Paranoia and anxiousness
coming here on 7 cups has been a great experience to share my experience and feelings in communities. I’m forever grateful for this app but I definitely have an issue with being paranoid to share my feelings.
i never mention names of the people who hurt me or made me feel awful because I’m not that type of person. I never even mention where they’re from or any basic information. I never insult them or say anything bad about them I only ever share what they’ve done to me and my feelings towards it alone.
i can’t help but feel paranoid that what if something bad happens to me if I post this? What if I’m being *** posting this and it’ll come back to bite me and something bad will happen to me to make everything worse? What if posting this will somehow lead the universe to put me in danger with that person once again especially since most people I talk about are with me in the same town and same circle.
I’m afraid that I’m being evil by sharing my feelings even when I say nothing bad about the person and most of them have traumatized me and I have every right to be mad. I cant help but feel unsafe when I post them like it’s going to bite my *** and collapse on me and things will go worse and I’ll end up more Mentally ill then ever.
in fact I’m even afraid of posting their one in fear of “jinxing” it. I’m absolutely in fear from my own thoughts.
@Taintedrose112
Thank you for sharing! I can re insure you that this is a safe space to share whatever you are feeling. I know sharing your thoughts & feelings can be difficult & scary but you should not fear them especially if you are not naming names or sharing any such details. If you ever need a chat just click on my profile
@Taintedrose112
I think the whole point of being here is to kind of be anonymous and still get support. I know it has crossed my mind more than once "what if someone I know is on this board, and they're reading what I write and they figure out it's me?" But, that's why we don't name names. We don't say where we're from. Because, in general - that doesn't matter. If I have anxiety and it's caused by a spouse - that's all that matters. My spouse's name or where we live means nothing, so it's not important that it's shared.
The longer you're on here, the more you'll get to read stories that are similar to your own so that anyone coming here could read the same situation 10, 15, 20 times over from different people.
And, in general, we always think that people are thinking about us or paying attention to us a lot more than they actually are! :)
It's okay here.