Scared. Is this normal for anxiety?

[Momof2cuteboys]

Lately I think the best way to describe it is I feel like I'm in the Truman show. I get scared when I look outside like even looking at the sky I start to think about what's the purpose? Why are we all here what's the point? I almost feel like I'm living inside a snowglobe. It's really scaring me. I am a Christian and I've never ever felt this way. Sometimes there's those moments when everything around feels surreal or something like that. I don't know how to explain it. Now I'm freaking out that something is really wrong with me bi don't want to get psychosis or go psychotic. Can anyone please tell me these are feelings that come with panic disorder or maybe a little depression? I want to feel better. I want to enjoy things like I used to not be afraid of everything.

[Jenova]

Those are completely normal feelings and thoughts.. i think the Anxiety is making them feel Not Normal..

I always look up at the sky and wonder whats the purpose of us.. what purpose do "I" have here..

I think your Anxiety is tricking you into thinking those thoughts are Not Normal and that your going crazy but your not lol

Its really normal for us as humans to diagnose ourself and we do it all the time.. but when you toss anxiety into the mix it really messes up our perspective on whats normal and whats not normal..

A method i've been trying to teach myself to use is putting a face on "Anxiety" and looking at him/her as a trickster always playing pranks on your mind..

[newrunner]

I think it's normal too. Especially since we are creative and artsy individuals, and smart enough to know that we didn't create ourselves, so there is something else out there.

You are feeling anxiety-- depersonalization in particular. Slow down your breathing, get some exercise and enough sleep. Focus on the now, and leave the "what ifs" to God.

I was told of a book that really helped me alot. Called "Freedom from Fear by Dr. Howard Leibgold". I feel like it gave me concrete things to do when I felt like crap, and I was able to help myself instead of digging myself further in a hole. I got the book at a regular bookstore for about $8. He also has a website at www.angelnet.com where I got some CDs to listen to.

Hope you find hope soon.

[Paisleegreen]

I have the same feelings. I'm glad you asked this as I had never felt them before until I had my panic attack or even before when I weaned myself off of Wellbutrin and Xanax. Xanax was introduced to me when I had weaned myself off of Cymbalta to Serzone, but found that Serzone was a mistake. I only got on generic Xanax for rubbery feeling legs. I wish I hadn't been introduced to Xanax. Anyway, I did wean myself off of both with the help of a Psychologist using David Burns 10 Days to Self Esteem. It did focus on CBT. Long story short though, I experience some anxiety after the weaning process and then some turn of events in my household. Then a panic attack that opened up a whole can of worms. When I called my Psychologist at the time, he asked me, "What are you afraid of?" I said, of having another panic attack where I experienced spasms in my gut and they felt like electrical shocks!

So now I'm on Remeron, not my anti-depressant of choice, but it was to calm my anxiety and panic disorder (I guess) because I didn't want to take the Xanax. Anyway, thanks to my sister, she sent me Lucinda's Intro CD and so here I am and plan on ordering her program.

I get those scary, surreal feelings a lot and my comforting behavior is to garden, but now my joints get sore more than in the past.