Do I have anxiety or another disorder?!
Question:
Do I have anxiety or another disorder?
I am a pageant girl. I have won a couple pageants, and I do local print modeling, so I am used to people looking at me and etc.
But there are certain times when people walk up to me and my heart starts to beat fast, I get scared, and I start to breath fast.
I am happy then all of a sudden I get sad and feel like crying.
Sometimes when I am just sitting here my breathing gets fast and I skip heart beats so I do like 5 quick breaths.
Im always scared something bad will happen.
When I cry it is hard to breathe kinda.
And I have a small case of OCD. Haha, not a whole lot. Just a little.
But do I have anxiety?
3 weeks ago
Forgot to add, I am 15 years old.
Answers:
What you describe is actually a panic attack, which is closely related to anxiety.
It would be important for you to find a way to calm down easily and practice it as much as possible. I would recommend you see a psychologist but if it's not too frequent, you can probably handle it on your own.
Try to think of something or somewhere peacefull while breathing slowly in by the nose and out by the mouth.
If you need additional advice on this, there's a very good online book I found on the subject: http://redir.juzaz.com/?site=anxiety...