over what I say (I say things I didn’t even think of or I said something completely different) It’s as if there’s someone else in my body and I’ve been shut out. Afterwards all I feel is anger and I can’t care for those around me, it feels like I’m the only person that exists. I also don’t recognize my own voice.
3. I can’t open up to my family and explain my problems, it feels impossible. This includes doctors.
4. During social occasions I over think what I’m going to say and can dwell on what was said for a long time.
5. I blame myself harshly for any mistakes I made even if I felt as if I said the wrong thing when they understood it fine.
6. I have what I call a mood swing, it can last for hours. I feel completely lost in life and as if there is no future. I can’t feel or remember positive emotions. It feels as if I’ve never been happy before and as if I’ll never be happy again. I see visions of myself causing self-harm and struggle to ignore them. I can’t sleep when this occurs otherwise it gets worse and I break down into tears. During a moods swing my girlfriend playfully said that I was a pussy and I broke out into tears.
7. I often exclude myself from others when I’m stressed or feel anxious, I sit in my room and don’t feel comfortable leaving.
8. I struggle to start conversations with friends; this often leads to me staying in my room for a period of roughly a week. Sometimes it would last longer.
9. Sometimes no matter what I do I cant be entertained, it’s the feeling of constant boredom and not being able to decide what I want to do.
10. I struggle to make decisions for myself, if I’m in a down mood it feels impossible to decide.