Thanatophobia
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No it's not. I had these problems when I was laying in bed, thinking about stuff and mostly just before falling a sleep (still awake but falling a sleep). Had it only once or twice when waking up though.
Luckily all these problems I had are gone, unless I relapse ofcourse, which is always a possibility.
In my case it's genetic and being bullied for 7 or 8 years day in day out (by more than one person at the same time). I always fought back but there were too many and I couldn't handle all of them at the same time.
It will. You have to have faith.
I have had 3 very severe clinical depressions with daily nervous breakdowns multiple phobia and depression induced psychosis. I have always been chronical depressed since the bullying stopped (not every day ofcourse).
I don't have these problems anymore, although sometimes I still have these bad thoughts and wish for my life to be over as fast as possible. This is due to the fact that I'm not taking any medication anymore.
Understanding your problems is part of the healing proces. I have always been a curious person and wanted to understand what was going on with me. Doctors always said that I'm good in puttin things in perspective and that I have a very good medical understanding of what my problem is.
It helps me!
I still don't know why I have not enough serotonin in my brain at times. Is it because of the stress braking down my serotonin reserves or is there a problem with my body when creating serotonin out of e.g. tryptophan.
Blood analysis showed that I didn't have enough serotonin in my blood (and thus not enough in my brain as well). This was in 2008/2009.
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- Jutland
- GTP_DeanJ
This is very true! I'm, most likely, one of those that doesn't talk about it. Just to let you know, I'm absolutely terrified of dogs (cynophobia) and especially needles (trypanophobia, if I remember right). I've experienced becoming aggressive and even hit people unintentionally while being held down (this is the exact opposite of my normal self!) when I had to get an injection, when I broke my arm. I know this might not be in this subject, but these things can happen to anyone, and I can assure you; you are not the first- and/or only one, experiencing "the things" you're... well experiencing
.Again, I would advice you, to talk to a doctor, or a
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I was in a bad accident four years ago and was rushed to the ER in unstable condition. The EMTs kept me conscious the entire time so I kept hearing things that didn't sound so good. I finally passed out while they were picking glass out of my head and woke up on the way to surgery to put both my hand and arm back in the right direction. Anyway, the entire time my gf was with me (she was fine) and she kept telling me that I was going to be just fine, which as anyone knows, is code for things are not good. Well after surgery the doctors said that I was in good shape all things considered, but my gf and my parents said the hospital made them sign all these waivers in case I died that night. Well, the whole time I knew things weren't so good but I was never scared that I could die. I can't explain it, also I was pretty high on morphine. Ever since then, though, I've never been scared to die, like I said I can't explain it. Don't get me wrong, when something happens my adrenaline pumps and I react just like normal, but the idea of dying is no longer the same as before the accident. Anyone else experience something similar?
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I lost my fear of death when I came to the realization that nothing really matters anyway, there is nothing important in life and when your existence is terminated you don't lose nor gain anything.
This probably sounds very negative, but it really isn't, it helped me a lot to get more laid back and relaxed in life.
This probably sounds very negative, but it really isn't, it helped me a lot to get more laid back and relaxed in life.
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Yet again, Michael reads my mind.
There is nothing before or after, so why would you waste time worrying about it? I'd much rather spend my time being happy and achieving things.
When I used to sit around and think excessively, I worried about things such as death, and the future, and many other things that were ultimately out of my control. Nowadays i'm very busy and active, and no longer have that problem.
There is nothing before or after, so why would you waste time worrying about it? I'd much rather spend my time being happy and achieving things.
When I used to sit around and think excessively, I worried about things such as death, and the future, and many other things that were ultimately out of my control. Nowadays i'm very busy and active, and no longer have that problem.
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The problem with people like me is that we have a brain that doesn't function normally. My brain chemistry was not working properly and that is why "we" have these phobia, anxiety, panic attacks, depression and other psychological issues.
People with a normal brain chemistry can't imagine what "we" are going through and "they" don't have the same "thoughts" as "we" do.
So it's normal that people with normal brain chemistry don't worry about things and are able to put things in perspective.
To all the normal people, count yourself blessed that your aren't cursed with this "illness".
My brain chemistry is almost normal again, probably due to 5 years of medication, knowing and understanding what is wrong with me, meditation, eating very healthy, and accepting this genetic problem.
People with a normal brain chemistry can't imagine what "we" are going through and "they" don't have the same "thoughts" as "we" do.
So it's normal that people with normal brain chemistry don't worry about things and are able to put things in perspective.
To all the normal people, count yourself blessed that your aren't cursed with this "illness".
My brain chemistry is almost normal again, probably due to 5 years of medication, knowing and understanding what is wrong with me, meditation, eating very healthy, and accepting this genetic problem.
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I believe it's normal to have anxiety and phobias. But, where the (and if there's a) line's drawn between "normal" and "psychological (wrong brain chemistry, etc.)", I don't really know.
I believe it would be a good idea to get my blood check, if I can overcome my trypanophobia (which I don't think I will
), just to see if my brain chemistry is considered "normal". I might get surprised 
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I believe it would be a good idea to get my blood check, if I can overcome my trypanophobia (which I don't think I will
), just to see if my brain chemistry is considered "normal". I might get surprised .A phobia is not normal, it's an abnormal behaviour that dictates your life. Being afraid of something is normal. If this fear never goes away and you start to revolve your life around this fear, it becomes a phobia.
Some phobia can be concidered as less of a problem than other phobia (my personal opinion which can completely wrong).
Let's say that someone goes on vacation to Africa and is attacted and bitten by a snake. Luckily this person survives but develops an ophidiophobia (snake phobia) but never comes in contact with snakes, making this phobia abnormal but doesn't have tl be problem as long as this person never comes in contact with snakes.
This is based on a true story:
A few years ago I was in Vaujany, on a ski trip, with friends. To make a long story short. My friend's girlfriend got in a skilift (I was sitting next to hear) and it didn't take long before she literally froze and was completely stretched and started to panic and yell, scream, cry on the top of her longues. Well, she was probably suffering from acrophobia (fear of heigts) and probably didn't know it (otherwise she would not have stepped in the skilift).
She got out of the lift and the anxiety stopped as fast as it came, and never sat food on skies again. She enjoyed her vacation and there wasn't any problem anymore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobia
Some phobia can be concidered as less of a problem than other phobia (my personal opinion which can completely wrong).
Let's say that someone goes on vacation to Africa and is attacted and bitten by a snake. Luckily this person survives but develops an ophidiophobia (snake phobia) but never comes in contact with snakes, making this phobia abnormal but doesn't have tl be problem as long as this person never comes in contact with snakes.
This is based on a true story:
A few years ago I was in Vaujany, on a ski trip, with friends. To make a long story short. My friend's girlfriend got in a skilift (I was sitting next to hear) and it didn't take long before she literally froze and was completely stretched and started to panic and yell, scream, cry on the top of her longues. Well, she was probably suffering from acrophobia (fear of heigts) and probably didn't know it (otherwise she would not have stepped in the skilift).
She got out of the lift and the anxiety stopped as fast as it came, and never sat food on skies again. She enjoyed her vacation and there wasn't any problem anymore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobia
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I get insanely bad panic attacks if I try to drive on the highway, ever since my accident. I hate it. It has nothing to do with speed, I can go as fast as I want on any road besides a highway, it's unexplainable. Now what gets me is no longer the fear of the highway, but the idea of getting a panic attack while driving on the highway will set off a panic attack while driving on the highway, which is such a mind****. Nobody I know understands, and think it's really bizarre. My friends and family here are rednecks too, so they also feel the need to make fun of me for it and intentionally put me in situations that can trigger a panic attack. That's also a problem here, there are practically no psychiatrists here, and only a handful of psychologists, for a number of reasons, so anyone professional I've talked to can't figure out how to deal with it because they've either never seen a case or don't specialize in anxiety attacks.
