Politics0 min ago
Anxiety Levels
27 Answers
A week ago, I got really spooked when a mouse ran across my hand, as I was picking something up in the garage.
I know it sounds silly but I am still feeling spooked. The smallest things make me jump, I keep seeing things in my peripheral vision and I can't sit still without my leg/foot jiggling about.
My driving has been affected and I feel very unsure of myself, in the car. I don't like driving at the best of times but at the moment it is really stressful.
How long will it be before my 'nerves' settle down? Or is that like saying 'How long is a piece of string?'
I take sertraline tablets but they don't seem to be helping with calming me down at the moment.
I know it sounds silly but I am still feeling spooked. The smallest things make me jump, I keep seeing things in my peripheral vision and I can't sit still without my leg/foot jiggling about.
My driving has been affected and I feel very unsure of myself, in the car. I don't like driving at the best of times but at the moment it is really stressful.
How long will it be before my 'nerves' settle down? Or is that like saying 'How long is a piece of string?'
I take sertraline tablets but they don't seem to be helping with calming me down at the moment.
Answers
I think there are 2 different things being discussed on here and they are not really related. To dismiss the first one (as you re not afraid of mice) phobias about spiders and moths etc are very real to the sufferer. I am like that about spiders - the idea of seeing one in the bedroom and just going to sleep is incomprehens ible to me. Comments about they are more...
15:09 Fri 04th Oct 2019
It's not a silly reaction at all Tilly, perfectly normal.
I'm sure there's a professional approach to this though, for me I try to imagination what if something was really there - it's unlikely to be anything dangerous and easily shooed away.
Try shouting 'Boo' before you look.
I have had a phobia since I fell in May and I still can't quite crack it but am working on it.
I'm sure there's a professional approach to this though, for me I try to imagination what if something was really there - it's unlikely to be anything dangerous and easily shooed away.
Try shouting 'Boo' before you look.
I have had a phobia since I fell in May and I still can't quite crack it but am working on it.
A few weeks ago I saw a massive brown moth in my bedroom. For the next few nights, I slept on the sofa. During the day I would go in there because it seemed to hide during the day, but I wouldn't sleep in there as I had visions of waking up with it perched on my nose! Then one day as I was leaving the room, I saw it in the door frame and ran out of the room slamming the door behind me. When I ventured back in, the dead moth fell down onto the floor! Awww I hear you say and yes I did feel bad about it but at least I could sleep in my bed again. However, it has spooked me in a way as I now have to do a search under the pillows, behind the curtains etc before I get into bed. Tilly I know that telling you this is of no help to you but I just wanted to know that you are not alone and I can totally understand. x
Anxiety is awful- and particularly when you know in your own mind, that is is also irrational. That doesn't prevent it though. Your body responds as if there is a threat, even though you know it doesn't really make sense.
Give yourself a chance and look after yourself. If it doesn't seem to improve by itself, go for some further help... but hopefully, it is a phase xx
Give yourself a chance and look after yourself. If it doesn't seem to improve by itself, go for some further help... but hopefully, it is a phase xx
Tambo, I'm not afraid of mice. I had a pet mouse when I was a child. Neither am I afraid of spiders. There was a huge spider in my bedroom the other night and I just turned off the light and it wasn't there in the morning.
It wasn't the fact that it was a mouse, it was the fact that I was so startled by the unexpected that it has shaken me.
Thanks for the suggestion, anyway.
It wasn't the fact that it was a mouse, it was the fact that I was so startled by the unexpected that it has shaken me.
Thanks for the suggestion, anyway.
Tilly, don't increase your sertraline without asking your GP. My GP wanted to increase mine a while ago but he did explain if ever I wanted to come off it, it's easier to do when you take 50 mg than if you take 100mg a day. I stuck to the 50mg and things that bother me have settled down a bit now and I'm coping a bit better, but do see your GP if you are still bad with your anxiety. x