DillonAitken
03-26-2014, 06:33 PM
So tonight I've been thinking about something. I'm thinking I might have developed Separation Anxiety, particularly for my girlfriend.
My problem is that I can't handle leaving to go somewhere or going to sleep without saying goodbye. And with her if she leaves or falls asleep with no goodbye I get irrationally upset and stressed. Sometimes I even have a full-blown panic attack.
Now there's two ways I think this could be; the first being that this is a control problem and my subconscious mind can't handle the prospect of me not being in control of the information getting to someone. I think this because I get really anxious if a message sits on a not-sent or sent-but-not-received status. And secondly, I think it could be separation anxiety because I may just be worried that the next message I send won't be read for a long period of time. It's at its worst at night when I know she could have fallen asleep and I might have to go to sleep without saying goodnight which, for me, is very painful.
I'm prone to anxiety. I also have bad Social Anxiety Disorder and General Anxiety Disorder. My GAD revolves mostly around Emetophobia. If I start panicking I feel nauseous which makes me panic more, and so on.. this is the same for all my other anxieties.
But my question here is, do you think I may be correct about experiencing separation anxiety, even if only for one person?
My problem is that I can't handle leaving to go somewhere or going to sleep without saying goodbye. And with her if she leaves or falls asleep with no goodbye I get irrationally upset and stressed. Sometimes I even have a full-blown panic attack.
Now there's two ways I think this could be; the first being that this is a control problem and my subconscious mind can't handle the prospect of me not being in control of the information getting to someone. I think this because I get really anxious if a message sits on a not-sent or sent-but-not-received status. And secondly, I think it could be separation anxiety because I may just be worried that the next message I send won't be read for a long period of time. It's at its worst at night when I know she could have fallen asleep and I might have to go to sleep without saying goodnight which, for me, is very painful.
I'm prone to anxiety. I also have bad Social Anxiety Disorder and General Anxiety Disorder. My GAD revolves mostly around Emetophobia. If I start panicking I feel nauseous which makes me panic more, and so on.. this is the same for all my other anxieties.
But my question here is, do you think I may be correct about experiencing separation anxiety, even if only for one person?