How to make light of the prospect of going insane?

Maybe that will help me cope with it if I can at least laugh about it. One of my major issues is I am just afraid of what ever it is that's going on with me whether its the PTSD or something else...so I end up kind of dwelling on it to the point of causing anxiety attacks. Like I might have trouble finding something I had just set down and can't find it so then I freak out about how I should be a able to find it but feel like I can't even think straight. Anyways its just confusing, isolating and uncomfortable can anyone relate to this?

Hellion I do that ALL THE TIME!!! You're not going crazy. It's just part of life. We put things down, and in the stress of being alive, we forget where we put it. I'm always looking for something and it drives me insane. LOL We aren't the only people who do that. Others do it too.

I think it's because there's always so much going on in the house, at work etc. There is so much chaos. If things were quiet and calm all the time, it wouldn't be so bad. But here at home, I have people talking all the time, the TV is on, the cat is yeowling to be fed, yadayadayad. LOL Know what I mean? STRESS.

And stress causes other things to happen too, not just forgetting where we put things. It causes mistakes to be made; it causes forgetfulness in other areas too, not just where we put stuff. It causes a quick temper;

So don't think you're going crazy cause you're NOT. This is life hellion.. Sometimes it can be tough! And sometimes we just have to laugh at it. That's what I try to do most of the time. If I don't laugh, I'll cry. LOL
So have a great evening, night, sweet drreams and have a great morning when you geet up! I wish you the very best!!! God bless. Hugs, Lee

I relate! I think I do it with big things (like anxiety) and small things (like everyday stress). I make light of it and get through the day. I think it's important to be able to laugh at oneself - and to be able to recognise that this, whatever it is that's happening to you, is not the end of the world, the destruction of you, or unfixable. I think as long as you're working at it, that's perfectly fine. I would sort of caution against making light of things to the point where your experiences are diminished... but that's about all. *HUGS*

Well that was just an example of something that bothers me, but yeah I don't know that I'm not basically going crazy. I mean I am anything but ok mentally so though I realize your trying to help........the whole point is that no one seems to get that it really is serious not just something for me to brush aside and ignore.

I had a doctor tell me not to long ago that if we didn't get me straightened out it could get a lot worse, that really scared me and i asked him he thought it could turn into some kind of pskosis and he said that is what we want to avoid. That's one of the reasons i am here is to understand what is going on with my brain.

Sure you can. My sister and I have a running joke about bad things. A persistent headache is probably my brain tumor or her forgetting something is early onset senility. Or what if I went crazy and nobody noticed
Dark humor but...

I found my phone after it was lost for 3 weeks and then lost it again 4 days later.

It's still gone!! I'm about to go rage-o-pathic about this thing!!

I think that a lot of us are "crazy," and we risk a lot of our current health issues getting worse through stress or lack of effective treatment. However, I don't that most of us will go on to spontaneously develop psychosis or to treat imagination as though it's reality.

It could be the anxiety worsening your focus/recall and that's why you can't find items you're looking for.
I've been plannning on getting a basket to set on my desk to put my phone, keys, and wallet in. Always losing them....

(((Hellion)))

I can relate ~ That thought used to scare the heck out of me!! What brought me comfort, I can see now in retrospect, is that thoughts like these are very common with panic disorder. I now have PTSD and don't have any of those fears anymore. I do become frustrated with myself for my crummy memory, but that isn't the same in my experience.

You can assure yourself that as you gain control over your panic, your memory will improve & you'll have less on your mind, decreasing the forgetfulness. Are you working with a T? If not, I recommend that you do ASAP, to gain some techniques to help yourself work through your fears as well as understand how the anxiety began.

You should be checked out by a general doctor first, to rule out possible physical causes first though. Once physical causes are ruled out, then go in to see a T. 1.) Diagnosis and 2.) Treatment.

I wish you the very best! Gentle hugs to you....

I have PTSD, depression, anxiety, chronic pain.....I have to wake up at 4am so I don't forget everything I need for the day. I will put my phone somewhere I think will be obvious, and then it is not, and I spend an hour looking for it. It usually blends in with whatever color i put it on. It is maddening and I miss any good sleep. One of my roommates is almost 70 and tries to calm me down. It happens to him a lot, and he has a lot less stuff. It is one of my most anxiety-provoking symptoms. I have not felt well lately, and I have taken the wrong train to work. I try to breathe deeply but it usually turns into a full-blown panic attack.

I was just using that "losing things" as an example. I realize that you're concerned about this and don't want it pushed aside.

I worry about it at times too, but then I realize that when things are calm and quiet in the house, I'm perfectly fine. I don't know if it's true for you or not. I'm just affected ALOT by noise & chaos. My memory IS damaged by my years of drinking -- I pickled my brain by 20 years of heavy boozing. I've been in recovery for 19 years not and haven't had a drink in all that time. But my brain has been damaged, so I'm going to have to live with the effects of that. I'm just trying to keep it from getting worse!

Something that helps memory is doing crossword puzzles. It's a fact -- studies have shown that crossword puzzles help the brain with memory so I do those frequently. Maybe that would help you too!

Take care. Talk to you again I hope. Hugs, Lee

I've already had psychotic symptoms I've attributed it to my PTSD but who knows. And then the delusional/irrational thinking I run into quite a bit especially lately I guess could be part of anxiety........but yeah its just getting to be too much. Anyways my last therapist seemed concerned when I had to stop seeing him due to lack of funds he was concerned about what might happen if I don't seek further treatment and that was a year ago. Turns out I guess he was right to be worried.

Right now I've seen a general practitioner doctor she prescribed my hydroxyzine or something like that for my anxiety, that didn't do crap other then cause the same unpleasantness taking something like benadryl in large amounts. So then I saw her within the last couple weeks and she gave me clonozepam for the anxiety(which I am out of gotta wait till tomorrow or the next day for my prescription refill request to go through. And also Mirtazapine which is a non-SSRI anti depressant with sedating properties as well as a weight gain side effect she gave me to help me sleep and because I complained of being concerned about losing weight due to not eating enough because of stress. the clonozepam works well for reducing anxiety though I need at least 1mg instead of the .5 mg pills they gave me for it to work(hence the reason I ran out a bit early) and the other does help with getting to sleep and seems to increase my appetite not sure if the anti-depressant properties are working but I've hardly been on it a week so its probably to early to tell.

Next appointment is hopefully the psych eval I thought was going to take place last appointment but I don't know and there isn't really therapy I know of maybe at my next appointment I will find out about what is available in that area. Then again I am thinking of telling them how suicidal I am really feeling so they'll likely send me to the psych ward........I don't really want to because there is still that part of me that wants to just try a little harder and not give in to the system. So there is the chance I will freak out at the last minute and they'll have to involuntarily commit me which at the time I'd hate and later I'd probably be like 'well if it wasn't for that I may have killed myself.' I mean the thought of going to my next appointment and walking away with more than enough meds to commit suicide with does not make me feel safe so psych ward its likely to be. I'll worry about the bill later....I suppose.

Even when things are calm and quiet I am not perfectly fine, that can actually get pretty weird quite honestly especially if I am alone. But noise and chaos is also an issue as it puts me on edge and increases my anxiety not to mention I guess I have autism related sensory issues...apparently I was weird since I was a kid because I'm on the autism spectrum.

But yeah I guess the important thing is trying to keep it from getting worse, rather then causing further damage.

Yeah it happens so much to me....though I've never lost a phone and found it, I've usually had to just get a new one due to leaving it somewhere like the bus or having it fall out of my pocket without me knowing.

Or when I am getting ready to head out somewhere it feels like a battle to find everything, and then I might lose something I just had in my hand thus losing whatever else I have in my hand and well its frustrating.

I think what you are doing is a symptom of what you have. I do that all the time, too. but sometimes we just need to talk about it, and even laugh about it.