Fear of going crazy

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Let me start off by saying I spent the whole week before last week in bed with the flu, had a fever that would not ago away. I think it was the isolation in my bedroom that made my anxiety worse, because the week after that (last week) I started becoming really anxious and still today have an anxious feeling in the pit of my stomach thinking i'm going to have an anxiety attack or something. But anyones at the start of last week I began to wonder what if i'm going crazy? It's like in my mind I was purposely putting in bizarre thoughts to try to make me think I was going crazy, but they were more like my mind was consciously putting them there to try to make me go into an anxiety attack. That lasted for a couple days while I was still recooperating my my house. Bad anxiety followed for the whole rest of the week and into today. Today during school it was like I was trying to subconsciously form worRAB in my mind from sounRAB I was hearing, something I read (I know i'm a hypochondriac) about the beginnings of hearing voices with scizophrenia. Basically I guess i'm just looking for support of people to say i'm not going crazy, so I can stop worrying about this. The thought of going crazy and not being able to live a normal life is about the worst thing that could happen to me, or anyone for that matter. I want to be able to graduate from a university with a degree and support myself!
 
Oh my god! I feel the same way and am thinking i am going crazy myself. I dont know why my thoughts are all over the place but they are, and sometimes i feel like i am out of reality feeling. Like i have to ask myself am i here or am i just dreaming all of this. Everyone tells me its all anxiety but i feel kike im going insane. I am on zoloft 100mg i statred it about 2 months ago. I wish it would kick in and work. Good luck stop worrying its all anxiety. It sucks .
 
I was told by a friend who actually did "go crazy" (and ended up in the psych ward last year for a few months from hyper mania induced from adderal) that when you DO go crazy you don't know it, or realise it. I'm not sure if this helps, but if you think you're going crazy you're probably not -- as long as you have your self awareness you're not going crazy!!!

I'm finishing up my last year of university and I know it's a tough time of year to be in school with exams coming up and end of term assignments and papers, so it's no wonder you're stressed and anxious! Just make sure to take some time to relax and if need be see your doctor to see if they can give you any sort of anti anxiety medication if you feel you need it.

Take care of yourself! I often felt like I was going crazy, especially at the end of term and I got through it and so will you -- you are NOT crazy!
 
I know EXACTLY how you feel. I feel that way often. For me, reading posts like this and knowing i'm not alone makes all the difference in the world. It's totally a mind game for me, and i know it. I think all the time that one of these days i'm going to lose it and start screaming or something and be put away for life. I really think it honestly is very normal for anxiety ridden people. I used to get anxious when I didn't have complete control of a situation. Now I think I get anxious all the time! With control or not. For me, it's a perfection-seeking problem.
But please know, you are not alone. :)
 
Wow thank god other people feel this way too. It's good to know what people who are actually going crazy don't realize it, knowing that adRAB some solace. Thanks for the support
 
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