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Anxiety getting out of Control. Please Help

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samgoode94
samgoode94

So I have this very odd anxiety that if I say something, even if I don't want it to happened, it's going to happen. Like I'm afraid if I say "I'm going to die" that I'm actually going to die. Or of I say," she lied to me" that somehow, even if she didn't lie, it will be that she did lie. I know that I can't make things that are true false by saying they're false and I can't make thinks that are false, true by saying they're true. It's more that I'm afraid something out there, whether it's God or the universe or something else, is gonna make those things happens. What makes me especially anxious is when I ask for something to happen and I misspeak and accidentally ask for something to happen that I actually don't want to happened. It's not exactly a prayer, but sometimes when I want something I'll just kinda send out a little message, not really to anything or anyone in particular. Like if I'm going to take a particularly hard test I'll say something like ,"please make it so I'll get an A". But if I accidentally misspeak and say "please make it so I'll get a B" I become afraid that the world, maybe it's God maybe it's not, will make it so I get a B. I don't know why I'm afraid of this. I was raised in a non-religious household. I suffer from other anxiety problems, but have them under control and have seen professionals. This is the one anxiety that I haven't told anyone about and it's getting out of control.

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  • temple73
    temple73 samgoode94

    Posted

    Me too i think when my kids say mom i dont want you to die i think its because they know im gonna die.. Dont know why
  • Guest
    Guest samgoode94

    Posted

    Do you have a therapist or a counsellor or someone who is trained to help?
    • temple73
      temple73 Guest

      Posted

      No. I deal with it alone.. Writing down how i feel when i feel it helps then when you feel it again write down and know youve felt it before and were ok
    • temple73
      temple73

      Posted

      Its actually compulsive behavior
    • Guest
      Guest temple73

      Posted

      Is there a way for you to get a therapist? 
    • temple73
      temple73 Guest

      Posted

      Yes. But i chose to deal with it on my own
    • Guest
      Guest temple73

      Posted

      I tried it on my own for a while and I beat it for about 5 years, but it came back and now I wish I had a therapist.

      Any reason why you want to do it alone?

       

    • temple73
      temple73 Guest

      Posted

      Ive been battling it for 12 half yrs alone
    • temple73
      temple73 Guest

      Posted

      I have alot of kids and no time for appts for myself.. I just take it as it comes its not easy
    • Guest
      Guest temple73

      Posted

      fair enough, do you live in in the UK?
    • lisalisa67
      lisalisa67 Guest

      Posted

      Jp do you have a therapist now that it has returned? I thought you did cbt?
    • Guest
      Guest lisalisa67

      Posted

      Nope, I'm waiting for an appointment. I should have just dealt with it years ago.

      How about you?

    • temple73
      temple73 Guest

      Posted

      The best therapist is someone suffering the same thing. Js therapist can rationalize your feelings unless they have walked that road
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