"Nervous all the time" (are you?? come here)


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By Anonymous on Saturday, April 4, 1998 - 04:41 pm:

Are you "Nervous all the time"?? Talk about it here.


By Que_ on Sunday, April 5, 1998 - 03:04 am:

I can be pretty nervous and uptight at school, but off scenes and hanging out with my friends I'm not. Probably pretty normal. Hey Anon- are YOU nervous all the time? What *gives* with that question?


By Anonymous on Sunday, April 5, 1998 - 03:02 pm:

Yes, Im nervous all the time.


By Anonymous on Sunday, April 5, 1998 - 09:07 pm:

Anonymous, if you really are nervous as much as you say you are, I have a book that may be for you. It's called Help and Hope for your Nerves, it's by Claire Weeks, and you should be able to find it at any bookstore in the mall. Believe it or not, there are a lot more "nervous" people out there than you'd think...


By H on Monday, April 13, 1998 - 10:11 pm:

the big quetion here is, is it possible to work out the things that we're nervous
about, or should we acknowledge that we are 'nervous types' and ignore it or
read self-help books and try to stop thinking about those things?


By Just-for-kicks on Wednesday, May 6, 1998 - 08:53 am:

I'm not usually a nervous person, but when it comes to standing up in front of a crowd (say if I'm doing a talk at school or something) AHHHH!!


By Shannon on Thursday, May 7, 1998 - 02:01 pm:

Gosh, I have lots of experience with being "nervous all the time" - I used to have full scale panic attacks. It all started in my junior year of high school.... my heart would start pounding, I'd breathe fast, start sweating like a *pig*, be afraid of stupid things (like, "What if I fall of the ground?"), and the light would start to hurt my eyes. It was really, really horrible. I didn't even have to have them over big things - I could be watching an action movie and my heart would start beating fast, and it would start. And the more you have, the more afraid you get of having another one, and the more afraid you are, the more you have, etc., etc. It's called Panic Disorder and it runs in my family. My sister has to be on anti-anxiety drugs to help her, but I actually managed to stop having them on my own (hardest thing I ever did!). I didn't see anybody talking about panic attacks, but I just thought I'd throw my two cents in. Maybe somebody can identify with me. :)


By Violet on Friday, May 8, 1998 - 04:39 pm:

I get really freaked at night. I don't really know why, but for example last night I realized that my curtains were open and I almost flipped. Just getting up and walking over to close them I thought I was gonna puke from my nerves. If I'm with other people I'm okay, or even if I'm on the phone, but if I'm alone at night I can't look out the window, at a mirror, or in an open closet. I feel like such a baby. Is something wrong with me? This doesn't really happen in the day, but sometimes...


By Shampoo on Sunday, May 10, 1998 - 12:49 am:

I get that, too. Like I'll be coming upstairs from the basement in the dark, and i'll be so scared my heart will start pounding and i'll be running up the stairs just *knowing* that there's someone behind me ready to grab me at any moment!! and then i'll run like mad up to my room and shut the door and jump into bed.

I'm 16 and I'm still doing this??


By Demeter on Tuesday, May 12, 1998 - 01:37 am:

I could write several books on anxiety, panic and phobais... i have suffered with them for years ... and i amaze myself with what i have accomplished.... I suffer with agoraphobia ( fear of leaving a safety zone ) in simple terms . We fear somthing terrible will happen to us so we start to avoid.. then it becomes a phobia... It is a fear of fear- a fear of the symptoms of fear... and it is the most awful thing to experience in your life...
I have to tell you this : 2 nights ago i went out and didin't realize that i left my patio window open.. when i got home i was shocked to see it left open. I was terrified ... thinking that someone got in or you know all the worst possible scenerios imaginable . i was so afraid that for the first time in my life i slept with a knife next to me in my bed.... I think it is a true reality that women learn so early to be afraid like this ... i have been raped and abused many times in my life...so it is only natural i feel this way i guess. Not to say if you never had this happen to you , you wouldn't feel terror....
i found a site for people who suffer anxiety ,panic, phobias . they have a chat room as well
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/gallery/1909/NewPage.html
ok hope this helps someone SMILES !!!!


By Violet on Sunday, May 24, 1998 - 06:02 pm:

Shampoo~~ My basement TOTALLY freaks me out. I don't know why. It's not like someone's actually gonna be down there, and even if I tell myself that, my heart's already pounding and I'm BOLTING up the stairs.

The last couple days I've been okay by the window at night though. Hope it lasts.


By DISCODOLLY on Sunday, May 31, 1998 - 04:01 pm:

I dont really get nervous much but I get embarrasssed really easily. Now my face gets red at the slightest little thing and the fact that everyone can see my red face makes my red face even redder!!! ANY TIPS TO STOP THIS??


By Care on Saturday, July 25, 1998 - 09:19 pm:

Hey everyone! To anonynous-
I used to be nervous all the time. I don't know why it started but it just did when I was about 11 years old. I was nervous about everything. I wouldn't go into any stores becuase I was afraid I'd get dizzy. I wouldn't leave the house because I was afraid something would happen. Same thing if I was alone in the house. If I were with a group of people, I'd go crazy because I'd get sooo nervous and dizzy and stuff. I ws soooo afraid of EVERYTHING! I was scared to be away from my mom because I was DEATHLY afraid I would have a heart attack. I didn't know then that kids don't usually have heart attacks. I got so bad, I had to go see a counseler. She helped me alot becuase she always told me to think of the positive things and not worry so much. Still, it didn't get rid of my nervousness. It took me a long time to get rid of my nervousness. I'm 16 now and I don't usually get nervous about anything( except speaking in front of the class and stuff). Maybe I just grew out of it. Maybe it took me that long to realize the world wasn't going to explode and that the sky wasn't gonna fall down on me. When I think back, I think it's funny the things I got nervous about. But then, it wasn't so funny.
So all I'm saying anonymous is that I know what it's like and if you try, you can stop worrying all the time. You realize that the things you've been nervous about really aren't that scary after all. I hope this helped you a bit....
Care :)


By Ultraviolet on Wednesday, July 29, 1998 - 12:55 am:

Demeter-- I am so sorry about your past. I hope you get all the help you can get. It is true that women learn early to be extra careful when they are alone at night whether it be in the streets or in their own house.

I usually get very anxious over school work. That's all I worry about my whole ride home from school. But in some way, this prevents me from doing my work efficiently. It really sucks!


By Rhiannon on Friday, September 25, 1998 - 04:17 pm:

Demeter, You say 'raped and abused' as if it was an everyday natural thing, you should take it VERY seriously. It's soooooooo good that you've come so far to be able to talk about your problems, that means that you must be making some break throughs because telling people your promblems is a fearful thing, and you say that you fear, fear, if you understand me. HOORAH!!!!!


By Mandy on Sunday, September 27, 1998 - 08:26 pm:

I get nervous all the time. I get nervous when I buy something. I get nervous when I order my own food. It actually is starting to become an obstacle in my everyday life. Do you think I might need counseling?!?!?!
I worry.


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