Might I have an anxiety disorder?
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One of my teachers in middle school said I might have one but I didn't really pay attention. But, now I'm a Junior in high school and I want to know if that's what might be wrong? My mother said it's stress but I just turned 16, I don't have any stress. I don't date, I get good grades without trying, I rarely have homework and home life is good. I was looking at symptoms and definitions and started to wonder about it. For a long time, especially in middle school and not as much now, I would go to bed at night and sometimes be plagued with this terrible feeling. Then I start thinking about "what if I die right now?" I start wondering if I'll be murdered or drown in a tsunami and all sorts of things like that, my heart would race and I'd hear it beating in my ears. I'd have to pray for at least 5-10 minutes non-stop asking God to "help me, keep me safe, take these fears away." Eventually they'd fade and it took me a little longer to go to sleep. After I moved that didn't happen as often, but I had some sort of panic attack twice in the past year. What happens is I'll see something I don't like (ex. in Harry Potter 7 when words were cut into Hermione's arm) I got a knot between my stomach and chest, my heart raced and I got unbelievably nauseous. All my strange fears, like being tortured and murdered, started going through my head and I prayed for a while and it started to fade after about 5 minutes or so, it took me a little longer to stand because my body was kind of going numb and my legs wouldn't hold me up, I had to let my sister hold my jacket and hold on to the railing on the wall to get out of the theatre. A few minutes later I was fine, then a few minutes after that I had a terrible headache for an hour. That was the second time it happened. Other then that, the symptoms of anxiety would explain why my teeth are always clenched, I constantly have to force my body to relax and it's always painful, why my mind goes blank allot (on some days it happens so often that it's impossible to concentrate on anything and and I start to feel sick and nearly cry), why I feel the need to do certain things or say certain things a certain number of times (usually four or seven, otherwise I can't function right after that...), why certain violent images get into my head and it sometimes feels impossible to get them out (it's REALLY hard sometimes...), and it would explain my thing with scissors... (they freak me out, when ever I think of them or see them I see people, and me, getting sliced with them, the thought is nauseating). So could an Anxiety Disorder be what's wrong?
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Answer:
YES its sounds like ur having severe anxiety and panic attacks! Ive been through things alot like what ur describing.Its sounds exactly like that! stress and tramatic things that have happened in a persons past can sometimes cause this. Sometimes u dont know what the cause is but its usually something thats causing this anxiety disorder. Try 2 c a dr. they should be able 2 give u something that will stop these racing/scary thoughts! This ALL could just be from stress.Sometimes people r going through stress and dont even know it! but believe me they have meds. that can help this ALOT! more and more people r suffering from this.Alot of really strong and intelligent people go through this everyday. Its not a sighn of weakness. sometimes it a chemical inbalance.but they can treat this! sorry about the spelling. Please hang in there things do get better! Please c a dr.
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