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georgiabread
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26-02-2020
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26-02-2020
01:59 PM
Hey @solar, OP here. It's so good to know someone else has this experience! So I finally did some more research on it and I found Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) closely matched my symptoms, and will probably match yours. Here's some links: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4302569/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_syndrome I mean, it's probably best to see a doctor about this rather than diagnose yourself, but I hope this helps!
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27-02-2019
11:10 PM
1 Kudo
@Esperanza67 I think there’s a few events and things - movie nights, games of quidditch (amazing right?) - but it’s hard to find the courage to commit to those events and actually go, especially without friends in the first place. I’ve checked out headspace quite a bit but haven’t been able to access their online counselling yet. I would prefer to have a face-to-face talk with someone, where uni counselling would come in I guess. Argh it’s just that initial anxiety about approaching counselling that gets me!!
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27-02-2019
11:06 PM
1 Kudo
@lokifish I’ve been thinking about the uni counselling but I need to do more research on it I guess; also it’s a bit scary to make that decision to get counselling but I’ll try working on it. As for clubs and things, I’m part of a creative writing group which I’ll try to participate in more. It’s hard cause my uni mostly has STEM clubs and I’m an art student lol. But thank you for the kind reply! I am thinking a lot about your advice <3
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27-02-2019
12:29 AM
1 Kudo
So I’ve just started university, many of my friends are moving away to the city and adult things are starting to happen for me. The problem is, I think I have social anxiety. I hate to self-diagnose but anxious thoughts and physical reactions have been affecting me for around two years now and I’ve done a lot of research and thinking about it. I just haven’t seen a therapist or anything yet because I’m not 18 and scared of telling my parents. The symptoms I have currently are a nervous stomach, irritable bowel problems (lmao), sweating, feeling of being constantly watched, unable to speak to/in a crowd, can’t talk on the telephone, panicking about conversation, etc. My biggest fear right now is the adult world. Being in school, I was very sheltered with friends and a community I was comfortable with, so the anxiety was easier to manage. But now that I’m doing independent stuff, the social part of life is suddenly quite hard. I can’t walk into a lecture, tutorial, the library or even around campus without feeling naked and exposed, like everyone’s eyes are crawling over me like insects. I might add supermarket to that list too - pretty much, I get very anxious if I’m walking around without a purpose or destination. My parents want me to spend time with school acquaintances who go to the same uni, but that would make me really anxious and intimidated and being around those people takes me back to my school-self which I want to grow away from. I feel the need to always please my superiors (like my boss or lecturer idk) and I hate being a nuisance. I’m also really scared that, while I’m still in contact with school friends, I won’t make any new, nearby friends at university and I’ll become a hermit because I’m too scared to interact with the world. Any advice lmao?
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05-02-2018
12:24 AM
1 Kudo
This is something I’ve experienced now and then, more often when I was younger, and infrequently now as a teenager. I never knew what it was, and was always curious about it. In the past i would sometimes lie in bed and my room, especially the walls and door, would feel very far away and stretched, and I would feel very small. It was quite a frightening sensation for unknown reasons. Also, sometimes I will do something and the action seems in slow motion. For example, just now I wet my lips and the action felt very slow and afterward, things felt far away. Again, i was frightened by it but I’m not sure why, how or in what way. Additionally, this used to happen when I was sick and had fever dreams. This feelings were always heightened. I remember lying in bed with my mum and having her stroke my arm, but I had the opposite sensation of slow motion. Her stroking felt very fast and scary. Could someone please attempt to explain this? I’ve never understood it.
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16-12-2017
01:01 PM
2 Kudos
@scared01 thanks so much <3 and yeah i'm still in school, and we have a counselor but i'd feel uncomfortable talking to him about it as i know him too well as a teacher. i don't think i'd ever open up to a teacher. and like i said to @sweet_baking i do have one friend i could trust but i haven't been able to tell her yet. and my family will probably be the hardest to tell.
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16-12-2017
12:50 PM
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@sweet_baking thank you so much, i've never thought about it as brave but that means a lot :) as for my self-doubt, i don't remember how it started but i think it comes from a fear of being alone/rejected/hated by everyone who means something to me in my life. i've always tried to maintain relationships and be good enough for others, but then i've always thought that i'm not good enough, that i'm inadequate and unloved and ugly and a burden. of course, i know that's not true but it's hard to remember that. there is one friend in my group who i can probably trust to talk to, as she's had experience with mental illness, but i just need to have the courage to actually do that.
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16-12-2017
12:39 PM
@honky thank you :) there's a few things that trigger me, i guess. when i'm hanging with my friends, sometimes they'll insult me as a joke/banter, which i can usually take as it's funny. but sometimes it hurts when they call me an idiot or say anything rude, and i end up in a spiral of self doubt and i often cry about it later. also, if i'm watching a movie or reading a story and insecurity/self doubt is part of the storyline, i will grow sad. although there aren't always triggers, sometimes i just fall into these 'holes' with no cause behind the feelings. and yes, i do have a few friends i can trust with my feelings and i often go to them for support, but i have no one in my immediate friend group and i've never told my family.
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14-12-2017
01:48 AM
lately i’ve been feeling quite empty and anxious and overwhelmed. i tried describing my feelings: - grey - tight chest, like a storm is building up behind my ribcage - detached, i am glued in place while the world continues to move forward - zoned out while my thoughts clamber over one another like the zombies in world war z - my body feels vacant - my mind is wading through claggy mud i feel like this occasionally, usually for 1-3 days every few weeks. it hasn’t been so bad recently, but a lot worse a while ago. i guess it feels like depression and anxiety but i don’t want to diagnose myself. this is probably caused by a few things in my life, such as my deep set insecurities and self doubt, my detachment from my friends (who sometimes hurt me without meaning to or realizing), and the arguments and fighting in my home. i dunno
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