Anyone??

[jessicao]

Just woke up to being half awake/half asleep and a feeling of intense dread/doom/fear. I finally jolted awake out of it but the feelings were so awful. I get these feelings all through out the day randomly too and it's my main symptom along with tense muscles. Does anyone else have mainly psychological anxiety without the physical symptoms???

[Lizbett]

Hi. I'm sorry you're going through this.

I get both sets of symptoms. The 'fear' in particular is soooooo INTENSE. It's actually torture. Plain and simple. No-where to run. No-where to hide.

Currently, I get it in the mornings. Every morning. When it happens, I stay in bed with my eyes closed and try to relax. Or I will distract myself and not pay any attention to it. After a bit, it goes away. I also used to get it at random times during the day ... for no reason.

I didn't know what it was, or why/how it happens. Didn't even know what it was called until recently.

I have had, and still do to some extent, every anxiety symptom known to man ... but THIS, THIS is the worst by far - next to panic attacks.

Thank you for posting. I hope that other folks chime in and share their experiences with this AWFUL symptom.

Best wishes 💜

[jessicao in reply to Lizbett]

Thank you for responding. It really is so awful and hard to explain. But you're understanding is very helpful. Wishing you all the best!

[Lizbett in reply to jessicao]

You too. Am here if you need to talk 💜

[jessicao in reply to Lizbett]

One question, would you get this feeling just like looking atleast doing random things? It like things that shouldn't scare me or cause a fear/doom reaction do :/

[Lizbett in reply to jessicao]

Yes, totally random like walking down the street and boom ... suddenly I need to run ... to hide from something but I don't know what exactly. It is an extremely intense and physically disabling sense of fear. I literally am frozen to the spot 😔

[jessicao in reply to Lizbett]

It's terrible. Sorry you've dealt with this too

[payton0625 in reply to Lizbett]

Ugghh me too! The littlest things seem to throw me off that normally never would. Some days are better than others but man so weird!!!