Has anyone ever experienced their body shutting down out of the blue, seemingly for no reason? Like you’re going through an attack, but it’s not how panic attacks are usually described (hyperventilation, breathing fast, etc.), it’s the opposite. It has happened about 5 times to me, always in the evening when I’m preparing for sleep or am lying in bed. I noticed it starts with this weird tingling feeling that I associate with intense physical efforts like running a marathon, when the last bits of energy are floating out of you and the body is preparing to get a deserved rest. But it doesn’t feel like drifting to sleep. My body sorta freezes while my mind is still fully awake and I can sorta watch my body from above. I can feel my breathing getting slower by the minute, and I instinctively begin to breathe through my mouth for fear of being choked from no oxygen. I try to keep my eyes open because I’m scared that if I fall asleep in such a state I’ll certainly die… Yet my brain is willing to go into sleep mode, which makes me fight with myself and fight with this terror that something’s wrong with my body. My vision gets blurry and my head lightheaded. If I try to get up and walk the room I can’t fully shake off the dizziness and extreme anxiety akin to panic (but again, not quite), the room sorta zooming away from me. I can’t describe it in any other way but tunnel vision as I can’t focus on anything in the room besides what’s right in front of me. My hearing gets muddied and I eventually have to sit back or lie down on the bed because otherwise I’ll pass out.
I’m seriously scared there might be something wrong, and not only with my mind. I wonder if this could be disassociation gone too far or some sort of a pre-stroke condition? It makes me dizzy and nauseated, and I’m scared to fall asleep for many more hours afterwards. The last time this happened during the day when I was about to lie down and watch movies for a couple of hours. Basically, it always happens when I’m about to relax, nothing seemingly worrying me, that’s why I’m positive it’s not a panic attack.
Can it be the body’s reaction to stress? The first two times when it happened I was staying with my stepparent who is going through rehabilitation after surgery, and those were super stressful days and nights. I thought it might be my body’s way to tell me it needs a rest or some medical help. However, I’m on antianxiety meds now, and it happened three more times since. I would really like it to go away, it scares the shit out of me. Am I the only one with these weird conditions??
Look first off you need to give-up on your overthinking. That's the worst of all. If you are sticking on to something then why overthinking and anxiety. start sticking to positive things like positive habits, habits which can make a huge difference if you just follow them everyday. Watch some youtube videos of how to spend your day productively maybe. Engage yourself in such stuff
I completely understand you, been there a bunch of times. Stop thinking too much about things which are not in your control. Just put in your work, rest let the universe bring the goodness to you. I used to find myself in your position so many times back in college, I used to calm myself by making logical reasonings like what will happen if i start assuming the worst rn - 1) I'll waste my time which I can rather invest on achieving that thing I am stressing about
2) Anxiety will just make you unsure about even about what i have already studied or taken a step towards.
So better do what's needed than overthinking or being presumptuous
But i can't really stop my overthinking. I keep on repeating worst scenarios, even though i try so damn hard,it doesn't work out. My head is also aching, i just don't wanna feel this anymore. I am unable to do anything relaxing.can't even stop overthinking.