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That sounds like a difficult situation. This anxiety stuff is much easier to handle when we have someone to talk with about it.

I am a trained therapist. If my patients have a difficult time revealing particularly painful parts from their life, we can start by discussing why it's painful, what the patient's fear my reaction will be, and so forth. Easing in to the pain can be helpful sometimes. Or I'll suggest writing...

Why not discuss specifics? I hope you discuss the specifics of the situation with somebody, because that would be the first step in alleviating the fear, simply bringing more awareness and emotional fluidity to the situation.

Do you have any other OCD symptoms? Any obsessive or intrusive thoughts? If not then this probably isn't OCD, not seriously so. If the symptoms start to get worse and you start cleaning more and more and it keeps negatively affecting your life more and more, then maybe it'd be time to seek help.

Yes, the waking up in the night screaming at your dad is PTSD symptom. To the extent the PTSD is severe doesn't matter; make whatever call you need to make to get working on it. At least begin by talking with somebody about this.

Have you talked to anyone face-to-face about your anxiety issues. I would begin there and see where it goes. At least find a group for anxiety disorders. It may not help all the way but it will begin to help for sure.

Not sure there are numbers for this. Even if there were they probably wouldn't help you that much. It sounds like you have a lot of stress in your life (if you're freaking out over getting dementia even though you're only 35). And the stress is probably causing you to wake up early. Manage...

Women do feel heart attacks in their chest but also their back and jaw. Anyway, it was probably a spasm, or shooting pain from a joint issue? Maybe get a check-up at the doctor if you're worried. What else could be causing your anxiety besides health that would make you sensitive to any...

Yes and there may be something God-like in the relationship between you and your friend. Good luck with everything.

In addition to the good advice above, I recommend GABA and theanine and melatonin. It also helps me to project out a Sleep God and pray to Him. As though my words appease him so he lets me sleep well that night. This may be stupid but insomnia is tricky to manage consistently---I'm right there...

It sounds like you have two Gods: the God of your understanding and whatever you feel in the connection between you and your friend who will always be there for you. If you're going to pray to either God, try putting your face on the ground. Otherwise there may be some doubt as to whether...

Why stay calm? As long as you're not hurting anybody, not being calm is perfectly okay. Maybe your irascibility is telling you something; I bet it's telling you to do something you love. Aside from this, I find soaking my feet in ice water helps me settle when I have to sit in front of a...

It's not your responsibility to reassure your boyfriend. Or maybe you're reassuring him to reassure yourself---to assuage your separation anxiety and not so much his. Have you talked through your issues with your father and separation anxiety? I would list out each bit of anxiety, one-by-one...