Whenever I walk somewhere alone, I get extremely anxious. I get delusional and think that anyone around me can hear me breathing, and that it's annoying. I'll try to stop breathing when I walk by people, or even when I'm quite far away from anyone. Even when I'm listening to music with earbuds, if I'm about to walk by someone, I'll pull them out because I fear that I can't hear how loudly I'm actually breathing due to the music. I seem to walk differently when i get like this, as my legs get numb and very painful. It's nothing to do with being in shape, because I can walk very long distances when I'm with others. I always think that the people I'm walking by think I look weird or that they think I'm on drugs because I'm breathing and walking so oddly, as well as fidgeting with my hands. I don't understand why or what is happening. I haven't really seen anything online about something this specific. It isn't that I feel unsafe or worried about my safety. I don't know what it is. Please help lmao. My therapist says it's related to the fact that I have problems with delusions, but I want to know about what is happening when I have trouble breathing and why my legs hurt so much.
I don't know why this happens to me (anxiety related)?
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- 3+ months ago by spirit_exe
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- walk, hear, alone, anxiety, mental health, social anxiety
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This is similar to anxiety, specifically paranoia, in that you experience psychological stressors in a foreign environment. Good to hear you have already begun therapy for this issue. The strain your body goes through is a physical reaction as a result of the disorder that inhibits you from mentally processing your surroundings. As a result of this intolerance you are likely experiencing higher levels of epinephrine (adrenaline) and cortisol causing the delusions, worrying and more.