sick and having really bad anxiety cuz of it and feeling like i'm stuck in my own mind please help

[jack487]

it feels like i'm losing my mind cause, i feel like i'm stuck in my mind, not knowing what's going on around me and having really bad memory problems like remembering what i did do a min ago. me being sick to is causing lots of anxiety as well, cause it effects my breathing ways and make it hard for me to sleep at night and plus to add on top of things thoughts going in my head. the thoughts in my head is all saying i'm gonna go crazy and lose my mind, please i'm really scared and need people to talk to. if u ever want through what i'm going through and have advice please leave a comment. one more thing i got to add, after sunday goes by fast i can finally go sign up for health plus and use that insurance for seeing a psychiatrist and a therapist to get my life back into order and feel back in my mind again. so if anyone on here ever got sick and ur anxiety have gone up cause of it please let me know, cause i've been sick for about 2 weeks now and my damn anxiety is getting worse and worse by the min and the other thing i mentioned about being stuck in ur own mind as if ur going crazy but ur not, so please i like to hear ur story from u going through something like me and have advice for me to calm me down from this i would really appreciate it.

[WendyLady03]

I know what you're going through, especially the thoughts part. When I first started having panic attacks and anxiety I thought I was going crazy. I was deathly afraid that I was schizophrenic, and I almost had myself convinced that I was hearing voices....even though I wasn't, it was just my anxiety being ridiculous. It was awful and I would never wish it on my worst enemy, but I'm much better now. Like jcook said, definitely get in to see your doctor. Medication and therapy have done wonders for me.

Hang in there, things WILL get better and you won't suffer like this forever. I promise.

[j17c27]

Do you have health anxiety? My anxiety always goes up when I, or someone Im close to, (or really just anyone) around me is sick.  Basically becuase I have anxiety of throwing up.  Its great your seeking medical help becuase you DONT need to feel like this.  There is medication that lessens the symptoms and therapy helps to get to the root of things and helps build you up to be more tolerant of it and deal with it a lot better.  I had dealt with this since I was 2 years old (15 years) and I finially sought help 1 year ago and I went on medication, and therapy, ad I can deal with this anxiety a lot better.  So do not give up, You are absolultly NOT alone.  Sooo many people, people you wouldnt even guess, have anxiety.  It is something you can overcome, and you will be a stronger person because of it.  Good luck to you! My advice is to stay strong.  Stay positive, try to get into different hobbies that can distract you from your anxiety like drawing, painting, music, writing, singing, sports (which is proven to really really help anxiety), meditation, etc.  All hobbies like that help with anxiety becuase they help you focus on something else besides the cycling anxious thoughts in your mind.