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Old Aug 11, 2011, 05:45 AM
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I don't know about my anxiety level- I know it fluctuates from moment to moment, and depending on what the situation is.

One i would like to ask about/talk about is this one:

I get light headed while talking to people like coworkers and then vary light headed after talking to them. Like a "release" as in like "I am done with that" feeling sometimes.

I also go blank in my head sometimes when talking to them- I feel stupid and feel like I say stupid things. These are people that I talk to before with conversations and even joked around prior.

is this part of anxiety - I don't think I have anxiety to the highest degree, but just a little... any one have any thoughts or suggestions on situations like this?
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Old Aug 11, 2011, 11:08 AM
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I get light headed while talking to people sometimes, and it's very distracting. Then after I'm done I feel like I said stupid things. So maybe the opposite of what you're experiencing? For me it is definitely part of the anxiety. It mostly happens when I think I've "overshared."

I just try to push through it, because my tendency would be to avoid that person from then on. I try to realize that it's just an anxiety symptom and tell myself that I can handle it.
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Old Aug 11, 2011, 11:54 AM
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I get that feeling when I dissociate, usually from depersonalization. I don't feel particularly anxious, but I just float away when talking to people face-to-face sometimes. I also try to push through it, but it feels very strange. I don't feel like it's even my voice talking to them at the time.
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Old Aug 11, 2011, 04:58 PM
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I had a pretty similar experience just pop out of nowhere a couple weeks ago when I was trying to solve a couple of cell phone issues at the store I got it from. Suddenly, by the time everything was resolved or otherwise explained, I just felt very nauseous and faint. I needed to just blindfold myself the second I got home, lie on my bed and relax as much as possible.

It's pretty scary considering I rarely have any major physical manifestations of my anxiety on that caliber. It seems to be attached to having to talk to other people, particularly when I want help or assistance. It might be just penting up all my anxiety in the first place until it's all over, then it just gushes out all at once.
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Old Aug 12, 2011, 04:49 AM
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I get that feeling when I dissociate, usually from depersonalization. I don't feel particularly anxious, but I just float away when talking to people face-to-face sometimes. I also try to push through it, but it feels very strange. I don't feel like it's even my voice talking to them at the time.
I get this to time, not all the time though- but I dont know about DID.
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I get light headed while talking to people sometimes, and it's very distracting. Then after I'm done I feel like I said stupid things. So maybe the opposite of what you're experiencing? For me it is definitely part of the anxiety. It mostly happens when I think I've "overshared."

I just try to push through it, because my tendency would be to avoid that person from then on. I try to realize that it's just an anxiety symptom and tell myself that I can handle it.
Yes this too happens often_ I do tend to stay away from people I have recently done this with a coworker that i work with for over 1/2 of my week cuz i feel as if i indulged too much information about me due to I was board and was joking around about some stuff.. if the coworkers stick around like one older guy- I tend to get over it for Its like ok they know a little about me know....

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I had a pretty similar experience just pop out of nowhere a couple weeks ago when I was trying to solve a couple of cell phone issues at the store I got it from. Suddenly, by the time everything was resolved or otherwise explained, I just felt very nauseous and faint. I needed to just blindfold myself the second I got home, lie on my bed and relax as much as possible.

It's pretty scary considering I rarely have any major physical manifestations of my anxiety on that caliber. It seems to be attached to having to talk to other people, particularly when I want help or assistance. It might be just penting up all my anxiety in the first place until it's all over, then it just gushes out all at once.
OMG something similar but not exactly the same, happened to me Thursday morning when I got done talking with the lady for a therapy session set up- I still need to do some finicial things but tomorrow i go in for that and a session.
But with the phone call with the screening lady- I was so fluttered and everything in my head- I Forgot to tell her some important things/neglected to remember them when she asked..... and then after the call I lost all my stuff, my cigs, lighter, cell phone even due to i was wondering around my apartment picking up things and setting them in odd places then forgetting.... ugh it was horrid for a moment then i tried to calm down, just sat there for a second to recollect. thank goodness at home I say to myself.
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I don't know about my anxiety level- I know it fluctuates from moment to moment, and depending on what the situation is.

One i would like to ask about/talk about is this one:

I get light headed while talking to people like coworkers and then vary light headed after talking to them. Like a "release" as in like "I am done with that" feeling sometimes.

I also go blank in my head sometimes when talking to them- I feel stupid and feel like I say stupid things. These are people that I talk to before with conversations and even joked around prior.

is this part of anxiety - I don't think I have anxiety to the highest degree, but just a little... any one have any thoughts or suggestions on situations like this?
My anxiety level has been high lately and I haven't wanted to speak in a group. Today I did and I got very light headed and I went blank after I was finished talking I did also feel stupid as I calmed down my thoughts came back and I told myself I wish I would have said that or this! I am going to keep talking tho and see if with practice it gets better. I wish I knew the answer because I really don't like the feeling at all. I even think before I speak and it still doesn't come out right.
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Old Aug 13, 2011, 07:15 AM
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Yeah, practicing with things that are hard- i think it could help

Hopefully with in time the anxiety of talking will get less./. I really dislike talking in groups as well- and I haven't for years (like high school was the last time I can remember)
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I don't know about my anxiety level- I know it fluctuates from moment to moment, and depending on what the situation is.

One i would like to ask about/talk about is this one:

I get light headed while talking to people like coworkers and then vary light headed after talking to them. Like a "release" as in like "I am done with that" feeling sometimes.

I also go blank in my head sometimes when talking to them- I feel stupid and feel like I say stupid things. These are people that I talk to before with conversations and even joked around prior.

is this part of anxiety - I don't think I have anxiety to the highest degree, but just a little... any one have any thoughts or suggestions on situations like this?
Sometimes I feel like I am going to fall over literally when I talk to, or move when someone is watching me. I just get physically weak.

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Old Aug 17, 2011, 03:56 AM
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Sometimes I feel like I am going to fall over literally when I talk to, or move when someone is watching me. I just get physically weak.

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:-( I am sorry to hear that Billi_leli; I have had felt like fainting, actually only fainted once and it was at a brother's friends- so i am not sure it was due to anxiety or what... I remember i dont know what though.

I Do agree if you can/able to, to practice with the issue of it. It is one of the reasons why I took the desk job instead of the back in the other room job. I thought it would help with communications and me being so antisocial but then there are some days like today where I find I have been a little rude to people with my responses... part anxiety part of something else with me..
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