Does This Sound Like I Have Anxiety Problems?!


Question: Does This Sound Like I Have Anxiety Problems?
So the whole story is that I was majorly depressed for liked three and a half months, then it finally began to stop and I began having suicidal thoughts and really thought I wanted to kill myself a couple times. Then after that I felt better but I started seeing things that weren't there, then after that ended I started having heart palpation's I think there called, like it felt like my heart was pounding. And this happened for no reason and it happened a lot, it was really actually scary. Now I had always felt a lot of anxiety, like I worry about everything, but it feels like it might be getting worse.
For forever I've been very shy and kind of socially awkward, but ever since this year I feel horrified that people are going to judge or humiliate me. Like before going out to a party or a get together I freak out, like I begin sweating, I get hot, my heart is pounding, I feel like I'm going to throw up, and I begin to tremble, to the point I'd almost beg my parents to not take me. But I ge really paranoid that if I don't go people will think I don't like them or something. I'm okay with some people that don't see intimidating, but for a long time now I have been very avoiding like. I avoid people I think look really pretty or handsome, because I'm afraid they just make fun of me or hurt me. Like at Subway I literally let people pass in front of me so that the average looking guy could take my order rather than the very handsome one. I always think I'm just to ugly to talk to them and I get really scared and shaky, like my heart pounds and I feel like throwing up. It's doesn't feel like I'm nervous but rather just flat out scared and worried. I judging people like that, but I can't help it they just freak me out.
I also worry about my health, I get so scared that I'm going to die or get a disease or develop cancer or something. I'm always watching for signs and when I do think there's something wrong I'm like all on edge and horribly scared. Then there's money, this should be my parents worry, but I'm filled with this horribly guilt and worry that I'm wasting their money. Like if I need to buy something for school or basic need like things, I won't tell them for like months.
I'm very scared of bugs and alarm noises, like for two years now I have slept with a blanket over both ears because I'm afraid bugs with climb in my ears while I will sleep and it keeps me up because I can't get comfortable with all these blankets on my head or I get really hot. I also always check under the toilet seats because I'm afraid there is spiders hiding under there waiting to get me when I'm most vulnerable. Literally I see a spider or a bug and I just freak out and if someone doesn't kill it I can't go in the room for the rest of the day or I get really paranoid.
But I don't feel afraid all the time, like I had this experience where out of no where I was just filled with pure terror and I couldn't get rid of it. Like from first period to the end of fourth period I felt shaky and scared, my heart was pounding and I was trembling. But I don't feel scared every second of every day, but even when I'm not scared there's still some sort of worry I find in everything I do or have to do in the future.
Literally I do let my worry control me and interfere with my life a lot, but it's not like I'm scared and fearful every second of everyday. I mean mentally I'm worried, but physically I'm not. Only like maybe like one or twice a day for short periods, unless big events are coming up or just small ones.

Could this be an anxiety disorder?
Should I talk to my doctor?
Oh and do people with anxiety disorders feel physically fearful every second of every day? Please explain.

By the way I'm only 14 years old and I have never talked to a doctor about any of this.
Thank you so much.

Answers:

yes, id definetly say you have generalized anxiety disorder.
i have it too :(
go to the doctor and they will help you!



well first off im sorry that you feel like that, i know that it really sucks cause i use to have real bad panic attacks, which i think thats what your having, it sounds like you have a lot of panic attacks, i use to call the ambulance because i thought i was dying cuz my heart would pound real fast and i felt like i couldnt breath, i think you should really talk to your doctor about all this before it gets worse but until then when you start feeling like that just stop and take a deep breath and tell yourself that you are gonna be ok, just keep telling yourself that you are incontrol of yourself and not those bad thoughts it always helps me. good luck i hope you get better..




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