[Guest]

OK I am scared at the moment, I wonder if anybody else has had this.

Earlier on I started to feel less ill generally, almost numb inside, not depressed, jst almost too good, I did not feel as goggle eyed, I am really confused, and I cant help thinking its because I am dying now or about to lose my mind or something, and have numbed to all the bad feelings, this may be the stupidest thing I have ever said but I really feel like it and I am really scared, its like I am wishing the bad feelings back really hard, I want my headache back, I want to feel anxiety in my stomach, so I know I am alive and conciouss, I am really confused.. my stress headache is coming back now coz I have been worrying for a couple of hours now about this, my ears feel a bit funny and there is slight pressure at the back of my eyes I think

its almost like I dont KNOW how I feel! kinda blank!?!

any advice?

 

[enngirl5]

It's just that every new feeling us anxious people get, we totally exaggerate. I've had the numbness with dp/dr before but a lot of other people on here can relate to it more, because I here people on here talk about it a lot. But a weird thing I worry about is when I feel really happy, I get kind of giddy and it feels weird and I start worrying what if I'm going crazy because I'm too happy. One of my few experiences with the numbness was when I had my first bad panic attack and my dr was really bad and I was trying to think of depressing stuff just so I could feel something. I had that feeling again when I took too much Xanax and so ever since then I take only tiny doses of Xanax. All of this is totally non-life threatening, we just worry about every feeling we have too much. I know this was probably not very helpful so hopefully some other people can come shine some light on it for you.

 

[Guest]

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy may help with this problem. It will help you manage the times when you feel like you don't know how to think, or like you are a slave to a certain way of thinking.