Oryt
05-19-2015, 07:27 AM
Hi sorry I'm new to this site today and just felt I needed to express my recent anxiety and get some tips!
Just little over a month and a half ago, I was having my haircut and all of a sudden I started shaking out of nowhere whenever the barber was doing the precise bits at my sideburns which made me really panic and my whole body started to shake and I got all these thoughts popping into my brain like "I need to get out of here" "I'll make an excuse to go to the toilet" or some other reason. The barber must of been thinking I was a right weirdo! :( I was a little shaky after that event as I had never experienced anything like it before!
However, I was fine until just about 2 weeks ago I done a presentation for University, and my leg started shaking out of control in front of the entire class and I had to keep going pretending it wasn't happening and my head shaking too. (I'm laughing at myself now thinking about how stupid I must of looked!). But I was fine later on that day and just sort of laughed it off to myself. But a few days later I started really panicking about going to work (I work as a waiter/bar person at my local pub where I've worked part time for almost 4 years) And thinking I was going to shake in front of the customers and embarrass myself. I had another sort of attack much like the barbers one where I was sitting in my toilet overthinking what bad things would happen if I started shaking in work. However I went to work and was a bit shaky at first but after a few minutes I was back to my usual self, chatting away to everyone and not shaky.
But now things have gotten worse, I went to the pub with friends and I seen how busy it was so we would have to stand, which made me so worried my leg would shake like the presentation... so I quickly gave my friend my money to buy my drink and I went to the toilet to calm myself down as my hand was shaking so bad. I came back from the toilet and the pint had been given to me, but I had to drink it with two hands as my hands were shaking so much (what a mess!) but after 10 mins I was back to drinking it normally with one hand and the nerves had gone!
But get this, recently I'm even panicking over eating dinner in front of my mum, dad and brother incase my hands start shaking holding the cutlery... I mean c'mon what is wrong with me?! I've managed to avoid dinner for the last two nights (1 due to work and last night I said I wasn't feeling well) however I can't avoid it forever, and I don't want to! I want to beat this thing :( It's slowly taking over my life but I'm trying so hard not to let it. I should of said that I've had an extremely stressful last few months... doing my dissertation for University, studying for exams, increase in work shifts etc. which might of added to this?
Has anyone got any tips or similar situations in which they have been in? I feel so silly for worrying over such trivial things like eating dinner or drinking a pint! But I have two exams in 2 days and I'm worried I'll shake during it and embarrass myself :(
Just little over a month and a half ago, I was having my haircut and all of a sudden I started shaking out of nowhere whenever the barber was doing the precise bits at my sideburns which made me really panic and my whole body started to shake and I got all these thoughts popping into my brain like "I need to get out of here" "I'll make an excuse to go to the toilet" or some other reason. The barber must of been thinking I was a right weirdo! :( I was a little shaky after that event as I had never experienced anything like it before!
However, I was fine until just about 2 weeks ago I done a presentation for University, and my leg started shaking out of control in front of the entire class and I had to keep going pretending it wasn't happening and my head shaking too. (I'm laughing at myself now thinking about how stupid I must of looked!). But I was fine later on that day and just sort of laughed it off to myself. But a few days later I started really panicking about going to work (I work as a waiter/bar person at my local pub where I've worked part time for almost 4 years) And thinking I was going to shake in front of the customers and embarrass myself. I had another sort of attack much like the barbers one where I was sitting in my toilet overthinking what bad things would happen if I started shaking in work. However I went to work and was a bit shaky at first but after a few minutes I was back to my usual self, chatting away to everyone and not shaky.
But now things have gotten worse, I went to the pub with friends and I seen how busy it was so we would have to stand, which made me so worried my leg would shake like the presentation... so I quickly gave my friend my money to buy my drink and I went to the toilet to calm myself down as my hand was shaking so bad. I came back from the toilet and the pint had been given to me, but I had to drink it with two hands as my hands were shaking so much (what a mess!) but after 10 mins I was back to drinking it normally with one hand and the nerves had gone!
But get this, recently I'm even panicking over eating dinner in front of my mum, dad and brother incase my hands start shaking holding the cutlery... I mean c'mon what is wrong with me?! I've managed to avoid dinner for the last two nights (1 due to work and last night I said I wasn't feeling well) however I can't avoid it forever, and I don't want to! I want to beat this thing :( It's slowly taking over my life but I'm trying so hard not to let it. I should of said that I've had an extremely stressful last few months... doing my dissertation for University, studying for exams, increase in work shifts etc. which might of added to this?
Has anyone got any tips or similar situations in which they have been in? I feel so silly for worrying over such trivial things like eating dinner or drinking a pint! But I have two exams in 2 days and I'm worried I'll shake during it and embarrass myself :(