Hi guys, something happened to me at the end of last year, at around 6:30pm. Basically I had a really stressful confrontation and for some crazy reason, I had an insane thought that this “other thing” also happened during this time. A few weeks went by and I asked this organisation if this “other thing” happened that night, which they assured me it didn’t. Some months went by and I had a severe panic attack, triggered by the intrusive thought that the confrontation which occurred was technically in the evening, not night. I then asked the organisation if when they meant night this would include 6:00pm-7:00pm, they then assured me this was the case. Now after 8 months I am still depressed and anxious over this. I wish I had asked the people if the “other thing” had happened in the evening, but I can’t get in touch with the organisation again. What should I do? I feel like this is insane thing to worry over, as everyone just says night when referring to evening, even my work. I’m just worried because this happened over the summer where it doesn’t get dark until like 9:00pm.I know this sounds insane. Cheers for any replies.
Hi Trekkie, your ruminating over something that really doesn't matter ie if it was night or evening, it doesn't matter, you don't need to put it into a timeframe block as it happened "at around 6.30pm".
You could do with seeing a councillor to sort this rumination out.
Hi Aspinan, thanks for replying. I do try to put it out of mind, but I have difficulty doing this. Does a counsellor actually help with this sort of thing? Does it make sense to say it was night around that time.
A counsellor will help you definitely or do some guided meditation on stopping ruminating, plenty on YouTube to have a go at, won't work straight away but keep doing it.
It does make sense to say it was night, for some they would say it was evening or even early evening, there is no set time when afternoon becomes evening and evening becomes night, it doesn't really matter, the only fact is that it happened around 6.30pm, ask yourself "right if I was in the right frame of mind what would I call this time, evening, night or would it make no difference to me"? If you were in court the judge would stop any debate over what part of the day it was as irrelevant.
Sorry if this doesn't help much but perhaps a trip to your GP to discuss your symptoms and thoughts as you do need a bit of professional help.
Neil
Thanks so much for your reply and for been so quick to reply. I think I will try to take up your advice about seeing a counsellor. Just very nervous about seeing one, as I have not seen one before and don’t know really know what to expect.