Posted by mikhail99 on January 25, 2003, at 22:15:42
In reply to Re: Does anxiety do this to anyone else? Dinah, posted by laurarn on January 25, 2003, at 8:50:04
> It is so refreshing to read all of these posts. I thought I was the only one who experienced these things. I am not so unique afterall!
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> There are times in therapy, and just overall days, that I cannot keep my thougts in order due to anxiety. I've never heard it described like that, but it is as if I can see my thoughts racing around my head but cannot verbalize any of them in a coherent sentence. I have trouble finding words and the words I do pick out sometimes don't seem like real words. Like I've forgotten whether a word is really a word!
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> I am so relieved to know others pay for groceries and then walk off without them, or the change. I usually pay inside for gasoline and then drive off without filling up the tank.
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> I am a very organized person. These lapses are not as concerning to me when I can hear all of your stories and know it isn't just me!Same here Laurarn, I feel a bit better knowing I'm not alone in this state of anxious dopiness. I can't tell you how often I walk through the house with a goal in mind and when I get to where I'm going, have completely forgotten why I was going there and what I was going to do. We're talking a time span of MAYBE 30 seconds to a minute. Or on my way home, plan to stop and do an errand and then miraculously find myself at home, the errand completely gone from my brain.
Thanks everyone for your answers! And Dinah, your story about driving away from the fast food place without your food gave me such a good laugh. Thank you!
Mik
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