Anxiety causing me to act "strange"

Mental health
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Hi All,

So I've had anxiety for a while GAD. I'm on sertraline have been for three weeks. Do you ever feel people are reacting to you differently?? I think I'm acting strange and my face goes a funny colour I can tell because the way others look at me. I can't control it it's my anxiety. Today people from work came to visit and I felt anxious. I'm sure one of them was talking about me. It's like my senses are on high alert. Anyone else feel like this? What is it. Please tell me I'm not going crazy.

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I would bet that people are not reacting to you differently at all.  But in your highly anxious state, you are analyzing and judging their reactions differently.

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Hi there

I've felt like this and still do sometimes you're not going crazy!!

I think when we are anxious it does highten things more. Ive thought people were looking at me and judging me. However I think to myself it's how I'm feeling. like I think are they looking at me they might not be.I t's just me because I've anxiety I worrie about what people think much more than I did before!!

You cannot help having anxiety at all.

I hope that your colleagues would be more sympathetic to you than talk about you. If they were talking about you they may have noticed your anxiety and may be concerned.

Remember you are not going mad!!

I think a lot of people may relate to this

Take care

Vicky x

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Focus more on others and making them feel more at ease and learning about them and that can actually help you not to anxiously over focus on yourself. Everyone is struggling in their own way and can be strange. You are not alone!

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I think that's it. Makes sense :-( i am going a funny colour tho I caught sight of myself in the mirror. Still early days for me on steraline I just hope the meds stop all this??

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Thank you. Wanted some reassurance. Doesn't help them I don't enjoy the industry I'm in. Bitchy and mostly females. People judge when they don't understand and it's hard to talk about mental health in the work place.

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Hi there.

Oh Yes the stigma..

Well they should be more sympathetic to you.

I don't know what the industry your working in is but its 2017. !!!! THEY should understand !!

You will always get bitchyness with all females working. I had 22 to rota !!!!!!

nightmare. .

Keep your chin up

One day at a time

Have you thought about a change of job.if it's a possibility.

Very sad to hear you can't open up in work place

Vicky.xx

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I'm looking for another Job as I don't enjoy what I'm doing think that's making my anxiety worse :-(