Mind is over-thinking: am I going crazy? Posted: 10-13-06 14:56pm
a year ago i had a horrible anxiety attack
where i thought i was going to go crazy
after that i felt super depressed for 2
months and then snaped out of it, i felt
ok after i snaped out of my depression for
about 4 months but i had another wierd
anxeity attack but i learnt how to control
it. everytime i have those anxiety attcks
i feel very very strange in the morning,
like edgy or kind of like crazy. for the
last couple of months i've been thinking
about the bad times ive had and its
putting a fear inside me that i might go
crazy., im having images in my mind about
going crazy. just a month ago i felt very
very edgy like i would hear things and
check with ppl, sometimes when im sleeping
i will sort of hear my thoughts out loud
and that scares me. i also see things at
the corner of my eye im not sure if its
real or not, its sort of like a light or a
flash or somthing. i have put myself in a
weird state of mind im constanly
overthinking about wierd things like how
small we are compare to the universe and
just about how weird reality is and how
the mind works. my doctor siad its a panic
disorder i feel its somthing worse.
SOMEONE PLEASE REPLY anyone. my mom killed
herself 5 years ago due to a major
depression, same with my grama before i
was born.
According to the various symptoms you
report (anxiety attacks, depressive mood,
an obsession with having some mental
disease …), it seems that you might be
suffering from a neurotic disorder. It
doesn’t seem likely that you are
experiencing a serious mental disorder
(psychosis) because you are aware that the
sounds and images you experience are not
real. Patients with psychotic disorders,
schizophrenia for instance, believe that
false sounds and images are real
(hallucinations). Nonetheless, you can go
to a Psychiatrist to establish a precise
diagnosis and receive recommendations for
proper treatment.
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