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May 14, 2015, 03:21 AM
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Hello
I suffer from clinical depression and pschosis. I frequently wake in the night and get panic attacks. I get a strong urge to text certain people I know to tell them how I am feeling, what is happening to me. I know it is wrong to text people at 4am in the night but I cannot stop myself from doing so. After I have sent the text messages I feel relief and the anxiety / panic attack fades. I feel guilty and remorse for having bothered people with lots of texts, particularly sending them in the middle of the night. I promise myself that I must not do it again. But maybe the following night or a few nights later, I find myself doing it again. It is causing my friends annoyance but I cannot stop. Is this some kind of control disorder like pyromania, kleptomania or uncontrollable gambling ? |
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May 14, 2015, 04:49 PM
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Hi Gareth, do you think maybe it's more a reaction to what you're going through emotionally??? I mean waking to panic attacks can be really frightening, right?? And even afterwards/when they've passed, you can still be feeling shaken, vulnerable, wanting to reach out, wanting someone to know.........or wanting to feel less "alone", so maybe understandable in that respect.
But, unless I'm reading this wrong, it's sounding like people's replies aren't as important as actually sending the texts????? So perhaps you have a close friend who wouldn't mind turning off their message alert at night so as you can send texts without them being "disturbed", and who you know will contact you in the morning??? Or if you could instead write down what you want them to know/what you want to say, and decide the next day whether you actually want to show them/say it, or not??? But I'd say one of the most important thing in this is..........are you getting any professional help with the waking/with the panic attacks??? Or if so, could you be getting a little more help e.g. if you really emphasis how much this is effecting you??? Alison |
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May 14, 2015, 08:50 PM
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I have an uncontrollable need to purge my feelings when triggered and panicked. However I do not have friends to text so I use the crisis chat line and I make contact with my T who is always gracious not to shame or scold me for always doing that.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors. |
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