i suffer with health anxiety and anxiety disorder and recently i have been thinking am seeing things, flashes or i think am seeing things thats dissapearing right away, i mention to my therapist and she thinks its my anxiety am really scared am going crazy slowly, i feel like am hallucinating or something am terrify that am going to go crazy to the point where i wont be able to take care of my kids, i also hear whispers in my head at times am scared, i dont know what to do, i had mri and xray am sure they would of picked up something, i think about this so much its exhausting, can this be anxiety or something else? i also struggle with depression as.
yup i would say there is. I get that a lot and I’m full of anxiety too.
I remember first time that happening to me when I just started getting panic attacks, I was sitting at a seminar listening to the speaker on stage and suddenly it was like my vision has flashed and skipped part.
It freaked me the hell out. As I had a head injury months prior I was convinced there’s something wrong in my head, but a brain scan showed nothing. 10 years later i no longer even pay attention to these things
of course if you’re very concerned it wont hurt to get everything check out physically for your peace of mind. But no you’re not going crazy, and you’re probably not growing a tumour on your brain either 
anxiety just does all sorts of funny things to the human body
thanks for letting me its a anxiety thing its very scary and the more i think on it the more freaked out i get am trying to ignore it but its hard i hope i can get like u where i stop paying attention to it because my mind gets exhausted from thinking too much after awhile it gets so bad that i start to feel detacted from myself and this world its scary. is there any thing u do to help u or any advice you can give me?
for me what helped is getting through my head that these things (along with other anxiety symptoms i get which would wary from mildly annoying to quite disturbing) aren’t actually a physical sign that will lead to me discovering that im physically terribly ill/loosing my mind/generally going to die. it takes a while molding your mind to accept and believe it especially if youre new to these symptoms but it’s definetely very possible despite how disturbing or impossible it seems.
Because all these things are a symptom of anxiety and not physical, to get them under control you have to get your anxiety under control. For me what helped was practicing diaphragmic/deep belly breathing and incorporating it into my unconscious breathing (took some time and practice, anxious people tend to be shallow breathers, causing all sorts of gas imbalances in the body, which in turn leads to more anxiety), doing as much research on peoples experiences and managing all sorts of anxieties and their symptoms (thats what taught me changing reactions to my irrational thoughts that anxiety plays tricks on is possible and doable), taking double daily recommended dose of fast absorbing Magnesium Supplement and staying as active as possible. Reading a book called LOST CONNECTIONS about causes of depression and anxiety opened my eyes on the whole topic too. What did not help me is dwelling and focusing on the symptoms as hard as it is, or any SSRIs. I do admit that xanax also did help when the anxiety was running all time high and it help to cool down the brain a little
btw, the scary feeling of detachment you mention when you focus on it too much its called derealization and is another symptom of anxiety thats all in your head, and frankly thats the most profound anxiety symptom i have that freaks me out the most. still learning to tune out and train my brain to learn to tune out this one but ive gone 10 years of not being clueless and freaking myself out so it will take some time but just like anything its doable!
great information, thanks. i would like to read LOST CONNECTIONS but due to my anxiety i am finding it difficult to read any book. can you give me any advice on how to get past this depression and anxiety which has been plaguing me.