I just wondered if anyone has extremely vivid dreams, I mean EXTREMELY vivid. I always remember my dreams and every detail even down to the people's faces and when I have some dreams I remember the thoughts I have while dreaming if that makes sense . when I wake up I have to convince myself that it was just a dream and I get confused for the first five minutes of wakening .
Tablets have helped me with the physical symptoms of anxiety I don't get chest pain or anything like that anymore But I still get strange thoughts. I always get this thought that I might start hearing voices or hallucinating (never heard voices or hallucinated before) it scares me.
But anyway I googled about vivid dreams and it said it can be a sign of a serious mental illness so I freaked out abit.
I went through (still sometimes do) vivid dreams really badly a few years ago, like ones you're describing. I had myself convinced I was going crazy and was suffering severe anxiety because of it. I had to realize that these were just thoughts and images, not reality. Anxiety has a way of tricking our minds into believing something that doesn't actually exist. It may be super obnoxious to do but every time those intrusive thoughts pop up, tell yourself it's literally just a thought and anxiety playing tricks on you, nothing more and they won't have as much power over you anymore. Hope that helps!!
Sagersla5 is completely right. Your mind right now is in overdrive and doesn't know how to slow down. It will take allot of effort and time on your part to help your mind slow down.
I'm very to to battling my anxiety problem and this post board has helped me ALLOT. The "intrusive thoughts" are attributed to two things, anxiety and one of the many sides effects of anxiety that can cause "intrusive thoughts" is something called "OCD thoughts" making you feel or worry about things you normally would or even care about. Its a very scary thing to have to deal with but keep this in mind...... you are NOT going crazy ! . You mind is just very tired and has no idea how to slow down and you start thinking irrationally. You can and WILL get better.
It just takes time.... but you will recover and these vivid dreams and "intrusive thoughts" will go away.
Best of luck friend
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" making you feel or worry about things you normally would'nt or even care about. " ( sorry for the typo lol )