Hi, I have suffered from anxiety and depression on and off for about 10 years - I am in my mid forties.
The first episode years ago was terrifiying, I had a breakdown.Then the next episode was panic attacks, I got to the point where I couldn't leave the house (I work from home) having a dog at the time got me through as I knew I had to walk her. This time, anxiety/depression has arrived in a different way, I have the feeling I am going mad. I will be cooking for instance and get a feeling of unreality and it won't go away, I can't escape from it. This is exactly how the breakdown started and stayed for months. I have read a lot about it, it's anxiety - derealism. So I tell myself it will pass, focus on doing something and I seem to 'return', well so far! It takes a lot of strenghth, it is really taking it out of me, some days I don't think I will get through...
I wondered if anyone else is experiencing this? Generally I am quite a happy positive person, so I am talking to myself in a positive way, which is why I have come here, I hope to meet some nice anxiety sufferers :-)
Hey I suffer with anxiety and I often feel like I'm going to loose my mind it's so scary I always seem to have uneasy thoughts too n think something bad is goingbto happen, I just want to feel happy n relaxed n not worry bout life in general
I really understand where you are coming from on this. I feel like that 24/7. It's like I'm in a bubble with tunnel vision,trapped inside myself.
It like I keep telling myself I'm ready for my life back but I can't get past a certain point,like I'm blocked.
My doctor said its because I might not want to be in depression but my mind doesn't feel safe enough to move away from it yet. It's staying where it is and slowly it will inch its way out .
She said it's all anxiety and depression and when my mind is recovered it will emerge.
I still don't totally get it but it reassured me so I'm willing to take her word for it.
My worst worry is that I'm going mad or will just go mad but my doctor also reassured me that's it's not something I would even have a thought about. I'd just be mad and that's it and wouldn't know I was mad or feel like as was going mad.