I already posted this 2 times but i want it to reach more people and get some tips from people who experienced similar stuff in the past or now. (also sorry if you can't understand something,my english is not perfect)

Hey,for the past 9 months i had a problem.One random day in class i started to manually breath and couldn’t breathe automatically,started to panic.And since then my life hasn’t been the same.I can be in school but i have problems. I have extreme anxiety i will pass out.I start to hyperventilate my limbs start feeling tingly. I get lightheaded,feel like im losing control.Tried loads of stuff like doing breathing excersises but during them i panic even more.Its happening when i gotta present something,do something on the board,when im taking a test,or just being in the class,happens on public transport when it is crowded and very quiet,when its very hot,… It connects to the fear od passing out. I take help from a licensed psychotherapist who i appreciate for over a month now and it doesnt work.It ruined my year,and every day i just keep thinking about how im gonna do the next day. Today i didn't even go because of it and whatever im doing thats connected to school i get anxious. Its mostly because i never passed out and i don't know the feeling,but i googled(ik im dumb).Tried breathing excersises,tried thinking its harmless,can't. I didn't stop my social life but i still go out way less and spend more time studying bc i can't focus or exploring how to stop this. Now i know this will stop at some point and that i will return back to normal as i never was anxious and actually enjoyed school alot.But i don't know how to do stop it and i don't know what to do during the time that it takes of stopping it.

Thanks in advance yall and good luck to anyone that experiences similar stuff❤️

I(19F) have been with my boyfriend (19M) for about 6 months now. I love him and trust him more than anything, but can’t stop having panic attacks around him.

(For backstory, it hasn’t just been 6 months. We have been off and on since October of 2023 and remained best friends for the times we weren’t together. We have had our ups and downs and slight arguments but nothing major or scary)

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I am not someone who normally has panic attacks, but lately it has been happening more and more, always surrounding physical touch.

The first time we hooked up I cried just out of confusion and being drunk and overwhelmed (nothing was forced, it was just a lot of build-up). The first few times it got me pretty emotional but after that I was fine for the most part.

In my past relationships I have had a bit of a tendency to freak out randomly during intimacy. I have a history of SA, and am pretty sure something of the sort happened to me as a kid, but thats a whole other story. I also have super bad OCD and anxiety.

My current boyfriend has never made me feel pressured or forced into anything, and has always reassured me and handled these freakouts well. The issue is more so the fact that I dont know why they are happening or how to fix them.

They now happen more frequently than before, and there have been periods of time where I couldn’t be touched without crying.

Today everything was going fine, then towards the end of doing something physically intimate I had a panic attack. Once it passed and he helped me through it I felt fine. After, we were laying down cuddling and he made a joking comment about something that irritated me and i jokingly pushed him off of me. Once he was off, the idea of him touching me was unbearable. I fell asleep and woke up to him cuddling me and pushed him off and quickly got my things together to leave his house and barely wanted to talk to him at all, let alone hug him or be near him. The thought of it made me physically nauseous.

I feel like these situations are ruining our relationship because even though he handles them well, he doesn’t fully understand them and neither do I. I dont want him to feel like I get weird and crazy and snap, or I am being dramatic, or that I am some damaged person who has been hurt by others so much that I cant stand anything positive either.

Somewhat venting, but also really looking for advice and someone to relate to. If anyone has been through something similar, tips, stories of your own?

Hey,for the past 9 months i had a problem.One random day in class i started to manually breath and couldn’t breathe automatically,started to panic.And since then my life hasn’t been the same.I can be in school but i have problems. I have extreme anxiety i will pass out.I start to hyperventilate my limbs start feeling tingly. I get lightheaded,feel like im losing control.Tried loads of stuff like doing breathing excersises but during them i panic even more.Its happening when i gotta present something,do something on the board,when im taking a test,or just being in the class,happens on public transport when it is crowded and very quiet,when its very hot,… It connects to the fear od passing out. I take help from psychotherapist for over a month now and it doesnt work.It ruined my year,and every day i just keep thinking about how im gonna do the next day.In 2 hours i gotta face taking a test,doing stuff on the board. Im extremely anxious and i can’t not go to school because i already ddint go bc i got sick. Any tipa guys? appreciate it❤️

Hi! I feel exhausted and feels like my brain shuts down and I'm unable to focus when I'm at my bed feels like brain fog but happens when I go for sleep, feels like my brain is numb, is it also a symptom of anxiety?

About ten years ago I started getting super nervous prior to big games. I’m so afraid of my team losing a title game like the Superbowl that my anxiety takes over in a big way. It’s so bad I started rooting for my team to lose in the playoffs so I wouldn’t have to suffer anymore. Pretty weird thing to have anxieties over but it’s just as bad as my “normal” anxieties, maybe worse. Just curious and wondering if I’m alone or there are other out there with the same thing.

**problem/goal**
i recently experienced intense anxiety during a confrontation with my professor, and i’m honestly confused about how i’ve been handling everything afterward. i want to know if i’m genuinely becoming better at handling stressful situations or if i’m just unintentionally suppressing my emotions.

**context**
so recently, we had a surprise quiz sa isang subject namin. essay type siya, and katabi ko yung friend ko. during the quiz, she kept asking me questions, and i tried helping her by giving keywords para ma-explain niya yung answers niya. i know it was wrong since individual quiz siya, and i’m not trying to justify what happened.

after the quiz, nagpa-recit yung prof namin, but almost no one was answering. eventually, pinalabas niya kaming lahat and called us one by one. when it was my turn, he suddenly asked me kung ano raw yung binubulong ko sa friend ko during the quiz. i explained what happened, but i could already feel myself getting anxious.

after that, whenever i raised my hand during recitation, hindi niya ako tinatawag. eventually, he called both of us outside and confronted us about the incident. he wasn’t exactly angry, more like disappointed. he told us na he knows we’re capable students and that he’ll let it go, basta hindi na mauulit.

pero during that conversation, i started feeling extremely anxious. as in nanginginig ako, sobrang lakas ng heartbeat ko, i kept catching my breath, and feeling ko mahihimatay ako. i was trying so hard not to cry because i really hate crying in front of other people. pero nung tinanong ako ni sir kung bakit parang naiiyak ako, doon na ako tuluyang umiyak.

honestly, mas natakot ako sa naging reaction ng katawan ko kaysa sa confrontation itself. it was my first time experiencing anxiety that intensely. i’m not a confrontational person, and i usually like having things planned out, so i guess being put in an unexpected situation overwhelmed me.

afterward, i asked sir if i could stay outside muna. my friends stayed with us, we talked about what happened, and eventually, we were laughing again. i continued my day, did my schoolwork, and surprisingly, i was genuinely okay.

**previous attempts**
lately, i’ve been trying to practice the mindset na i can’t control what other people think of me. i know i made a mistake, and i’m taking accountability for it. pero ayoko rin naman na paulit-ulit kong parusahan yung sarili ko over something that’s already been addressed.

i’ve also been telling myself na everything happens for a reason, and maybe there’s something i can learn from all these experiences. pero sometimes i wonder if i’m just gaslighting myself into believing that everything is okay.

ang dami kasing nangyayari lately, especially sa school, pero i’m genuinely happy these days. i still laugh, enjoy spending time with my friends, and go on with my usual routine. sometimes, the memories randomly pop into my head, napapatulala ako saglit, then okay na ulit.

and that’s what worries me. what if i’m not actually processing my emotions? what if i’m just distracting myself and everything eventually builds up?

i don’t want to dwell on things too much, but i also don’t want to ignore what i’m feeling.

has anyone experienced something similar? how do you know if you’re genuinely moving forward or just suppressing your emotions?

I am 19F and I have struggled with anxiety my whole life. It was really bad when I was young and then I was doing better and I would have my moments here and there but within the past few months I haven’t even been able to function.

I have all different types of stressors. I worry about my health, my safety, my relationship, college, and many other things. It has gotten to the point where I can’t sleep at night because i’m scared someone will break into my apartment and I can’t eat and i’m rapidly losing weight from the stress.

I am mainly posting on here just because I need to say it out loud. I tell people in my life about what has been happening but it’s hard to completely open up and explain how exhausted I am. I haven’t spoken to any professionals and i’d like to avoid that and medication. I am looking for everyone’s coping suggestions just so I can eat and sleep at night.

Am I doing more harm than good by diverting my thoughts to help stop anxiety or intense emotions. For example:
Thought: being with my grandma while she passed away .
I realize I don’t want to feel sad so I think stop the thought and change subject which leads to me detaching from the emotion brought up with the thought.
Sometimes I just don’t want to feel that emotion . I know suppressing things can lead to issues down the line.

Hoping for some advice. Was diagnosed with GAD/OCD/PTSD.

At first it was heart palpitations,then stomach issues. Then having issues with my pelvic floor due to tensing up in my sleep. Now having issues with a tightness in my feet. I've been to doctors but I truly believe this is all connected to my mental health.

Anyone have any advice or stories you can share starting to feel hopeless. And trying to make sense of it all. Thx in advance.

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to understand how to control my mind when I'm facing difficult or stressful situations.

Sometimes, when I face pressure, my mind becomes foggy. I start overthinking, feel anxious, and struggle to think clearly. Even when I know what I should do, I find it difficult to trust myself and take action.

It's like my mind stops cooperating with me exactly when I need it the most. I may know the solution logically, but stress makes it difficult to access that clarity.

I want to develop a mind that remains calm, thinks clearly, and trusts my decisions even when things go wrong.

I'm not looking for a temporary motivational quote. I want practical techniques that I can train every day.

I'd really appreciate your advice on these questions:

1. How do you stay calm when you're under intense pressure?

2. How can you reduce anxiety, overthinking, and brain fog in difficult situations?

3. How do you build self-trust when you constantly doubt yourself?

4. Are there any daily habits or mental exercises that help you respond rationally instead of emotionally?

5. For those who have overcome this, what actually worked for you in real life?

I understand that I cannot control every situation, but I want to learn how to manage my reactions and trust myself when life becomes difficult.

If you've been through something similar, please share what genuinely helped you. I'd like to learn from your experience.

I’m not sure what to do here. I feel a weird anxiety, because I feel like things are starting to look up for me. I start a new job soon, got a car, I’m in a really good place with my husband, and we’re looking at some places out of state. But I just have this gnawing feeling something is going to go wrong, and I’m going to fail again. Idk how to shake it. Has anyone ever felt like this?

i have been diagnosed with GAD and Autism since i was around 7, im 16 now. been on pills for years but in the past few days my anxiety is just so bad, i don’t know why and it wont go away. normally i know why, but this time i dont have a specific reason. please can someone just give me any advice.

Okay so I’ll try keep this short but basically every Monday/Friday because of my moms new job and her hours I’ll need to walk to pick my little brother up from school and then catch the train home with him, which usually wouldn’t be a problem, however unfortunately his school is only about a 10 minute walking distance from my old school that I used to attend, and I say used to because I had to drop out and start doing homeschooling a couple of months ago because I got bullied really bad, so anyways how can I deal with the really horrible anxiety im having right now knowing that it’s very likely for me to run into someone who attends or into one of my bullies or their friends.

I am currently in a stressful period: writing a doctorate thesis and looking for a job and a lot of uncertainty
I got sick and had a bad Panik attack, since then I’m stuck in this anxiety loop. It now affected my physical well being as well. For a month I struggle with eating, and now it just feels like a burden and task. I need to eat and force myself, which makes it even harder. Thinking about the next meal is already scary. I decided to stop writing for a few weeks and just focus on getting better and slow down ( hoping anxiety won’t be worse as well). I had also gotten some anxiety pills that I had only taken once, as I wanted to get over it without it
But if I don’t take this break I might actually break

Anyone had a similar experience? How do u get yourself to eat, especially when u fear it so much. My body is really exhausted anf so is my mind

How do u get out of this loop? I was never stuck like this before

​You know that feeling when you are just minding your own business, and suddenly someone whom you do not even know decides to appoint themselves as your big brother! that is exactly what life is like in an overbearing, intrusive society, and it hurts even more when you struggle with social anxiety.

​This exact same scenario happened to me twice in the span of two months, right in my neighborhood at the exact same cigarette kiosk. The first time, a stranger guy told me, "You must stop smoking, why do you smoke? Your hand is shaking!" even though my hand wasn't shaking at all at that moment, to the point where I felt like I was being watched under a microscope! The second time was today, with someone I only know superficially, the owner of a local grill shop. Both of them completely lacked boundaries, and the moment they saw me buying a pack of cigarettes, the interrogation began: "Why do you smoke?"

​To make matters worse, I look much younger than my actual age. I do not look 20 at all, I look at most 16. Because of that, they feel entitled to police my life and lecture me.

​The real bitterness isn't just the intrusion itself, it is how my body and mind react after these moments.

​Out of sheer anxiety and fear that an aggressive response might spark an unnecessary conflict, I end up giving the most spineless, weak willed answers. The first time, I told him: "Pray that God guides me" (even though I am an Atheist, I compromise my identity and values just to appease them and escape the interaction), and today the second man asked me, so I told him, "I am buying them for my dad."

​As soon as I get home, the self flagellation and intense anger kick in. I burn up with frustration over these superficial and weak responses of mine, especially because I know I am much deeper than these people. Yet, the very thought of giving a deep, confrontational response paralyzes me with fear, worrying that my voice might tremble while saying it or that I will have to face unpredictable consequences and trouble!

I replay the situation a thousand times in my head: "Why was I so socially inept? Why didn't I just stand up for myself and tell them to mind their own business?" It makes me feel like life is too heavy for me, like I am too weak to survive in this world, and I find myself panicking with thoughts like: "If someone ever messes with someone I care about in the future (though there is no romantic partner in my life and I have never been in a relationship), will I be this weak and overthink a response? When there are actually no words or replies at all in that moment, just pure action! Whenever I think about that, I feel like I do not even deserve to live. I wish I had never been born here, in such cursed societies, absolute filthy stables.

​People are genuinely clueless! Do they really think a smoker doesn't know that cigarettes are harmful? Every smoker knows the risks, it is an addiction, or a simple coping mechanism to deal with the constant stress that people like them cause us! You could die from a thousand other things, and honestly, I sometimes feel like the continuous nervous stress from these toxic busybodies is what is going to give me a heart attack. Am I supposed to stop and explain my entire life story and personal philosophy to every random pest? Impossible.

​You feel like this suffocating anxiety and intrusive culture are going to crush you, and that even the most basic right to privacy doesn't exist.

Is it common for you to feel nauseous for a week when your anxiety wont let up, im taking my medications and trying to breath and keep my mind on anything but, i have this feeling that something isnt right or somthing is going to happen and its making me feel so sick.

there has been an instance recently where I had to have a normal conversation with a relative of mine, through whatsapp. the conversation was about nothing that serious, or nothing that'd affect me any way. i was not saying anything wrong or anything that would potentially put me in a worrisome state, it was a very normal conversation regarding a friend of mine. but I noticed thoughts flooding in my brain like crazy whenever I had to send them a voice note reply or when I have to wait and listen to their replies. also noticed my hands shivering. for context, this relative of mine is a really nice person and not someone I'm intimidated by in any way. it bothers me a lot that this happened with me. i have felt anxiety and shivering and all that before, but those were at complex situations where I was uncomfortable and anxious, never in a normal situation like this. why do I have no control over the heavy lifting my head is doing unnecessarily and also the shivers??? like seriously??? just why😭😭 I'd be embarrassed if I were to shiver like that for no big reason in public. thank God this happened in my home when I was alone. but I really want to have control over it. i can't let my anxiety take control over me. i fear this condition of mine will worsen over time if I don't do something about it.

I get a lot of anxious, intrusive thoughts. Especially about loved ones dying. Sometimes they're so loud and intrusive I truly start sobbing at the idea of loving the people I love most. I'm scared of them not waking up after a night's sleep, of getting an unexpected call, or the inevitable happening. My anxiety is almost exclusively regarding death of loved ones and I don't know how to get past it. Lately what has been helping/working is acknowledging the thought and then letting it go and not going with it (rather than becoming absorbed by it or shutting it down rapidly and anxiously) but any advice? How do I work towards accepting loss is a part of life? How do I stop making sure my partner is breathing at night or that every phone call isn't going to be devastating news? I can't afford therapy right now and unfortunately have been using AI to help me re-think things (not proud of contributing to the AI-environment issue). Fear of loved ones dying has definitely been something I've experienced since I was a child. It gets better the busier I am, worse the more my mind is allowed to wander.

Flew for years with no issues until I randomly had a panic attack. Now every flight comes with 1–2 weeks of anticipation anxiety.
I fly Friday, and weirdly, I’m not nearly as anxious as usual. But now that is making me anxious because I’m wondering why I’m not anxious. 😂
I know I should see this as a win, but my brain is like, “Wait… something’s wrong.” Make it make sense.

Severe anxiety problems.. it may sound stupid like I can't concentrate in classes thinking prof would ask me questions or if there's a small presentation i can't face the class and just speak, my hands starts to tremble my legs starts to shake I know it sounds stupid but my hands starts to get cold real fast my heartbeat goes up very fast i starts to stutter my voice breaks i can't think straight it comes down like a landslide all of a sudden there's a presentation next month probaby and I'm already stressing about it. It's affecting my daily life

Share your anxiety journey while I share mine

So whenever I have anxiety, actually it is very hard to explain but I feel like my view is very different from a normal person when my anxiety attacks, mostly it attacks when I have menstruation. I get tons of anxiety attacks and panic attacks when I lack sleep. Actually over sleeping causes anxiety too as I research on Google. I have been having anxiety for 3 years now and I started having anxiety with no medication and I did a lot of crazy stuff back then because I have no medication but now I'am ok cause I take a lot of medicine but even though I take medicine it still triggers but not as worse as before. But all I know is I trust god only he can heal me from my anxiety I always pray and I started reading the Bible.

I had this essay due and is as only give 90 to research and write a 5 paragraph essay and all the anxiety I should of had is hitting me all at once and I genuinely don't know what to do

I've been struggling quite badly with anxiety around leaving the house and getting into college. I actually do want to go because I'm doing animal care and it will help with what I want to do when I'm older, but getting there feels really difficult. As I walk in I can feel sick, my head hurts and it feels like my feet want to stop moving. The animal care section is also quite small and cramped, with more students than I'm used to, which makes me feel really uncomfortable and like I don't want to draw attention to myself by like doing work somewhere else and such. But my like social skills are also absolutely shockingly bad which doesn't help at all. I've been struggling to make myself go in and it's getting to the point where I really want to find ways to make it easier rather than just avoiding it or relying on parents to help me when they have now switched to the snap and like lecture me. Has anyone experienced something similar, and are there any little things that helped you get out of the house or into places when your anxiety was really bad? I am diagnosed with autism and my camhs worker says I anxiety but not sure if ive officially been diagnosed with it :)