screaming fast thoughts
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Hi my names allison and im 31 ive been diagnosed with ocd and panic disorder ive never gotten a reason for a ongoing issue that ive suffered for the last 7 years about every 6 months or so i get this strange sensation out of nowhere were my mind feels like its going so fast and my mind feels really loud im not hearing voices but more like my thoughts i guess, its that crowded in my mind it sounds like a very busy restaurant like all talking at the same time and it becomes very loud I dont hear this out side my mind its always in my mind and I don't see it as hearing people talking its more a sensation this feeling can last up to an hour ill have it maybe for a month and it goes away for months and months. Ive asked my doctor and he has no idea he said its not psychosis asim not having any other symptoms and this has gone on for many years and not developed into anything more. I do suffer from migraine so I don't no if this may be an aura type thing im being sent to a neurologists but I cant find any information about migraine doing this all that I can find that relates to my symptom is bipolar does this sound like bipolar . Ill mention i dont get depressed or extremely high moments so im at a lose can any one relate
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Redwood allison1984
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This is crazy I felt so alone and out of it growing up when this happened it happened a lot more when I was a kid but it happened 20 minutes ago which made me look it up, it is just as yall have described an uncontrolled volume of my thoughts as if they are screaming and everything feels as if I'm moving fast and everything feels so distant like the walls and even the bed I'm laying on, it usually happens when my mind is idle and i feel so relaxed almost to the point of going to sleep but my thoughts are so loud it's difficult to truely relax if that's understandable, there is a nostalgia I get I believe because it has only happened a handful of times and I can never forget them, I'm never usually afraid but just strangely relaxed amist the chaos and thoroughly freaked out. I'm 25 now and this is my 1st time actually bringing this to anyones attention so thank you and if anyone figures this out would be greatly appreciated
libby59063 Redwood
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I Have this feeling too . It will happen out of no where . It slowly happens though. I will notice things start to feel loud and then its like someone's yelling at me. But its all in my head. Ive been having these since I was a kid. I didn't really know how to describe it when i wanted to tell my mum what was going on. So when my next episode happened i wrote down what i felt and what was going on inside my head.
I was sitting at my couch alone. And all of a sudden i have trouble breathing. The quieter things get in the room the louder my brain speaks. Its an uneasy feeling, my thoughts are repetitive but i don't know what its saying. Its like its screaming at me. Like loud words are being thrown at me and i cant see them coming . It frightens me. I'm not sure why this is happening . I don't know what it is and that's what makes me feel so alone.
Is my Brain tricking me? , Am i insane? .
I was once sitting on the couch enjoying my day and then all of a sudden I am crying and in desperate desire of this too stop. I turn the TV up so something might be loud enough too fill the deafening silence. I wonder if i will be able to go back to normal soon.
This happened to me for about thirty minutes.
These episodes just happen so randomly and i have no clue what it is . I thought i was the only one.
lilshxrkie libby59063
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Hi, I'm 14 and I've been experiencing the same thing for years. When I was younger and I was super upset, these episodes would happen. Right now, I'm experiencing the loud voices(but can't understand what they're saying), shakiness, dizziness, and everything feels like it's going fast. I'm under immense pressure and stress from online school(my school closed down a month ago due to Covid-19). I'm thinking it's an anxiety attack. It's really freaking me out and my parents don't understand/believe me. I thought I was the only one. Hopefully we can figure this out.
lilshxrkie
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Okay, this is later in the day and I'm gonna post an update. Basically 10 minutes after I posted, I had a full on anxiety/panic attack. I ran to my mom and couldn't stop shaking, crying, and hyperventilating. It was a super scary episode. My thinking is that the screaming in head/other symptoms are symptoms of an oncoming anxiety or panic attack for me. Anybody else?
Stay safe and healthy!
libby59063 lilshxrkie
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Hi!
I'm fourteen as well . I've always wondered what it was, i used to think i was a crazy person so i didn't tell anyone about it. But it's nice to know someone my age experiences it too . Even though its not nice to go through we aren't alone 😃
It's hard for me to admit it might be an anxiety attack because I usually keep too myself and it would be hard for me to ask for help.
So i was wondering if you had any ways of stopping these episodes?
really appreciate you responding x
lilshxrkie libby59063
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Hi!
I'm glad to know there's someone my age who also experiences this. I haven't had any luck trying to stop the episodes, but I would recommend focusing on your breathing. This works for anxiety attacks to help calm me down. I've also been focusing on getting things done on time to help stop anxiety attacks before they happen. I also recommend talking to a school counselor about any issues you have. I guess it's normal to be stressed due to the global pandemic. Hope we figure this out! 😃
lavinia37954 libby59063
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I am so glad i have found this thread because for so long ive been trying to find out what it is. I used to get it more often when i was younger then i didnt get them for a couple years then a couple years ago i started getting it again. been a year or two simce its last happened. im 17. but all my thoughts are like screaming at me and racing and all sounds i hear are super loud. on this thread someone said it might be an uncommon symptom of alice in wonderland syndrome which i did have when i was very young. anyway i now think i have some other disorder maybe bordeline personality disorder
paul77383 allison1984
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hey, i have experienced this a lot of times throughout the past month. I had mock exams (practice GCSE papers) and I had it almost every exam. I have no idea what it is and when I tell someone about it they don't know what I'm talking about. I just all of a sudden hear aggressive Loud screaming voices in my head literally out of nowhere. If anyone knows what this is called I will appreciate it very much
GrilledKoala allison1984
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This has happened my entire life! It definitely happened more often as a child. I remember it being so dang loud inside my head that I'd be yelling to talk over the racket. Back then it was almost auditory, and was like being in a room with a whole bunch of people talking at once, but not being able to make out any actual words....
As an adult (29) it has evolved. Now (as in 15 minutes ago, initiating the search leading me here) it is really loud, chaotic, fast thoughts. As if I'm yelling at myself. Then my movements feel as if they aren't quick enough and this makes my brain louder. It isn't an auditory loudness though sense of sound isn't really involved. It is a whole separate, strange entity that can't be described using any of the five senses. The closest i can come to accurately describing it, is that it is like a buzzing chaos that starts in my mind, but sends an uncomfortable, chaos filled tenseness down my spine and into my fingers. Really, it is all consuming while it is happening, scary a lot of the times as well.
m21269692 allison1984
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omg ! these are the same unbelievable feelings , racing screeming thought , aggressive sounds , fast mouvement and sometimes i get weird visuals also , like if the image zoomes in and out repeatedly and aggressively, i had them since i can remember , i used to get them when i was sleep so i wake in the middle of the night so freaked i would thing i was still dreaming , thank god i don't the sleep episodes anymore ,
now am 26 and i don't get them as often , once maybe twice in 6 months if i was really stressed out , it lasts from 1 mn to 20 mn max then i ll get back to normal really quickly .
PS : i remembre vividly the first time i had it , it was when i was 6 / 7 years old i had a really stong fever and i was hallucinating and seeing things , since then it triggers with high anxiety ( more like stress induced by anxiety ) .
so i think it would be maybe brain damage from high fever
thanx for sharing with us Xx
sam69045 m21269692
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Wow ive been searching for answers regarding this phenomenon for years and never seen it described so clearly. I find your description especially compelling as I too had a very high fever at age 7/8 with extreme hallucinations and recall the first incident occurring potentially a month or so later.
libby59063 m21269692
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i also used to get them when id wake up too, like a night terror and id see things and I would be scared like the same thought process of the ones i get when I'm awake.
I haven't had a night terror for a few months but I have just recently today had an episode of the awake version. I was just laying there and it started happening. this time was different almost worse than any others I have experienced . My body felt really heavy like i was literally weighing myself down and my head was full and loud and i had trouble breathing but all i could do was just lay there and wait for it to finish.
SarahMCx allison1984
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I am so happy I found this thread. This hasn't happened to me in at least a decade, but it is something that both my sister and I (7 years apart) experienced a handful of times from age like 13-18. Our mom never believed us, and it was hard to explain... except to each other. We called it our "fast dream".
I felt like I was mentally present but the world around me was moving very fast... though I could see that it wasn't. My heart rate was not elevated, I was not sweating... but I was scared. For some reason INSIDE my mind it felt like my mother or someone, whoever it was, was screaming at me LOUD but I never heard a voice or words. I would try to focus on completing a task to try and make it stop, but it just had to run its course.
It is comforting to know that I was not crazy. I hope that you all find some reassurance that in some cases it stops for good 😃
rachel71045 allison1984
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So for all of you on this thread who are still wondering, i think these are symptoms of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. Although the main symptoms of AIWS are size related dysmorphia, time and sound changes are also symptoms. I used to get these a lot when i was younger, usually in exams. Everything would become loud and fast and all my thoughts would be shouted in my head. I once mentioned it to my mum and it turns out she had it as a young adult too. As i got older the became much more infrequent and i cant actually remember the last time i had one (im 27 now), but i have started to suffer from migraines and its believed that there is a link between migraines and AIWS
olivia1127 allison1984
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Hi all,
im 18 now, but ive been experiencing this since i was maybe 9 or 10? its only happened a few times, and the times that i can remember all happen when im in bed late at night just about to fall asleep. suddenly what ever i was thinking about starts feeling like its moving really fast, and in my head it looks like its moving fast. i dont hear screaming, but inside my head it feels like my thoughts are screaming and echoing like theyre far away, but i dont remember if they were words or anything. this only occurs when im laying down, and my bed always feels like distant, and my heart isnt actually racing but my chest feels as though it is. this just happened maybe 15 minutes ago again, and no matter what ive searched no one seems to still know what this is. im glad ive found that other people have experienced this as well, ive always thought i was alone in this. ive never even told anyone about these experiences, although i have seen therapists for anxiety and panic attacks, so maybe its a form of panic attacks? but i first felt this when i was in grade school and i wasnt having panic attacks back then.