Booby Pritchard
24-07-06, 02:16 PM
Hello to all. First post.....
...For a view years i've been suffering a anxiety/nervous disorder (whatver you wanna call it). I'll try my best to describe what my anxiety is all about..
Whenever I feel anxious i get headaches, unreality, feeling unsettled, feel scatty and a few other things of which i can't really pin-point. In the beginning i used to have a short build up of anxiety that peaked into full on panic (out of breath, tense up, hands closing up into fist, thinking that something awful will happen, etc..total panic..hyperventilating) but now, three years on, i suffer panic differently (headaches, etc...) for longer periods of time without 'total panic' or hyperventilating. Thats my symptoms..
I avoid any truly uncomfortable situations to avoid total panic in front of others. I'm not fully agoraphobic. I cycle regularly, play football often, etc.... i'm not so afraid as what i was of being outside. uncomfortable situations for me are things where i can't immediately leave, such as getting my haircut at a barbers.
I've developed a fear of mental illness, specifically schizophrenia. This is a obsession too. I know, first-hand, of people with mental disorders which is where i think the obsession/phobia is born from. Thinking about it can easily trigger an attack.
I've got Claire Weekes' book (very helpful) on anxiety and from this i'm absolutely positive i suffer anxiety/nerves only so, i don't believe theres any other diagnosis of my condition.
Luckily I think there's no other developments to speak of with regards to anxiety. I've run the full gamut of possibilities (which wasn't what i intended... time flys) so now i'd like to get better.
Is there someone who can help me?? any recommendations?? anything?? possibly a mate who i can talk with regularly. I have plenty of time for anybody
Thanks for reading.
...For a view years i've been suffering a anxiety/nervous disorder (whatver you wanna call it). I'll try my best to describe what my anxiety is all about..
Whenever I feel anxious i get headaches, unreality, feeling unsettled, feel scatty and a few other things of which i can't really pin-point. In the beginning i used to have a short build up of anxiety that peaked into full on panic (out of breath, tense up, hands closing up into fist, thinking that something awful will happen, etc..total panic..hyperventilating) but now, three years on, i suffer panic differently (headaches, etc...) for longer periods of time without 'total panic' or hyperventilating. Thats my symptoms..
I avoid any truly uncomfortable situations to avoid total panic in front of others. I'm not fully agoraphobic. I cycle regularly, play football often, etc.... i'm not so afraid as what i was of being outside. uncomfortable situations for me are things where i can't immediately leave, such as getting my haircut at a barbers.
I've developed a fear of mental illness, specifically schizophrenia. This is a obsession too. I know, first-hand, of people with mental disorders which is where i think the obsession/phobia is born from. Thinking about it can easily trigger an attack.
I've got Claire Weekes' book (very helpful) on anxiety and from this i'm absolutely positive i suffer anxiety/nerves only so, i don't believe theres any other diagnosis of my condition.
Luckily I think there's no other developments to speak of with regards to anxiety. I've run the full gamut of possibilities (which wasn't what i intended... time flys) so now i'd like to get better.
Is there someone who can help me?? any recommendations?? anything?? possibly a mate who i can talk with regularly. I have plenty of time for anybody
Thanks for reading.
