sudden bouts of sadness and fear

Hi, so I just wanted to see if anyone else is experiencing it has experienced what I'm going threw And if anyone knows why it's happening.

Lately I've noticed that every once in a while when I'm not really doing much like when I'm scrolling threw Facebook or reading I'll just have this sudden sadness and fear come over me because the thought will pop into my head that life is short and that I am going to die one day then I start to wonder how I'll feel In the future and if I'll be happy and travel the world like I've always wanted . Then I get really tired and feel like sleeping because I think for some reason my brain feels like everything will be fine and time will freeze if I just go to sleep and don't deal with it. It really scares me, and it's weird because it's not the thought of death that scares me but the thought of me having regrets and not being able to do the things I wanted that scares me.

Anyway thanks for reading and I hope you have a great day or night or whatever.

I occasionally experience waves of emotion and/or tiredness, but they are not associated with any particular thoughts. In my case, I can attribute these episodes to the activity of meds or possibly anxiety.

Is the sadness always connected with the specific thoughts you described?
How long have you experienced this?
Have you described this to a medical professional?

The fear you describe sounds like anxiety, to me. I have what you described here and yes, I get really tired afterwards. It's like all my energy was spent on a random and unprovoked adrenaline rush, and then I'm too tired and depressed to do anything about anything.

I have had to stop using Facebook for a bit simply bc it was causing me to be too emotional. I still use the Facebook messenger but not the other parts.

I do still experience what you describe from time to time but now I can generally control it with relaxation techniques or music.

I think a lot of people worry about not having regrets. I've been thinking about this a lot lately too. I agree that sometimes sleeping is easier than participating. How can things get any worse while we're in la-la land, right?

Have you set specific goals? How will you know once you've reached them? What would it take for you to look back and have no regrets? Sometimes it helps to write things down, so you can look at it often and remember what you're working for. Hope this helps!

Yes, this has happened to me. It is very disconcerting and I dislike it intensely. I was sitting in a book store waiting on my daughter just last night and a wave of it came over me. Instead of making me want to sleep, I was wide eyed until about 2:00 am. You're not alone.

It's nice to know I'm not alone, I can't really remember or I don't really realize how often it is but I think maybe twice a week or maybe once or twice every few weeks, I have not talked about it with a medical professional because I am unable to at the moment, usually I'm just having a normal day, I don't leave the house much because I'm again unable to, do I usually read or work on my stories or just scrolling threw Facebook when the feeling hits.

I'm working towards getting a job on my birthday and saving money because I'm not 100% sure what I want to do as a career but I do know I want to travel the world and help people, I love to see others smiling and happy and I enjoy helping people.

My mother does not help with the fears of regret because she constantly discouraged me from traveling the world because " it's not a good time right now to travel" but as far as I'm concerned it'll never be a perfect time to travel, I don't know if I'll be able to accomplish my goal of getting a job because I don't think she's going to help me and I can't get a job without her help, I have no way of getting to the job without her and I've never had a job before so I don't know exactly how to get one I don't know everything I need to get a job. It's very frustrating not to have someone behind you when your trying to get a kick start on life

In happy to know I'm not alone on the sudden fear though so thank you for commenting.

you are having normal feelings

Good post