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So ever since I was born I've experienced a type of anxiety/panic that no one but my father has been able to understand. I believe I got it from him.

The best way I could describe the trigger is something too big going into something too small. Sounds weird, right? I know it does, which is why no one takes this seriously.

This has caused me countless horrible panic attacks and gives me a complete ...

Can anxiety & Depression co-exist or rather rotate? I am not big on dxs. I guess I just never follow the symptoms listed. But had a revelation in therapy & spent days in a I-don't care-about-anything mode. Then suddenly woke this morning & realized the neglect that has caused. Correcting everything. The familiar anxiety is back. Realized this same thing happened a week ago. Depressed for days followed by anxiety & accomplishing things. Keep saying ...

When a social situation gets especially intense, like someone is angry, yelling, or showing extreme emotion (crying hysterically) I get this feeling I can only describe as being overloaded with electricity. I feel like I’m an electrically charged tuning rod that’s literally crackling with energy. It makes me feel like I’m going to explode and I start to shake all over.

Then—this is going to sound like I’m loony—it feels like what I can only ...

Hello. Something has been weighing heavily on my mind over the last few days, and it's triggered my anxiety. This is based off of something I recently read. I have a fairly high IQ, and I know it's ridiculous, but it's a worry nonetheless. Maybe someone here can help.

My concern is that our consciousness dies in our sleep and is replaced by a copy. At first, I thought that couldn't be the case due ...

I am new here. I have decided to reach out for some help with my anxiety. It is affecting my life in a bad way. Maybe someone who is smarter than me can listen and help...

I'm 17 & have suffered ongoing anxiety since I was 12 (diagnosed w/ GAD at age 5.) I worry about stuff like dying, the world ending, etc. I've had problems with emotional flatness since I started medication when I was 14. It got worse when I was on Risperdal. The medications did not make my anxiety go away; they just made me less reactive & affected by my emotions and more emotionally flat - but ...

Hello...I have never posted in a forum before, but I am feeling that I must ask questions that I have in my mind in hopes someone can offer feedback. I'm nearly in tears so here goes.

I have been on and off with Benzos, Xanax, Valium, and Klonopin. I have always been so nervous that I would take them nearly every day, sometimes more than I'm suppose to and would often gain a tolerance. Recently, ...

Dear PsychForumers,
I've been having a lot of trouble and, I know this is not a place for a diagnosis ... but I'd like to at least narrow down what my problem may be. In the interest of time, here's an itemized list detailing in chronological order my history of issues.

I began experiencing symptoms of OCD at a very young age - one incident involved me having an intrusive thought about breaking something expensive ...

I met a man on a dating app a few weeks ago and we were supposed to meet for a date this weekend. Everyday he texts me in the morning and a little bit throughout the day, but we mostly talked at night. Today I texted him this morning and he never responded, which is not normal. All day I was really worried, nervous, anxious, on the verge of tears, even my stomach felt like ...

Hello People!

I'll just start with my story.

I am a 24 year old male. I have what you can consider a happy life, got a good job, a loving girlfriend and family, no troubles whatsoever. So around 3 weeks ago, a friend came over to my place and we smoked some Marijuana (I am not a regular smoker, I maybe smoke once every 3 months.) It felt alright, but soon after I experienced what ...