Someone above me has posted their story and i can completely relate to that because i too feel like my anxiety is minor compared to others! Basically for me i mainly feel anxious about..
- My health, i always get paranoid about having some sort of horrible disease/cancer whatever and get paranoid that my life is gonna end.. sorry if this is too much information but i once got paranoid i had like bowel cancer and was going to die but really i just had a but of an upset stomach for a few weeks, probably due to my anxiety in the first place. I also google any little symptom i get and it's almost like i'm looking for something to worry about.
- I have this constant fear of like impending doom, not sure if other people have experienced this but i sometimes have like thoughts in my head which i feel other people don't worry about.. e.g what if i cross the road when i go out later and get hit by a car and die/get made disabled? Or what if i get kidnapped?
God i feel so stupid actually writing this all out, i don't think even my closest friends or family know i worry about these things.
-Losing my mind/having a breakdown.. i know this can be a symptom of anxiety, and now that i know i am not in fact losing my mind, i worry a lot less about this. I do sometimes feel a bit spaced out in stressfull/embarrassing situations or sometimes in public and start to panic as i feel like i am going to have a panic attack in public.. but usually it stops and i can think rationally again and say to myself, ok, i'm not going to have a panic attack, calm down.
-People looking at me.. this is only occasional, but sometimes e.g walking through busy shopping center, i feel like i'm kind of on show.. and get paranoid i'm gonna like trip over or something and embarrass myself.
Wow, don't think i have ever written all that down or even told anyone before.
Has anyone had anything similar? Or does anyone know any simple techniques (really don't want to go on medication) that could help me even just a little bit?
I would love to talk to anyone else who has anxiety as i don't know anyone else with it, so please feel free to message me if you want to as well