Social Anxiety Support

Delicate · 10-29-2009, 05:33 PM

I don't know if this has any relevence to anything at all. I just want to say. You know when you do anything and in your mind you see it's you doing it and you feel it's you? A lot of the time it's not me and it's usually someone I admire or have spent a lot of time with. And I'll see myself as them and hear my voice as them. I'll blink and see it's them doing that. But sometimes, like right now it's someone I don't want to think about and I can't keep them from popping into my head and literally staying there. Almost everything I did today and if I hear myself speak I imagine that voice when I smile I see that smile it's just kind of irritating that I can't control my own head and what comes into it. I feel sick to my stomach. It happens sometimes and I can't let myself eat and I can't let myself sleep because the moment I start to drift off I'm feeling it. I know it's really stupid but it's really getting to me.

Dane · 10-29-2009, 10:07 PM

I think I know what you're talking about. It happens to me sometimes but not enough that I worry over it.

marenubium87 · 10-29-2009, 11:05 PM

It sounds like a form of dissociation. I've experienced the looking at myself almost like in 3rd person part, but not the associating it with another person bit.

Delicate · 10-30-2009, 12:04 PM

Thanks for replying. I thought dissociation too i don't fully understand what that is though. It's now too but the whole day I was normal it's just urgh I can't control my thoughts.

marenubium87 · 11-01-2009, 09:07 PM

Probably not the response you were hoping for... I think a psychiatrist would be much better able to diagnose what it is that is happening. It does sound fairly serious.

papaSmurf · 11-01-2009, 09:42 PM

I obviously can't say for sure, but it sounds to me like what you're describing may be OCD-related. I've known a couple of people with OCD who had similar symptoms, and I know it can be very unpleasant! Like the poster above was saying, I would recommend seeing a therapist of some sort, as sometimes trying to regain "control" of your thoughts as you mentioned can be very difficult through brute force alone. Best of luck!

Delicate · 11-02-2009, 01:13 PM

Hm,, well I've seen a doctor about several of these issues and I'm having to wait a really really long time to see a therapist, so yeah I agree. Thanks so much for the input.

10-29-2009, 05:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Delicate Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: England Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 756	Not thinking as "me" I don't know if this has any relevence to anything at all. I just want to say. You know when you do anything and in your mind you see it's you doing it and you feel it's you? A lot of the time it's not me and it's usually someone I admire or have spent a lot of time with. And I'll see myself as them and hear my voice as them. I'll blink and see it's them doing that. But sometimes, like right now it's someone I don't want to think about and I can't keep them from popping into my head and literally staying there. Almost everything I did today and if I hear myself speak I imagine that voice when I smile I see that smile it's just kind of irritating that I can't control my own head and what comes into it. I feel sick to my stomach. It happens sometimes and I can't let myself eat and I can't let myself sleep because the moment I start to drift off I'm feeling it. I know it's really stupid but it's really getting to me. __________________ Safety Rule Update# Don't talk to strangers... unless you want to meet anyone ever. Demetri Martin

10-30-2009, 12:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Delicate Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: England Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 756	Thanks for replying. I thought dissociation too i don't fully understand what that is though. It's now too but the whole day I was normal it's just urgh I can't control my thoughts. __________________ Safety Rule Update# Don't talk to strangers... unless you want to meet anyone ever. Demetri Martin

11-02-2009, 01:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
Delicate Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: England Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 756	Hm,, well I've seen a doctor about several of these issues and I'm having to wait a really really long time to see a therapist, so yeah I agree. Thanks so much for the input. __________________ Safety Rule Update# Don't talk to strangers... unless you want to meet anyone ever. Demetri Martin

10-29-2009, 10:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dane Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: here and there Gender: Male Posts: 89	I think I know what you're talking about. It happens to me sometimes but not enough that I worry over it.

10-29-2009, 11:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
marenubium87 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: CO Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 79	It sounds like a form of dissociation. I've experienced the looking at myself almost like in 3rd person part, but not the associating it with another person bit.

11-01-2009, 09:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
marenubium87 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: CO Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 79	Probably not the response you were hoping for... I think a psychiatrist would be much better able to diagnose what it is that is happening. It does sound fairly serious.

11-01-2009, 09:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
papaSmurf Status: Adrift Join Date: Jun 2008 Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 139	I obviously can't say for sure, but it sounds to me like what you're describing may be OCD-related. I've known a couple of people with OCD who had similar symptoms, and I know it can be very unpleasant! Like the poster above was saying, I would recommend seeing a therapist of some sort, as sometimes trying to regain "control" of your thoughts as you mentioned can be very difficult through brute force alone. Best of luck!