Anybody develop a fear of having a mental problem?
I have this fear in the back of my mind of having a mental illness and or "losing it" and I've had it for as long as I can remember when I first quit drinking two years ago. Recently relapsed last December and am around 22 days sober today.
I literally was convincing myself that I had a mental illness, began to experience feelings of unreality, etc. (though now I know it was probably just my body working through the PAWS).
I guess what I'm saying is is this all the anxiety talking? Sometimes you can be doing something and then worry about losing it or going crazy and in reality I know it's just these intrusive thoughts that are causing me to feel this way. Whenever I feel like this I try to devote my attention to something that relaxes me and usually I start feeling fine again.
I guess it's almost a case of you think you're getting a cold so you start to create symptoms for yourself right?