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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Nov 5, 2016 18:32:08 GMT -5
idk how else to explain it, but i think i'm getting what i can only call "phantom anxiety"
i used to really struggle with social anxiety a few years ago. i was never diagnosed, and i'm not certain it was truely social anxiety, but i had all the symptoms and reactions regardless.
i overcame it with a few years of "fake it til you make it" mindset and pretending to be confident. it doesn't bug me any more.
however, sometimes when faced with social situations, it's almost like i get...these vibes, feelings, thinking about how i would have reacted in the past. like a little bit of the anxiety is still scattered in my mind and still leaves a shadow of doubt, even though it's doesn't really affect me any more.
you know how there's "phantom pains"? like when someone loses an arm or leg, sometimes their brain still feels like the limbs there even though the person is aware it's not. it feels like that.
does anything like this happen to anyone else?
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Post by wheeledwarrior on Nov 5, 2016 19:26:25 GMT -5
If you're still getting things that are like anxiety, you probably still have it. It's just infrequent to the point where you don't notice it as much anymore.
I have anxiety myself, and I recently learned that that's a lifelong battle that can go up and down. So it's probably less phantom anxiety and more anxiety that's coming back after a long time of having it not be triggered.
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Post by Ginz on Nov 5, 2016 19:29:17 GMT -5
i dont get that, but i've been getting what i've labeled "physical anxiety" in that i have physical symptoms but no mental symptoms until later (and, with the last two times, coming with a nonverbal episode)
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Nov 5, 2016 19:55:30 GMT -5
If you're still getting things that are like anxiety, you probably still have it. It's just infrequent to the point where you don't notice it as much anymore. I have anxiety myself, and I recently learned that that's a lifelong battle that can go up and down. So it's probably less phantom anxiety and more anxiety that's coming back after a long time of having it not be triggered. idk, i mean, it doesn't affect me anymore it's like i'll remember how i would have reacted a few years ago, but don't actually feel it anymore like remembering what it used to be like triggers a split-second moment of "what if i'm still that way" but it goes away immediately
like tonight, we're going to dinner w some family friends. my stomach flipped once thinking about how bad my anxiety used to be but that's it. no worries or such.
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