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-- Posted by noraa at 4:15 pm on June 10, 2009

I have what I originally thought to be anxiety disorder, but I'm not so sure now, what it is.

I have panic attacks over really strange things. A lot of the time it's that my skin is dry and it's rubbing against something else that's dry and it bothers me. Sometimes it's that I think there's something wrong with something I have on me, clothes or the like, that they're ON wrong--this one time, in school, I had Ugg boots and I flipped out because the fur was peeling off of the bottoms and I panicked...couldn't breathe. I HAD to get the book off so I didn't ruin it more.

And right now, what it is is that I was running barefoot and I put my socks back on and my feet are all dirty. But one time it was that one toe was on top of the other toe and I thought there was something wrong with my foot. Weird, I know. A lot of it has to do with my feet. But it also is related to my hair. Like it'll be tangly and I won't be able to breathe until it's brushed out again.

I don't know...could this be OCD? Or some other kind of anxiety? I also have panic attacks about big things, but these are the things that on a day to day basis set me off.

I have spoken to my aunt, a psychologist, about my panic attacks, but not about what causes them that much, because I told her about the boots and she said I was catastrophising, and that I had to stop seeing small things as if they were bigger. Will this make or break my life? If not, then I have to stop worrying. But I CAN'T. The tiny things bug me so much. Idk what's wrong with me. :\


-- Posted by Kinky Kitten at 1:23 pm on July 1, 2009

You need to see some sort of professional, they would know better then us guessing you know that. Those small things and your reactions to it can be anything.

Anxiety is all about you worrying too much about everything, it seems like you freak out over things and some of it does appear like OCD.

I found this, check it out see if any of it makes sense. I just thought id give you the whole link rather then putting it into my own words. Anxiety

OCD self test too LINK
Sorry it took so long to respond, its just that its not my best area of expertise but i still want to try since no one else has. Tell me any other way i might be able to help you out ok.


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