Is this just anxiety...or is it more than that?

[danimariea1]

Hi everybody, I am new to this site and am not really sure how it works, but I have suffered from anxiety for as long as I remember. Racing thoughts, a tornado in my head, anxiety attacks, etc. I might as well add that I am taking Buspirone to calm my anxiety. However, over the past two years, it has progressively been getting worse and worse. I have always had an AUDIBLE voice in my head, as clear as day, telling me negative things about myself and the everyday decisions I make, but it has lately been getting louder and louder. At this point it is all I hear, and it is hard for me to focus on just everyday life, on top of this voice I have also been suffering from paranoia. Sometimes the voice in my head tells me that if I don't do a particular thing, then a negative thing will happen. I have told some of my family and after doing some research, they said that they think it is just severe anxiety. At this point it's almost offensive to say it's anxiety, because I think I am truly losing my mind. I have tried a lot of things, but none of them seem to work. That voice is constant and its hard for me to pay attention to people talking to me at this point now. I feel as if I am being a burden on my family and friends because I am not well, and I am scared to tell them the extent of it.Is this really just anxiety... or is it more than that? I feel like I am crazy now, these thoughts are not normal...

[Bird-67]

Yes it is definitely anxiety. I have exactly the same thoughts and feelings and have had it confirmed by many a therapist.

Are you seeing anyone for therapy at the moment?

Let me assure you that you are not going mad even though it feels that way.

Keep in touch x