Mysterious deaths.. and more worry.

[Grace360]

This is exactly what gets me worried. I'm just scrolling. Living my best life. And then I see that one article. Those two articles. "Couple mysteriously found dead at Dominican Hotel" "Healthy couple dies days apart at Fiji hotel". Healthy ones. Out living their best life.. having fun. And then bam. Pain, and then collapse. Dead. Found there with medication and fluid filled lungs. Respritory failure. All of this. This is exactly what I'm afraid of. This is exactly why my anxiety keeps coming back. I actually was having fun this week. My friend is over. We were gonna go swimming. Out having fun. And we will. But it's this that just stays in my mind as I sleep at night. Doesn't help all these little things in my body that I overanalyze.

 

[adamden]

This is exactly what gets me worried. I'm just scrolling. Living my best life. And then I see that one article. Those two articles. "Couple mysteriously found dead at Dominican Hotel" "Healthy couple dies days apart at Fiji hotel". Healthy ones. Out living their best life.. having fun. And then bam. Pain, and then collapse. Dead. Found there with medication and fluid filled lungs. Respritory failure. All of this. This is exactly what I'm afraid of. This is exactly why my anxiety keeps coming back. I actually was having fun this week. My friend is over. We were gonna go swimming. Out having fun. And we will. But it's this that just stays in my mind as I sleep at night. Doesn't help all these little things in my body that I overanalyze.

Hi Grace - it’s very nice to see you here after the sudden shutdown of Anxiety Central.
In terms of this brand new worry you have here, let’s go through a process of elimination.
Are you currently in the Dominican Republic or in Fiji? No. (Assuming you live in the States)
Are there any risk factors associated with you and these mysterious illnesses? Not likely. Keep in mind that these are countries that may not have the resources we do here medically.
And don’t forget that mass media, especially journalism, uses something called the “fear factor”, which is intended to sell their articles and get more views and clicks. That’s how they make their money. Everything you see, read, or hear from mass media are 99.9% of the time, one-in-a-million events brought into the spotlight because of its devastating nature. Throughout my anxiety, I have, unfortunately, learned that the hard way.
I really hope your recovery continues to progress positively, and I hope you get the help you need in therapy or however that may be. It pains me to see someone as young as you dealing with this.

 

[Grace360]

Hi Grace - it’s very nice to see you here after the sudden shutdown of Anxiety Central.
In terms of this brand new worry you have here, let’s go through a process of elimination.
Are you currently in the Dominican Republic or in Fiji? No. (Assuming you live in the States)
Are there any risk factors associated with you and these mysterious illnesses? Not likely. Keep in mind that these are countries that may not have the resources we do here medically.
And don’t forget that mass media, especially journalism, uses something called the “fear factor”, which is intended to sell their articles and get more views and clicks. That’s how they make their money. Everything you see, read, or hear from mass media are 99.9% of the time, one-in-a-million events brought into the spotlight because of its devastating nature. Throughout my anxiety, I have, unfortunately, learned that the hard way.
I really hope your recovery continues to progress positively, and I hope you get the help you need in therapy or however that may be. It pains me to see someone as young as you dealing with this.

I see. Thank you for telling me that. I'm still heavily anxiety ridden, and it will still be in the back of my mind. Trying to go to the front. But I understand. I just get so afraid of that kind of stuff. Especially when it comes to my breathing. Sometimes its out of wack and I swallow and forget to breathe for a second, or I feel like its gonna stop. All of that kind of stuff. Even if I'm going. Some of them are aswell. And thanks, I didn't think you'd recognize me. I did notice it shut down. I was kinda sad about it.

 

[Cuchculan]

Ever try holding your breath? Fact is when you have to breathe you will breathe. Out of all the news stories out there, you are simply picking the ones out that frightening you most of all. I am sure there were hundreds of other news stories that same day. But as that one matches your fear, it stuck out the most. People die every day of the week. Small fact. They die in various ways. From heart attacks to getting hit by a car. Your own breathing just sounds irregular. Which can be normal for anxiety. A few breathing exercises might help. To learn how to get your breathing back on track again. How to slow it down. How to make it regular. And for what it is worth I never watch the TV / News. Too much doom and gloom on it. But that is what the news is all about. Can you imagine a news show with only good news on it? I don't think the majority of people would be interested in only hearing good news. So in a way they are pulling you in to the news. With sad stories. There is a song I love by Jackson called The News. In the song he is trying to make sense of the news. His mother is trying to shelter him from what is happening in the world. She tells him not to believe everything he hears on the news. Gonna include the lyrics under this post. I swear it is just something I never watch. I find it dull and boring and it has too much gloom attached to it. So maybe give up watching the news.

A billion people died on the news tonight
But not so many cried at the terrible sight
Well mama said
It's just make believe
You can't believe everything you see
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
On the news tonight
Who's the one to decide that it would be alright
To put the music behind the news tonight
Well mama said
You can't believe everything you hear
The diagetic world is so unclear
So baby close your ears
On the news tonight
On the news tonight
The unobtrusive tones on the news tonight
And mama said
Mmm
Why don't the newscasters cry when they read about people who die
At least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes
Mama said
It's just make believe
You can't believe everything you see
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
On the news tonight