I was already fighting anxiety disorder then came another scare..rabies..my cat(not exactly a house pet as it wandered around) suddenly started crying and was evidently in pain vomitted and died the next day.i petted the cat once or twice.now 3months after i had flu amd iam completely sure that its rabies and iam going to die...iam all the more anxious and cant get it out of my head..iam sure iam going to die..its completely out of control
This is about rabies scare...iam myself a medical student but iam **** scared...i was diagnosed with hypochondriac anxiety disorder 6months back.
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No. Just no. If you had been infected by the cat 3 months ago, you’d be, well let’s just say very much not well or no longer with us. You would have noticed serious effects within a week that would only get worse. They say medical students go through the HA phase. I wish mine was a phase. It’s been with me for decades
I know all the facts and yet my mind is spiralling out of control..just now the back my neck is having a burning feeling and out of fear i puked...its insane..unless the 10days pass no one can reassure me that i wont die
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Hi. And welcome. It's because your mind is in a rut! Like an old gramophone record stuck in a groove and playing the same notes over and over. Fear can become a habit. You have made up your mind not to be reassured which is sad because that's all we can do, and give helpful advice of course. As PP says, you certainly would not be around now if you had rabies, let alone messaging on here. It is a sad fact that reason and logic go out of the window in anxiety. Your mind is not spiralling out of control, you just think it is, and so add fear to fear which prolongs the anxiety. Try and calm down, (Difficult), and accept that this is how you will be for the moment. It will pass, but try not to exacerbate the problem by adding more fear. Anxiety is all smoke and mirrors and has no real substance, although while in it that is difficulty to believe.
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Don't try your best. In fact don't try anything. No fighting or struggling. No, I have not flipped. By doing nothing you are doing everything possible. Calm total acceptance. Let it all come. Watch it! Be like an observer watching a movie. It's not real and you know it's not. Trying implies effort, which uses up valuable energy which we don't have a lot of in anxiety. Acceptance takes the sting out of the feelings, and although it is not a magic wand, it can help calm you down.
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By saying such a negative thing you are adding fuel to the fire. 'IT' is doing nothing of the kind. Our monsters are all homemade. It is painful, and I do know, and in no way would I minimise how you feel. But engaging in such negative thinking does not help one bit.
Have you tried accepting how you feel without adding such negative comments? Learning to think differently is not easy by any means, but it is possible given the will. But anxiety saps the will. We can become lethargic and not want to make any effort. Try and see it all for what it is. Another trick from of Mr. Anxiety's box of tricks. Illusions that seem so real.
I do feel a little better today...tried journaling also meditated for a while...it will take time to ground myself but i would keep trying
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Good for you. Perseverance is so important. Most give up too soon with such things a acceptance because it takes time to click in.
Patience is not a virtue many of us with anxiety have. Yes, it will take time, but accept that for a while you will feel this way. No resistance to 'IT'. 'IT' thrives on you fighting against it. Stop feeding it.
I am having the same fear again. I felt a few weeks ago that a bat might have bit me and now I might have rabies ( even though in our country which is Pakistan rabies from bats I have heard is uncommon ). Today while I eating I felt that my throat closed and I panicked. I keep thinking about it plus I am also a med student so I keep coming across questions cases regarding this disease ( which triggers more anxiety ) and I feel like I am having symptoms.
I know how it feels...specially when you know about the disease and have seen it closely...wait it out for 10days or get an investigation done...
Exactly! I just keep thinking of what is happening inside and how will symptoms begin and also what will happen after that it feel like I am doomed. When ever I eat or drink anything after I am done I keep having thoughts that I might have expletives symptoms but I didn’t notice them or they were severe enough etc and now it will get worse. I have drank soo much water to the point it feels like my head will explode.
Try to break the chain of thought...start doing something unexpected like hum or sing a song or just start moving your body...you can think clearly when the chain of thought is broken...just sitting there marinating in our thoughts makes it unbearable...
Iam personally trying to be less afraid of death...maybe its not doomed..its just a part of life...we are scared to leave our loved ones behind but if something happens to us they will overcome it too...life moves on so does death...dont be scared we are all in this together
You’re right but I can’t rationalise it at all . And today I got fever too. It feels like this time I do have rabies
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Well, I remember you made the thread about you having rabies a month ago, so if you're still alive at this point, you most likely don't have it
Yes iam alive...but anxiety never ends...the mind just latches on to something else...this time its dizziness...iam constantly feeling disbalanced and dizzy and i dont know why ..making me anxious...and with something like this it can be a ocean of things from brain tumour to stroke to heart attack...the cycle never ends
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and…..much, much more likely, anxiety
It amazes me sometimes how greatly it influences us to create physical symptoms like this...and making sure everytime to convince us that its actually something...it is just sad