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Originally Posted by Raindropvampire
I don't think it's weird that you kept them. But please never feel guilty about taking care of yourself. If you had thrown them away even though they are perfectly good it would be entirely understandable.
When I mentioned that my brother has passed out from anxiety it's usually triggered by girls. He's 26 and a virgin because he's so terrified of meeting people/being intimate with someone. You two are different in he can watch stuff on TV and (I'm horrified to know this but we are very close) I do know that he does self stimulate so to say. However, the thought of someone else touching him will send him into a full blown zone out or he will pass out cold. Maybe he sees someone touching him as a type of confrontation I don't know.
I wish I had some advice to offer but I haven't even been able to find a way to help my brother. Sorry I'm useless on the advice.
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Your brother is similar to me, but I don't have a problem meeting people. But then I'm a musician, so I have been conditioned to perform, act, and interact with other people. But yes the thought of someone touching me or me being forced to touch them etc. makes me anxious and it has led to moments of me "freezing" or just not being able to calm down. However, when it actually happens, I do freeze. Not necessarily to the point that I can't move at all, but I feel powerless.
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Originally Posted by Bluey48
I've read that the "fight or flight response" to a perceived threat now also includes "freeze". Maybe this is what's happening. I'm not qualified to say, but maybe do a bit of research about it and/or ask your T or Pdoc if you're seeing one.
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I've heard about it being an "official" response and it's happened before at varying degrees. It's just that the freezing has gotten worse recently and to get out of the freaked out/delirious state the only way to work is self-harm. I've tried other stuff, but that's the only thing that will work.