indeed...emotionally, mentally, and visually...with anxiety my vision can be hypersensitive at times and that doesnt help...i try to ignore it...but it is tough.

All the time :( My Vision is also Hypersensitive with anxiety, also freaks me out!!! I feel like I am also being paranoid... !!!!

Blah! Oh anxiety how I don't love you!!!

Yes, it is terrible!!!!!! It is worse when I don't get sleep. UGH!

I feel like everything's dark n cloudy n nothing's real. If I put a light on in the house it's far too bright n makes me panic

Yes, I feel like that a lot of the times. I think it is worse when I go out though and i'm feeling very anxious.

Yes, I understand the "dark mind set" all too well. Lately I have had a flare-up of anxiety and depression, and I also have the sensitivity to light written about here, as well as sensitivity to noise. When I meditate or pray (which really is helpful, as it brings you out of the darkness and helps you to believe there is light in the world..) I light a candle, and sometimes even the peaceful flame of the candle seems irritating because I'm hypersensitive to light. Sad indeed. I do find, though, that if i keep the light on or the sound going, I eventually get used to it and it doesn't bother me anymore - but what a way to live!

The worst part of the "dark mindset" for me is being swept up in what feels like a tornado of worries, fears, and obsessive thoughts about what may happen. I hate living this way - I guess this is why I meditate so much, because it lifts me up out of the darkness and into a different mindset -