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Im a pretty relaxed person and ive had several situations when... people are scared of "something" i can often somewhat explain it and relax them. Ive had a pretty relaxed relationship to the dark (not afraid of the dark, but knowing that my reflexes might not be as good) and ive had no problems with anything in my appartment in the 6 years ive lived here

A couple of weeks ago i had this one night... i was terrified of the bathroom mirror... And i dont know why :S I felt like that if i would look at it, someone would stand behind me and look back (and somehow that meant that i would be harmed -,-). Even when the lights were on. Ive had some wine, but not nearly enough to make me drunk ...and ive been super drunk before.To the point where ive felt like - something is wrong (paranoia seems kinda exegerated, because it was just a small feeling, nothing i felt i needed to hide from), it went away when i got inside my door

It has not happened since, but that was SUPER weird. When i was laying in my bed, i kinda felt the presence of my bathroom mirror :S I have another mirror in my appartment that didnt freak me out, so when i needed water that night (couldnt sleep) i actually went to my kitchen

Thoughts? It doesnt seem like a problem, but should i be worried if it happens more?
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Every day I wake up.
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Alkeez posted...

Thoughts? It doesnt seem like a problem, but should i be worried if it happens more?

Yes, yol
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Alkeez posted...

Thoughts? It doesnt seem like a problem, but should i be worried if it happens more?

Yes, you should already be worried that it happened at all
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myztikrice posted...

Alkeez posted...

Thoughts? It doesnt seem like a problem, but should i be worried if it happens more?

Yes, yol

Hah. Im sorry, i guess that sounded less rational than i wanted it to sound. But lets say it happens again in a couple of weeks or something. Or months. Should i worry about it being internal in way that i cant fix or something that i can think myself out of? =)

This was a totally new experience to me in my adult life. I remember being super afraid of aliens coming for me after i fell a sleep after a movie when i was ... 12-13? But thats the closest to the feeling i had a couple of weeks ago - is this some kind of thing that more people experience? Like a random night being messed up like that?
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myztikrice posted...

Alkeez posted...

Thoughts? It doesnt seem like a problem, but should i be worried if it happens more?

Yes, you should already be worried that it happened at all

Tell me more, please :) Im not worried anymore btw. I just feel like it was REALLY strange! I actually thought about telling a doctor if it happened again, but now, after a good time of it not happening, i kinda wanted to share the story instead - and i wonder if something like this is kinda normal?
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yes, but only when on psilocybin, lsd, 2c-e, 2c-i, ketamine, 4-aco-dmt, or n,n-dmt
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One time it was damn near debilitating.

I was watching the brain chip episode of Archer and the basement with the drill sounds was freaking me the fuck out.
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I'm disabled due to anxiety and depression.

I've never had one of those "I'm going to die" anxiety attacks though. Mine are emotional.
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Boge posted...

I'm disabled due to anxiety and depression.

I've never had one of those "I'm going to die" anxiety attacks though. Mine are emotional.

Did that happen gradually or was it something that happened?

Ive heard of people getting death anxiety out of nothing, like... one day: fine - next day: Cant leave the house
Im Not worried like that, but i guess what happened a couple of weeks ago would put me out of business if it happened for a longer period of time
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Maybe it's because I was a kid but this did happen to me back when I was very young and changing schools. For a couple of months I seldom went outside my house and had very little social interaction with people. It only happened for a little while, it was normal after I changed schools.

How often do you go outside, TC?
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faizan_faizan posted...

Maybe it's because I was a kid but this did happen to me back when I was very young and changing schools. For a couple of months I seldom went outside my house and had very little social interaction with people. It only happened for a little while, it was normal after I changed schools.

How often do you go outside, TC?

Im actually not anti social :) I wouldnt say im very social either, but i get the kind of energy in social situations where people have a hard time believing i had problems with social interactions when i was young. (not so much that it wasnt normal, it was more like just my parents thought i should get more friends)

If im at a party i can be the center, even if im not drinking (though id rather not be the centre for too long if im sober)

I have NO idea why this happened, i cannot recall any special situation that day and it has been ages since ive seen some horror show. And when i watch horrors, im not that bothered either, unless its really good

Have you seen that supernatural episode that has to do with Bloody Mary?
Have you seen that Mulholland Drive scene with the guy at the diner?

Its been ages since ive seen it, but it felt kinda like that. I felt like i knew that there was something "evil" (not even a concept i believe in) in or about the mirror. And i guess i pictured something like the supernatural episode or any other video that has someone standing behind you when you close the mirror

Its super hard to explain... and im not sure if i should even take it seriously xD It hasnt happened since, but i felt jump scared for about 2-3 hours that night and i remember thinking that if this happens again, im gonna tell a doctor or some shit :P

It hasnt, so i figured id share it and see if anyone else has some experiences thats similar
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If this wasn't caused by something, then I wouldn't worry too much about it

Although if this does start to affect you, maybe you should talk to someone
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faizan_faizan posted...

If this wasn't caused by something, then I wouldn't worry too much about it

Although if this does start to affect you, maybe you should talk to someone

I think that too :) Im pretty sure it was just some weird stuff in my brain that night, cause it hasnt happened since :)
It has had no effect on my life, other than thinking back wondering why, hehe xD
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Alkeez posted...

Boge posted...

I'm disabled due to anxiety and depression.

I've never had one of those "I'm going to die" anxiety attacks though. Mine are emotional.

Did that happen gradually or was it something that happened?

Ive heard of people getting death anxiety out of nothing, like... one day: fine - next day: Cant leave the house
Im Not worried like that, but i guess what happened a couple of weeks ago would put me out of business if it happened for a longer period of time

I have what I like to call an "undercurrent", which is a constant state of worry. It's kind of like that feeling someone is staring at you, just an uneasy feeling. But the panic attacks are from something, usually something I've committed to, like a date. If I planned on going on a date, it gets harder and harder building up to the date until I emotionally lose control and have to cancel.

A similar thing happens with work, which is why I can't. It takes so much energy for me to push past the anxiety of "having to" go to work that I burn out far too quickly and can't hold onto a job. At some point I just end up crashing and quit. It's been that way my entire adult life, never having worked a job longer than a year, and that was part time work as well. It takes me about another year to recover enough to try to find another job too.

I've always had some issues though. I just never considered myself on a "disability" scale until recent years. Now I hear from family and friends stories from my past that make more sense, show more evidence of my issues. There is a history dating back to great grandparents in my family.

But no, never a no reason panic attack for me. There's always something, even if so small it's pretty insignificant. But for people with anxiety, the insignificant things are significant to your emotional side.
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