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Winterbreeze
07-25-2007, 07:08 AM
Hello.
Around 3 days ago I woke up with a strange feeling,
As if impending doom is coming, as if I know that I am going to die and it won't be from aging.
I do not feel sad, I do not feel depressed, I don't want to die but I feel as if everything is premade already.
As if all I have left is a long tunnel (which could take a few hours or years) untill a heartattack or cancer or a bomb or anything.
Since I woke up (I think it started quite some time after I already had the feeling but could be mistaken) I also started having pressure in my head, as if in the brain itself, mostly at the left top part but sometimes somewhere at the right to.
I keep fearing that I might have had a premonition of my death and I just can't remember it and it causes Anxiety.
I mostly don't believe in premonitions but I'm qutie scared now.
I feel deatched from reality.. as if nothing is REALLY real. I don't feel pain or any emotions really or maybe just a little bit..
I looked at the sun for awhile and felt no pain..
I feel as if I could get a heartattack anytime now and I'm completely healthy.. or I'd go out to a movie and there will a bomb.
I never felt that way..
Has anyone ever had something like that?
Edit:
I also feel as if my sub-counciosness is fighting me, telling that I am going to die and can't do anything, as if it was a premonition.
I try to fight it by it's just eating me.
imported_admin
07-25-2007, 07:43 AM
Hi winterbreeze, have you been a long time sufferer of anxiety, or did all these thoughts just happen 3 days ago?
Many of those thoughts you have mentioned are common for sufferers of anxiety.
Winterbreeze
07-25-2007, 08:15 AM
It started just about 3-4 days just as I woke up.
before that I could feel clearly reality, now I feel as if I'm just floating here.. I can see the walls around be but I feel as if they are unreal, as if I could go through them.
I notice myself sometimes kicking back into reality when the pressure in my head (mostly left side) decreases but it seems to be coming back all the time.
It's just scaring me if I did have a premonition or something if I'm going to die anytime (I'm feeling it's not from old age).. as if my heart would stop beating in my sleep or something..
I'm 18 years old and really mostly had a clear logistic view.. never really belived in supernaturnal or anything so this thing that I'm going through is really scaring me.. and for some reason I don't really feel scared.. as if I'm inside a self paradox of I know I don't want it to happen but I don't really feel any emotions.
Robbed
07-25-2007, 08:20 PM
Anxiety CAN hit overnight like this. In fact, I went to bed one night feeling OKAY, but then could not sleep. And it was downhill from there. This was about nine months ago. And although I feel MUCH better now than even a couple of months ago AND can actually sleep, I am still not back to normal at this point in time. As for the unreality feelings, this has to be my LEAST favorite anxiety symptom. But even that has lessened. Now it is actually pretty certain that you will get through this thing. But, as much as I regret to inform you, it could take some time. So be prepared for this. And don't overstress yourself because it doesn't seem to be goig away quickly enough.
Speaking of stress, has there been something bothering you lately? These problems occur as a result of either a VERY large stress or one that is more of a chronic nature. Being subjected to such stresses can send the brain into an anxiety disorder. But keep in mind that your worries are probably not going to be about real-life stressors. Even if this whole problem was caused by, say, stresses from work OR a relationship, you will probably NOT find yourself worrying about it. The strange, senseless worries you talk about are actually MUCH more common, despite what the mental health establishment might lead you to believe (and this can cause even MORE worry and stress, since it leads you to believe that your problem is a MUCH bigger one than it is). Also, your anxiety disorder will probably feel VERY much out of line in magnitude compared to whatever stresses are troubling you. It's definitely a 'punishment not fitting the crime' type of situation.
So what can you do about this? You could try therapy. But honesty, finding a therapist who is any good is EXTREMELY hard. You might want to try some self-help material first. Anxietycenter.com is a good source. Or you could buy any one of several available books. Just keep in mind that, like therapy, many are useless. But perhaps the best piece of advice here is to try torecognize your symptoms as just that and nothing more. Fears of dying, as well as other strange thoughts and feelings of unreality are common anxiety symptoms. The less you can react to them with fear, the faster you will recover.
Winterbreeze
07-26-2007, 12:21 AM
Hey Robbed, and thanks.
I actually seem to feel much much better already, think it's the fifth day since I woke up with this feeling.
My sight is much much clearer and the pressure in my head is lower.
Still scared with the idea of a premonition of death but I guess I'm just being silly here..
A friend suggested me to have an MRI scan because of the pressure feeling in my head so I'm going to listen to her.
Winterbreeze
07-26-2007, 04:15 AM
Seems like my feeling is back again.. guess it feels better right after waking up and then bad again or something (I'm pretty sure I felt bad right as I woke up 4 days ago.)
Going to consult a doctor next week for sure.
Winterbreeze
07-26-2007, 02:24 PM
Heh I seem to be alit of confused lately.. about the question, no nothing was troubling me lately.. felt prefecly fine for months.
both mentaly and physically.. scary..
I really feel as if I know that I am going to die.. which I hope is untrue @@..
Well I guess the guys in mental hospital feel they really do know aliens exists and eat their brain cells for breakfast :P
JaimieThom
07-27-2007, 04:54 PM
I had the same feelings when I first got anxiety about five months ago. I was feeling fine, like normal, then all of a sudden I woke up one day and felt like I was dying. Everything felt really unreal. Like I was living in a dream. I also felt detached and emotionless. I felt like if I were to die I really wouldn't care. That feeling scared me a lot, because I felt as if I were losing my mind. That feeling persisted for about a couple of weeks, then went away, but I was still left with the anxiety.
I no longer feel emotionless and detached, but instead I worry a lot about me dying instantly without ever knowing. Before, I used to believe that I would die of old age, but now I feel like something bad is going to happen to me.
How I got over the feeling of being detached was just to not think about the feeling. The more you think about it the worse it gets.
Winterbreeze
07-28-2007, 01:22 AM
Yes, that's same thing I have I think, I just felt as if I know that I am going to die.
I'm feeling less de-attched now but still getting anxiety and fear if it was a premonition or something.. questioning is everything premade and stuff like that..
My logic tells me no, I tell myself no, but my sub-councuisness seems to be winning.
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