[Mountaindewed]

People tell you not to worry and you get all worked up and then you realize you were worried for nothing?

When I was in my late teens and early 20s I had an intense fear of going blind from anxiety. It can happen

Now I'm 32 and I'm having issues with my eyes but its not mental health related and it probably will be ok

I just find it funny that something I worried nonstop about 12 years ago is legit going on now but in a different way.

Did this happen to anyone else?

[forestx5]

I worried that my parents would die. They did. I also lost an older and younger brother. My worrying didn't do any good.

[SomethingSomethingV]

My social fears come true, I worry about people being themselves which I don't like and they are. I would rather live in a society of robots that I can command not to bully me and that also double as ATMs.
Now when it comes to physical fears like being attacked by a bear or some other large animal, well, since I obey the fear and just don't go where large animals congregate - no, they don't come true. I worry myself away from dangerous situations and that's that. I haven't been one of those idiots on When Animals Attack. Fear keeps me a smart, a non-redneck.

TLR - social fears do tend to happen, though it depends entirely on the context, and physical fears tend to not happen for me.
Sprinkled in some humor to keep it light.
Have a nice day.

[divine1966]

You can’t go blind from anxiety. Where did you hear that?

I worry about things and then they happen but it’s either natural progression/consequence of things or coincidence

[Discombobulated]

Most of the time things I worry about don’t happen, sometimes they do, but I don’t have a great prediction rate.

[FloatThruThis]

Originally Posted by divine1966

You can’t go blind from anxiety. Where did you hear that?

I’m no expert, but there is something called “hysterical blindness.” Maybe that’s what Dewed is talking about? According to a quick google: “Hysterical blindness is an outmoded term for a condition now designated as a form of conversion disorder.” (Source: Wikipedia)

[FloatThruThis]

Originally Posted by Mountaindewed

People tell you not to worry and you get all worked up and then you realize you were worried for nothing?

When I was in my late teens and early 20s I had an intense fear of going blind from anxiety. It can happen

Now I'm 32 and I'm having issues with my eyes but its not mental health related and it probably will be ok

I just find it funny that something I worried nonstop about 12 years ago is legit going on now but in a different way.

Did this happen to anyone else?

To answer your question: I worry about so many things, some of them are bound to come true.

[Mountaindewed]

Originally Posted by FloatThruThis

I’m no expert, but there is something called “hysterical blindness.” Maybe that’s what Dewed is talking about? According to a quick google: “Hysterical blindness is an outmoded term for a condition now designated as a form of conversion disorder.” (Source: Wikipedia)

Yeah thats what I'm talking about. Conversion disorder.

Yes. Yes it has.

[unaluna]

My mother i think liked to worry. She acted like she had no control over it, therefore we all had to submit to its demands also, no questions asked, "or else she will worry." So id say it was just a big stick.

[Mountaindewed]

You can also become physically paralyzed from anxiety. Its really rare but it has happened to people. Its another part of conversion disorder.

[lizardlady]

I worried that what is now happening in the US would happen.

People PLEASE don't turn this into a political discussion.

[BeyondtheRainbow]

Originally Posted by Mountaindewed

You can also become physically paralyzed from anxiety. Its really rare but it has happened to people. Its another part of conversion disorder.

I had a couple of patients with conversion disorder.. Both times it appeared as stroke symptoms Well one time the dr insisted it was conversion disorder and we didn't think it was. The first was clearly conversion disorder with one side paralysis, vision problems, etc. tt was clinically very interesting although hard to treat. I also worked at a camp in college and one of the staff members had psychogenic seizures. That was really rough to see because she really suffered.

[MuddyBoots]

[rise13eyond]

I have too many worries, I spend half the day worrying over SOMETHING. ANything from making an important phone call to my loved ones dying. And 9/10 the only thing I have to worry about is the worrying it'self. Except that one thing...Yeah this thing that happened with my at the time boyfriend...Yeah that didn't end well, let's just say that gave me PTSD which now increaces my worrying because what if something like that happens again?

[blueteef]

I had severe health anxiety in my early twenties. I'm talking REAL severe. I would be trying to lay perfectly still in bed, petrified that any slight movement would cause my body to break down in some way. I was terrified of all sorts of diseases and all the different ways your body can shut down. I am half-convinced that it was because I obsessively watched the TV show "House". Now I avoid that show like the plague.

A month after my 30th birthday, I was diagnosed with tuberculosis, of all things. I came to learn that, although typically found in the lungs, tuberculosis can also attack other parts of your body. For me, it was my eyes. I was gradually going blind, so I can relate to you here. It was terrifying. I had to endure intense treatment, similar to chemotherapy, for 12 months. Also another dreaded fear of mine.

What I will say though, is that this experience showed me the strength I had all along. While I was previously absolutely terrified of these things ever happening to me, when the worst actually did come true, I powered through it. I thought to myself "well, the worst has happened, I can't do anything about it now except carry on". So, in a really bizarre way, getting that awful disease is what calmed me down? Obviously I would never want that to happen again and I do wish it never happened to begin with as it was a traumatic experience, but I am glad that it showed me the reality, rather than the distorted horrors my anxiety was trying to convince me were real.

I made a full recovery. My vision is not the same as it was before it happened, but I can still see, and that's what I am so thankful for. I'm hoping that my response here fills you with hope instead of fear. We humans are much more resilient than we think.

[Meloveulongtime]

I got ECT several times and never thought I would get something like that. Also filed bankruptcy and never thought that would happen.

[TheVillage]

Sometimes I worry so much Im exhausted before the day starts. Im literally thinking about things that have happened and things that I think are going to happen. Its annoying. But I have a hard time stopping it.