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 No.4325

Hey /mental/, I noticed that a large number of people on here, perhaps a majority, experience severe anxiety and anxiety related disorders. With this in mind, my friends tell me I am a very irritable/aggressive and unagreeable person, and they say this could be due to anxiety, however I don't feel I suffer from any overwhelming anxiety. In fact I might say I don't know if I suffer to much anxiety period, however I don't really know. Can you guys explain to me what it feels like and how you know it's not just overwhelming boredom or a short temper or something like this, but rather consistent anxiety and stress? Thank you.

 No.4335

Hold a plastic bag over your head tightly and keep it there for a minute. Then rip it off quickly. As you gasp for breath and feel your heart racing, imagine feeling this way for no reason and that the plastic bag never existed.

 No.4337

>>4335
That's absurd, is that really all it feels like? This is nothing close to what I experience. Can you go more in depth or is that all there is to it?

 No.4341

>>4337
That's how my anxiety is. I start breathing really heavily like someone took the air out of my lungs, I get really nervous and I start trying to escape whatever stressful situation I'm in.

 No.4342

>>4341
So you feel like you lose control and your breath and evade the situation? How would you feel if you stayed and faced the situation, worse/more trapped?

 No.4343

>>4342
The anxiety will worsen and worsen and my vision will start to get blurry and I'll get lightheaded.

I'd probably pass out if I had to endure it.

 No.4346

>>4343
That's fascinating, I have never felt anything like this before. Is that normal or do you suffer from a more aggressive anxiety? Also thank you for answering these questions, this has been a very interesting discussion and I don't mean to pester you.

 No.4347

>>4346
It's normal for me. I don't get aggressive anxiety but I do get violent thoughts that has nothing to do with my anxiety. Today alone I fantasized about bludgeoning about 3 people I walked past for literally no reason.

 No.4348

>>4347
Well I would say that's normal, we all get those every once and a while. It's like that feeling you get when you stand over a ledge and think about jumping, it's just a playful curiosity. Anyways, thank you for your answers, if that truly is normal anxiety then I can't say I experience it, I am going to be lurking for more answers. This is very interesting.

 No.4363

Think you walk down a street and you saw some kids. Normal person would think oh look some kids.

A person with anxiety will think whole different.
>will they rob me
>If they ask me something how can I answer
>Do I look at them weirdly
>Do I walk normally
>why are they looking at me like that
>If they attack me what will I do
>If I defend myself will I end up in prison
>do they think I am pedo
>what if they have guns
>are they laughing at me
>do they think I am misserable or/and weird

Second one is pretty much my life. I dont even leave my house because I get so stressed.

 No.4364

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>>4341
>>4343
That's not anxiety, that's a panic attack. Panic attacks are symptoms of anxiety disorders, but not everyone that has anxiety gets panic attacks. A panic attack is when your fight or flight response is triggered inappropriately. You get suddenly shook to your core with this primordial fear, a kind of fear that feels like you're really about to die and many people confuse the symptoms for a heart attack because of this.

A less severe general anxiety can be more like feeling ill at ease. The intensity of symptoms can vary. You might have bad tension headaches, you feel irritable or ill at ease often, you feel stressed beyond what is appropriate for the scenario, and yeah, some people respond to anxiety by having a short fuse and taking it out on other people. When you already have such a high threshold of stress, that makes some people boil over more easily than they should.

If you feel like you get unreasonably angry for things most people just don't have that level of emotion for, you have anger issues of some kind, which may or may not be related to anxiety. Some people get angry because they like feeling angry. It makes them feel powerful or in control.

 No.4374

Personally, my mind goes to the worst possible outcome of a situation or event, and sticks with it - even after said situation or event is over. It feels like somebody is wrenching and twisting my gut, controlling my thoughts. My heart rate increases steadily, and I start hyperventilating. I lose my ability to think logically or clearly. In instances of periods of anxiety, my mind gravitates around whatever I fear (Which can be nothing discernible), forcing me into hours of thinking about/looking up stuff. I do become irritable, but that's because of all the underlying stress.

Tl;dr In my experience, one doesn't have anger caused by anxiety and not feel their anxiety.

 No.4394

>>4363
I'm afraid I can't relate to that but it sounds very difficult, I'm sorry. Are you sure that is not a mix of some sort of social anxiety?

 No.4395

>>4364
>>4374

Sounds like a highly illogical state of mind. I don't know if this is my own form of anxiety but when I am in a trying or dangerous situation I become even more focused and rational, narrowing my concentration and focus on the matter at hand, and I seek the most probable course of action while my heart rate slows down, however during this "state" my temper becomes glass, easily shattered. Is this anxiety? Also in case it is important I have never been diagnosed with anything, besides for seeing a therapist as a teen for anger and impulse control, I am in a fairly stable state of mind, so I wouldn't consider myself anxious. Also can you guys describe what the overwhelming feels like and some of the facial expressions/movements you might make? Just trying to get a better understanding, thank you.



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