Anybody else ever constantly think about dying or bad things happening?

[Jmerrick22]

I know once I get regulated with meds I'll be better but damn these thoughts won't leave my head

[Hidden]

Yes I'm the same..I even think of the thoughts when I'm sleeping...they don't leave my head at all..keep fighting brother

[Jmerrick22 in reply to Hidden]

It's just weird. I feel very depersonalized too. This month is a year since my major

Panic attack that felt like death , I'm that traumatized . I'm weird lol

[Mpa5524]

every single day

[Jmerrick22 in reply to Mpa5524]

My thing

Is I'm literally terrified I'm gonna stop breathing or die or whatever. I know it's silly but damn it's powerful

[Sprinkle1]

Hello, I have been there - awful isn't it? Try to remember it is your brain lying to you. Are you on any med's, they should help. Be sure and take your meds each day on time, they will take a while to kick in and there may be some side effects. You may have to change to another med.

Keep coming here and talk to us, we understand we are all suffering, we will give you love and support. I send you Peace. Sprinkle `1

[deea21]

First of all nice shirt. I do love the band. We must accept our thoughts, a bad thing can happen in any second but we can't live with that constant feeling of losing someone or that we will die. I had that problem too. After I lost a pregnancy I thought I will loose everything and everybody. Every time I was driving and my son was with me, I was thinking I will make an accident and maybe he will die. I couldn't stand those feelings so I start to say " shut up mind " every single time I thought about that . After few weeks I was so concentrated on the words and letters that I forgot about what I was thinking and I start smiling . don't let thoughts to overcome you. Try it backwards. Kisses

[Jmerrick22 in reply to deea21]

I'm just afraid it'll never go away :/

[deea21 in reply to Jmerrick22]

I understand you, the only way to let the thought go is to do something to not think . You are not thoughts or a mind . You are a soul with body and mind . Try to accept the thoughts, but think realistic too. We all h e this problems, we just need to work with ourselves. When you will understand you need to do something, it will be the first step. We can choose to cry and keep going and be like this, and we will make it longer; or try to get out from the comfort zone and do something. 😘 I'm just a patient like you. Hugs and I'm here for you.

[pinkplasticball]

Yep. I used to have terrible intrusive thoughts.. I’d imagine all of the horrible ways my children or my husband could die, at one point I was convinced my daughter had leukemia until I forced them to do a CBC test. I thought I’ve had oral cancer, throat cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer, ALS, MS, and probably some I’m forgetting. I was on google ALL the time, googling symptoms, always cancer.

I finally went to the doctor and was like, please help me. I think me or my family is dying of something new every single day. He diagnosed me with anxiety and depression and “a little bit of OCD”. I don’t think the OCD was an actual diagnosis, because all I had were the obsessions really, not the compulsions. The obsessions were likely due to the anxiety.

After getting on medication, I rarely have that issue anymore. However, the depression and anxiety is getting worse, so I’m not sure if that was a fair trade or not :/

[Jmerrick22 in reply to pinkplasticball]

I never realized how anxiety can screw with you so much. I can't stand how it makes my head and neck hot