Unreality And Fear of Going Crazy!!
Hi, I am new here and have been googling no stop about my symptoms although I know what is going on with me. About two weeks ago, I was so stressed out and didn't sleep for two days which lead to a terrible panic attack because I thought I was going crazy after reading the effects on the brain if you don't sleep. I was so scared that I signed myself into the psychiatric unit where I stayed for 3 days and was told that it was definitely just anxiety. Fast forward to today, my body has been tense, my neck, back, shoulder, head, everything and I've been feeling weird nonstop like things aren't real. Like I'm disconnected and living in a dream. I also feel like I might randomly freak out. When I don't get sleep, I often think back on the articles I read about what happens to your brain when you lose sleep which only makes me lose sleep and make my anxiety worse. I've only been dealing with this anxiety for about a little over two months. It all started after I loss my close friend to cancer and then the googling began and so did my anxiety. How do I get out of this terrible loop, I really don't want to live like this for years. It's scary and I wish I'd never googled. It's so depressing and crippling.
@rchrbl26
I'm very sorry you're experiencing this right now. I am commenting because I think I have experienced this before. I googled things and things got worse. I reacted very negatively and I had many physical symptoms that came from my anxiety. I started having checking, and thinking symptoms as well as physocal stiffness and jiddering. it was a traumatic experinece for me. I also developed anxiety to another thing while I was going through this. It took me a while until I "got over" the anxiety and got rid of the symptoms, as well as the anxiety to the point where I can stop worrying about it. I do sometimes worry about it still but it's not to the point where I feel scared or occupy my mind. I think what helped me go through it is hearing people's opinions saying otherwise. I felt better when other people said that I was fine or they did it a lot and they've never worried about it.
I understand, I wish I never looked it up too. It's very scary. It's hard to think about anything else, and it keeps you up at night. I completely understand. I'm a listener, if you'd like to talk about it, I'm would be very happy to:)