[weathegeek1331]

Hi, this is my first time here. I am 17 years old. I've experienced the loss of many close family members over the past four years. For the last two my parents have suffered a rough divorce. I know that I am suffering from mild anxiety. I worry a lot, but for a period of like a week, I kept finding tiny holes in my shirts. At first I thought it was moths or the dryer doing that, but when I went to confront my dad about it, I tried to find a shirt to show him, and all the shirts I before saw holes in were perfectly fine. I don't know what to think of this. I didn't know where to post on here. I'm just asking if anyone knows what it is that has caused this or whether I should be worried or not. I was so convinced that there were holes in my shirts that I actually threw one away. I thought there were at least 6 shirts over a span of several days that appeared to have holes, I can't find any now and neither can my dad.

[Perna]

Hi, weathegeek1331, welcome to PsychCentral (PC). It sounds to me like a product of your anxiety, especially now that you can see there are no holes. Are you seeing a professional for support or in any support groups for your parent's divorce, etc.? I would work on the anxiety and giving yourself space to be comfortable in so you don't run out of options and have to imagine holes in shirts (much smaller/easier/less "important" a problem than dealing with losing family members or parents divorcing!). In other words, I think it is just a symptom of your anxiety (a kind of waking nightmares) but I'm not a professional. I'd go talk to my doctor or someone about what they think/suggest.

[RisuNeko]

Were the holes big?

[weathegeek1331]

No, the holes were small, like the size of a grain of rice, but the numbers of them varied. On some shirts it would be 1 or 2, and on others it would be like 20

[Thunder Bow]

Could be the kind of fabric. When it has been streached, the small holes would appear. When not being worn the fabric would shrink, and the holes would close up.