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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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Should I consult my Psychiatrist

shanese1992
shanese1992
I have paranoid/childhood schizophrenia and thats just enough for me but everytime I talk infront of a large group of people my heart raises and I cant breathe or at least feel like I cant it takes me about 5 at the most minutes to recooperate and breathe and my heart slows back to normal. But it happens alot my thoughts rush my hands shake I begin to perspire a little more than usual and my voices gets extremely shakey so im not talking too loud but I'm still scared. Should I talk to my psychiatrist about this?
Community LeaderMid
Mid
You should, if you trust the person.
One suggestion I will make is to find your center of calm, balance, and breathe so you can enter and stop to regain the center of calm, balance and breathe as you move forward into the motion of action (which is what a large group of people is)
I hope this helps you.
It's rough for me to walk into a large crowd, and I had to practice this technique at home several times using the door as a frame of reference for the exercise. The shakiness will settle down as your anxiety level reboot to normal level. It just takes practice and patience to find the best way to do it.
heretic
heretic
Speaking in front of a crowd is one of the most common causes of anxiety among people who do NOT have a disorder. I say tell your pdoc everything because 1. It's what you pay him/her for and 2. it's the only way you can get all the help you need. But I do want to assure you that what you are experiencing in this regard is quite normal. Good luck
shanese1992
shanese1992
Thanks for your suggestions. I suppose the anxiety starts the moment I think about saying something its way before anything is ever said out loud and even while people are talking to me I cant think straight and I get terrified to say anything even the thought of talking sends me into those feelings so I will consult a doctor just to make sure its nothing serious because as you said its very common. I just thought I would get advice from people of suffer from these disorders so Thank You.
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