Social Anxiety Support

Labyssum · 05-07-2007, 11:01 AM

I have really intense flashbacks of embarrassing moments, or other situations that have really upset me. It feels like I'm living my worst moments over and over.

If I go to the store and encounter someone I know, I re-live that moment in my head all night. It drives me crazy.

Does this sound like SA or something else? (I've also been diagnosed with schiziophrenia.)

leppardess · 05-07-2007, 11:12 AM

*raises hand* Happens to me all the time. I honestly don't know if this is SA specific or not.

All it takes is something small to trigger a memory of something painful that's happened to me in the past and it happens to me almost daily. Sometimes, I can shake it off, other times, it haunts me for hours or days. It doesn't have to be anxiety related, as far as the memories go.... it can be anything that's caused me pain in the past.

X33 · 05-07-2007, 11:27 AM

Yeah I get it too all the time. In fact I don't even need a trigger. Sometimes when I am perfectly relaxed engaged in some hobby I get a flashback of some painful event in my past. THis is one of the worst aspects of SA in my opinion. Really unsettling. I would like to zap all those memories from my head.

vintagerocket · 05-07-2007, 02:34 PM

When I get a flashback, it's like - oh, damn it.
Needless to say, I'm now really good at repressing memories.

damoo · 05-07-2007, 05:02 PM

me too me too
I always wonder if I'm more prone doing stupid stuff compared to others.
Or maybe I just remember everything and never let it go.

justlistening · 05-07-2007, 07:41 PM

I only have good flashbacks, which makes reality even more depressing than it already is.
Nothing worse to start the day when I had a dream about how my life once was!

Razorblade Kiss · 05-07-2007, 08:29 PM

Yes, been there too many times and I remember every negative thing.
That's what keeps me up sometimes.

just_being_me · 05-08-2007, 12:20 AM

I hate falshbacks of negative moments. Having had a lot of very horrible "SA moments," there are a lot that have the potential to come up.

But the more we think about them and let them wander around in our mind, the more we are feeding that memory. Negative, bad experiences aren't something we need to give life to. They should be put to rest for good. They should be replaced by positive experiences in order to feed your mind good things in order to build a positive self-image.

saaraa · 05-08-2007, 09:48 AM

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tokyoshinjuu · 05-13-2007, 10:52 PM

Yeah, the same thing happens to me. I get horrible flashbacks of embarrassing moments, even the little ones that really shouldn't bother me that much. It usually gets triggered if I'm around the person that it happened with, but sometimes i can just be sitting around and a negative memory or thought will pop into my head and It will refuse to leave my head for minutes upon hours sometimes. My brain just loops anything unsatisfactory that has happened to me in my life. It's dreadful.

05-07-2007, 11:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
Labyssum Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 434	Bad flash backs? I have really intense flashbacks of embarrassing moments, or other situations that have really upset me. It feels like I'm living my worst moments over and over. If I go to the store and encounter someone I know, I re-live that moment in my head all night. It drives me crazy. Does this sound like SA or something else? (I've also been diagnosed with schiziophrenia.)

05-07-2007, 11:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
leppardess Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: South Portsmouth, KY... with a bullet Age: 47 Posts: 10,721	re: Bad flash backs? raises hand Happens to me all the time. I honestly don't know if this is SA specific or not. All it takes is something small to trigger a memory of something painful that's happened to me in the past and it happens to me almost daily. Sometimes, I can shake it off, other times, it haunts me for hours or days. It doesn't have to be anxiety related, as far as the memories go.... it can be anything that's caused me pain in the past. __________________ You do it for yourself theres really no one else... ~Def Leppard~

05-07-2007, 02:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
vintagerocket Status: yes that is right Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: ontario Gender: Female Age: 18 Posts: 401	re: Bad flash backs? When I get a flashback, it's like - oh, damn it. Needless to say, I'm now really good at repressing memories. __________________ oh god oh god oh god

05-07-2007, 05:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
damoo Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 72	re: Bad flash backs? me too me too I always wonder if I'm more prone doing stupid stuff compared to others. Or maybe I just remember everything and never let it go.

05-07-2007, 07:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
justlistening Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 578	re: Bad flash backs? I only have good flashbacks, which makes reality even more depressing than it already is. Nothing worse to start the day when I had a dream about how my life once was!

05-07-2007, 11:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
X33 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 24 Posts: 2,124	Yeah I get it too all the time. In fact I don't even need a trigger. Sometimes when I am perfectly relaxed engaged in some hobby I get a flashback of some painful event in my past. THis is one of the worst aspects of SA in my opinion. Really unsettling. I would like to zap all those memories from my head.

05-07-2007, 08:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
Razorblade Kiss Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dancing on the corpse's ashes Age: 26 Posts: 3,686	re: Bad flash backs? Yes, been there too many times and I remember every negative thing. That's what keeps me up sometimes. __________________ Still I send all the time My request for relief Down the dead power lines Though I'm beyond belief In the help I require Just to exist at all Took a long time to stand Took an hour to fall Elliott Smith

05-08-2007, 12:20 AM	#8 (permalink)
just_being_me Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 134	I hate falshbacks of negative moments. Having had a lot of very horrible "SA moments," there are a lot that have the potential to come up. But the more we think about them and let them wander around in our mind, the more we are feeding that memory. Negative, bad experiences aren't something we need to give life to. They should be put to rest for good. They should be replaced by positive experiences in order to feed your mind good things in order to build a positive self-image. __________________ "If a person continues to see only giants, it means he is still looking at the world through the eyes of a child." (This is how I see myself at times)

05-08-2007, 09:48 AM	#9 (permalink)
saaraa Status: SAS Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: nowhere Age: 21 Posts: 34	re: Bad flash backs? ... __________________ ...

05-13-2007, 10:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
tokyoshinjuu Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2	re: Bad flash backs? Yeah, the same thing happens to me. I get horrible flashbacks of embarrassing moments, even the little ones that really shouldn't bother me that much. It usually gets triggered if I'm around the person that it happened with, but sometimes i can just be sitting around and a negative memory or thought will pop into my head and It will refuse to leave my head for minutes upon hours sometimes. My brain just loops anything unsatisfactory that has happened to me in my life. It's dreadful.