Paranoia

[MAM090982]

Does anyone get extreme paranoia, irrational fears, or day terrors from anxiety?

[casstar01]

Yes!! I think many anxiety sufferers do-at least the ones I know. I get very irrational fears about anything, everything. And the problem is while I try to think logically about them but it always feels so real!! I get flashes of terrible things happening out of nowhere. And I do get paranoid but I've been able to calm it down a great deal over the years. I also get really irrational on how I think people look at me, view me etc... But that's the social anxiety. The really uncomfortable thing is that they can just come out of nowhere.

[MAM090982]

Why do these irrational fears come? Is there a trigger I am unaware of? Does it get worse at certain times of the month? Any vitamins or medications you take to get rid of this, or live with this and not be scared?