Hi everyone me again im wondering weather fellow anxiety suffers have ever experienced this feeling sometimes I can be looking at old photos from years ago and all of a sudden i get a feeling of being back in that time frame i no its not reality but the feeling is very strong I can also get this feeling out of the blue watching a tv show that I remember watching around a time that ment something to me the feeling can last for a hour its quite uncomfortable. I hope someone else has experienced this of course my ocd comes into play and I start to question my sanity help is this normal?
I don't get that exact feeling, but I can relate to it in the way i get bizarre thoughts about existance sometimes all I have to do is look at something and I feel like my whole life is just a big figment of someone's imagination and ino it's not reality but for a second I seem to believe my thouhts which makes me very anxious and gives me panic attack symptoms sometimes. So maybe it's along the same lines as what your saying.
Sounds like it could be a bit of derealisation it's another symptom of anxiety.
Hi mark lol.were a fine bunch now your helping me. I dont think its derealization cause it feels completely different
Yeah after thinking about it it's probs more under the ocd thoughts It just seemed to sound like it sparked a similar strange feeling to ones I get with existance. I mean what I experience is genuinely frightening to the point where sometimes I go to bed for re day only to get up to make food. Don't know what effects your thoights have on you, but it definately revolves around thoughts because thoughts cause the feelings
Yeah it could b ocd im not sure its not bad memories its actually nice memories but feels uncomfortable its strange what anxiety can do. How long have you been dealing with mental health issues
These are normal feelings that everyone gets. Smell of food our parents ate will trigger our memories. The same is with looking at pictures, etc.
It is not OCD. OCD is having obssesive thoughts. Like someone feels after washing their hands, that they are not clean enough. They obsess that they are not cleaning their hands enough, thinking of germs that they could catch, etc. Also keeping things in a certain order, and become anxious if things are moved. And have to do ritualistic things to make sure things are in order. Some have it with locks, checking, locking, and rechecking locks to make sure they are locked, etc.
Hi Michael thanks for the message back is it normal to feel like im reliving it i feel strange when this happens i no in reality im not back reliving the memory but half of my brain feels like iam its uncomfortable
Our minds can play tricks on us with intrusive thoughts. FEELINGS come from our THOUGHTS. You migh think "TImes were so better when this picture was taken, now I feel fearful all the time" Thoughts like this can make you feel as live is not good enough now. When in reality you your life is not perfect, your possibly overlooking the good in your life?
Hi again thanks for writing back i think your on to something because ive noticed that when I get these memory flashbacks its about good times in my life and for the last few months ive been really struggling to be me again and get back to normal so maybe my brains picking out good memories cause it was then I had less problems thanks i feel less stressed now this forum is great
I am glad I could help. Trust me I have had those thoughts when dealing with depression and anxiety. We can get in low points and just wish things would be better.