Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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wimbly83 04/06/2008

Is it just me, or do others out there shy away from certain types of movies because of anxiety?

I don't seem to do well with anything violent anymore, meaning gunfire, yelling, etc. For instance, my boyfriend is watching a movie right now (really loud of course...)and there seems to be LOADS of drama/violence in it.

I am not in the same room but our house is so small that no matter where I was to go right now I would hear the movie. Anyhow, just hearing it is making me feel "weird"...racing heart, chest pain, shortness of breath...I am just praying for the damn movie to be over with already!!

Sorry for the venting mixed in with my post...just wanted to give my situation to see if anyone else could relate!

deleted_user 04/06/2008

I am the same way. Violent movies or anything to do with harming children really upset me. Certain topics too bother me like medical shows I refuse to watch. Why do we need to see people die on TV when it is happening in our streets everyday. If the motion picture industry spent the cash to help our fight against crime rather than some cheesy movie we might live safer. I feel these types of movies motivate sick individuals to commit crime. But at the end of the day I love James Bond, a good old war movie and of course Silence of the lambs. Call me a hypocrit but that is the way I see it.

deleted_user 04/06/2008

oh yeah and show like CSI, Law and Order, House I hate. They really freak me out.

deleted_user 04/06/2008

I'm with you. I can't watch ANY horror movie, I am very particular about dramas too. I never watch any television show that has to do with crime. That leaves out about 80% of television these days!

I don't believe they need to continuously show the population new and various ways of killing people (mostly women).

Give me a comedy any day of the week. I don't watch medical dramas, either, because knowing my sub-conscious, I'll start getting symptoms! LOL! I do, however, watch HOUSE because I've been a fan of Hugh Laurie for years and years. Somehow, I can disassociate myself with his show.

wimbly83 04/07/2008

Yeah, I hear you both!! I am impossible with medical shows, crime dramas, etc.!! Honest;y, I stick to cartoons and Family Guy now!

My boyfriend loves, loves, loves, dramas/action movies and I love to spend time with him, so me not wanting or at least me not feeling like I am able ot watch something like that with him makes me really upset sometimes!

oohum02 04/07/2008

I agree with you. It's stressful too because my husband always wants to watch the action flicks. They just make me jittery. It's only like that for me when I'm going through my spell.

I find that the best thing for me when I'm feeling icky is a comedy that will make me laugh out loud. The laughing really cues me up and it feels great!!!

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