does anyone else experience this who i could talk to?

[bubblysquid]

i frequently find myself not being able to talk to anybody because they don't understand my paranoia and anxiety. it eats me alive. i'm paranoid about how clean my hands are, my dishes, my phone, etc.. everytime I tell myself i should go wash my hands i can picture the bacteria on my hands and it makes me nauseous. this isn't normal at all and it feels like i'm not living. i'm always worried, i also have bad anxiety with drugs. any mention of drug use, and i'm gone. it triggers so many emotions for me and i become paranoid that someone put something in my food or water to drug me. even when i'm just in a library. intrusive thoughts suck, even more when they are sensible to you. so you don't second guess it, you do whatever your brain is telling you to do. i've had traumatic experiences with drugs so maybe that's possibly a reason i have been feeling like this for the past year. i used to have a therapist for this and she told me i needed to be medicated for my severe anxiety disorder. but i cant get on medication, my anxiety is based around drugs. it will make it worse. i don't know what to do.

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[Edaa]

I am not an expert nor a health worker by any means, but your description sounds like OCD which is under the anxiety umbrella. Whatever you're thinking or feeling is completely and always OKAY. Everyone has intrusive thoughts from time to time, but sometimes thoughts trigger actions that bring you comfort. And it's often in our nature to trust our thoughts which is not always a good idea when these thoughts are brought on by not objective logic, but our subjective neural pathways that make sense to us only.

When you notice a cycle forming (trigger -> thought -> action -> temporary relief) that's when you probably should start observing and talking to a professional about it to slowly and non-judgementally start breaking this cycle.

But like I said, I am in no means a professional, merely a fellow anxiety sufferer and compulsive researcher. My 2 cents means nothing, you should speak to a professional about all of this.

[AdamFCastillo31]

Yes, you are absolutely right. Medicines are not the only way to treat anxiety. It can be treated through counseling/psychotherapy ( CBT ) it will help you learn about your triggers and how to handle them. In my opinion, you should get medical help as soon as possible as untreated anxiety can harm your mental health. Here is a link to get medical help. ezcareclinic.com/treatment-... I am sure it will work for you.

Best of luck.