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Old Sep 09, 2006, 11:38 PM
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I have a really hard time with people looking at me, sometimes they aren't even really looking at me but one of my voices says they are. I don't like staring, but even people just 'looking' at me, really freaks me out. My husband and I went to a very small casino last night so he and his friend could play some live, cash poker games. I took a couple 5s and was playing the keno games. I started freaking out, went to the bathroom repeatedly so no one could see me, started staring at the 'play' button on my machine so I couldn't see, even periphally, if anyone was looking at me. Which may have been a mistake, as then I felt people looking and couldn't see if anyone actually was. My face went numb and tingly, the feeling started moving down my body. By the time we left, my chest and arms were feeling that way too. Numb and tingly may just sound annoying, but that along with the 'fog' that accompanies it, are what precedes a psychotic episode for me. I felt a little better on the one hour drive home, the numbness receded a bit anyway. One of my voices was staring at me and wouldn't leave me alone, even at home. So, I got some chinese leftovers and sat with my husband while we ate and talked on the bed. After 1.5 hours or a bit longer, the numbness and fog started retreating further, finally leaving later on. That's a detailed explanation of a singe instance, it happens quite alot, during anytime I am out of the house and around strangers. I'm starting to get scared to go out of the house.
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