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Help me. I convince myself I have done something I haven't!

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matt92922
matt92922

Hello, for the past few weeks I have been dwelling on a night out about 3 months ago. I got really drunk, and do not really remember much. I lost all my friends and I keep convincing myself I have done something really bad, when deep down I know I probably just staggered home. I keep visualising possible scenarios to an extent where i am starting to believe them! Is this a problem with anyone out there? 

Its just taken over my life for the past two weeks (seems strange i know)

Is it possible to convince yourself and visualise possible scenes about something you haven't actually done?!

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  • sara89022
    sara89022 matt92922

    Posted

    Hey Matt 

    Do not fear you are not alone! I spent 3 days interrogating my brother because I'd left a voice mail on my boyfriends phone when very drunk and couldn't remember doing it at all! There was no reason for me to have said anything bad but I convinced myself it must have been awful to the point where if I didn't hear from him I thought he'd dumped me! do u get anxious about other things just out of interest? but anyway i whether u do or u don't I think (and my friend said this too) that i think drink Can cause u to feel guilty Cos u know it makes things seem a great idea at the time when theyre probably not and can make people selfish, so when u don't remember anything then ur most probably going to think the worst. 

    is there anyone that can help u remember what u might have done? also try thinking to urself even if u had done whatever awful things you're imagining whats the worst that could be the outcome of it and is that really worth the worry smile hope helps a bit smile

    • matt92922
      matt92922 sara89022

      Posted

      Hi Sara,

      Thanks for your reply smile Yes I do get anxious but not to this extreme.

      There is no one that can help me, I was in a different city and had lost all my friends. 

      Mine stems from the fact that one visual recollection led me to think of lots of differnt scenarios that could have happened, I don't know if it actually happened or its just my imagination. Then i got paranoid thinking someone had video recorded it and keep thinking 'what if'

      I know all this sounds strange, but I just keep visualising possible situations in my head, and its doing my head in sad

      Thanks.

    • ronan54345
      ronan54345 matt92922

      Posted

      this is my main anxiety thoughts. Thinking that someone has videos of me and would ruin my whole life even though i make these situations up in my head i cant seem to just forget them.Everyday my head is making things up and even going back to times where i was 17/18 and that was 7 years ago! you are definitely not alone in this.

  • deirdre._03652
    deirdre._03652 matt92922

    Posted

    Dear Matt. I am sure that you have done nothing out of character so please do not worry Unecce

     

  • gloria15237
    gloria15237 matt92922

    Posted

    if it starts taking over your life, please see a psychologist or psychiatrist; even though they get a bad rap, they can help with either biofeedback, talk therapy or medication
  • Emacwe
    Emacwe matt92922

    Posted

    yes, 100% my overthinking and anxiety has taken over my life. No evidence to suggest i have done anything wrong. I just fill in the blanks with worse case scenarios,

    • ronan54345
      ronan54345 Emacwe

      Posted

      same as me. worse case scenarios like im going to lose everything ! even though i am sure i have not done anything of the sort wrong

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