Extreme anxiety, please help!?
I've told my mum I have anxiety and I'm on homeopathic medecine for it but I don't take it when I should because I don't think it works..
Basically I think my symptoms may be of social anxiety:
-Extreme shaking of hands and legs, twitching of the head and arm muscles, feeling nauseous, sweating, sometimes feeling dizzy
It usually happens before a social situation but then the symptoms dissappear once I feel comfortable in the situation, I worry that there will be an awkward silence because I won't know what to say, or that the person will see me shaking and think I'm weird and it goes on..I also hate going into shops, or standing at the bus stop on my own because I think people are staring at me.
It also fluctuates so after the situation I can be completely calm. I've also nearly had a panic attack twice but managed to calm myself down.
Please help I don't know what to do, I hate talking about it with my parents and I get the feeling my mum just wants to brush it under the carpet and get rid of it when I really want to see a doctor or a cousellor/psychiatrist.
I don't want to talk to the school counsellor because I want someone to come with me, I haven't told my friends because I don't know how they'd react.
If anyone has any advice I'd be really grateful, I'm 16 and I don't know how to cope with this, I meant to be going to parties and going to London for work experience on my own, and I don't see how this is possible when doing anything makes me want to run and hide or be sick.
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June 10th, 2009 at 11:19 am
I know exactly how you feel. I have general social anxiety and have to take medication for it. The absolute hardest step you will ever take is talking to someone about it.
Posting this question points you to the right direction. Don't worry about "losing it" in front of a school counselor, and try your best to talk to your mom about it.
I used to want someone to come with me everywhere too, but you have to find the courage to do this one solo. It's going to be very hard, but you can't give up on yourself. I'd just say "fuck it" and literally march into the counselor"s office and start talking about your anxiety.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Just get drunk or high
June 10th, 2009 at 11:19 am
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June 10th, 2009 at 11:19 am
You need to see a doctor and you need medication.
as for the jerk below who said "get drunk or high", pay no attention. He's an idiot.
You need medication. Also, this is what I read last week from someone with sage advice that "action is the key to anxiety" so keep your self active too.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:19 am
This is most likely agoraphobia, which is an anxiety about leaving your home or a place that is comfortable and safe to you.
The best route is to make yourself go out and about anyway so that you get more comforatble with that sensation. remind yourself that nothing bad will happen just by going out.
This also sounds like some insecurity issues and self concious tendency. If your friends love you, they will help you. I suggest seeing a therapist who can give you tools on how to figure this out more.
<3 hang in there luv
June 10th, 2009 at 11:19 am
DO NOT LISTEN TO THE IDIOT WHO SAID GET DRUNK OR HIGH!
that increases anxiety!
Go to psychologist, go to a counselor at school by yourself, talk to someone! Thats what helps the most. I have the same problem. You have to convince yourself that what you're feeling is irrational. Just think; "Do i stare at every person who walks by me, and do I judge them?"
Since you most likely don't, why would they?
June 10th, 2009 at 11:19 am
What does it matter what other people think? Just be yourself. It is not a crime to shake. You won't get locked up for it. Once you don't give a damn what other people think then the shaking stops. It is what you think of yourself that matters,not what other people think. Do you like yourself? If you do, that's all there is to it.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:19 am
I know how you feel, I used to have very bad social anxiety. I think you have SA too. You should go to your doctor, he will send you to a therapist or give you medication. Therapy didn't help me but medication got rid of all my anxiety, in fact I feel like I don't give a f*ck now.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:19 am
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