You're not alone in your feelings. I worry that I'm crazy or going crazy too.

What is being crazy? Not knowing who you are? Not being able to control your thoughts? Someone who is qualified to speak on the matter needs to define it for us.

Is it any consolation to know you're not alone in your fear? I hope so.

No one wanna put in their two cents???

I also sometimes get the same worry about going crazy and stuff. I think it's just a natural part of having these disorders though; a person who naturally worries more than others knows they are not "normal" and thus is probably going to worry more about going to that extreme of "not being normal", simply because they feel they are already closer to being there in the first place. I think having these worries though shows some kind of control over your thoughts, and I would define crazy as little or no control of ANY of your actions or thoughts.

Ok, the only way someone ends up in psych ward is if they are unable to function in the regular world... ie: suicidal, homicidal, completely delusional, schizo, etc. You won't get THAT crazy. But I understand feeling like that. Remember, we do have Anxiety here... therefor, we tend to assume the worst will happen and obsess about it. So yeah, been there! But remind yourself that it's just the anxiety talking.

Normal people like us are in the psych wards because its a place to go when you can't handle life. My opinion anyway. You go, get straight on your meds, learn a little, rest a little get the help you need without having to wait a week inbetween appointments. Now some psych wards are for the ones that think they are elvis or are a danger to other or themselves. Not all are like that though. Many well know people have spent time in psych wards.

Hiya. Can absolutely relate I spend large portions of my day thinking i'm going crazy or losing it, but after 18 years of anxiety i'm still here functioning reasonably well (paradoxically!?). Tiffany put's it well, as the anxiety talking. The problem is if we feel like were going crazy we get even more anxious that we are and it spirals.
My partner is a Psych Nurse and says that it's rare people are admitted just with anxiety. Usually it's with other disorders such as depression and schizophrenia.
'Crazy' is a pretty vague word, some people may think its good to be a bit 'crazy'. I try and re-assure myself that if i really was going crazy i prob wouldn't know about it.
Mental illness is complex and cases can be very specific, there is no such diagnosis as 'crazy'

i have this is well,belive me you are not crazy i was taken to the mentel instituition and they said nope not crazy so if i was they would have sectioned me, they told that unfourntly this will happen when you have anxiety, also told me if i was crazy i would not no i would think i was normal, if you question your sanity then you are fine, its just horrible when it happens

i've been in pysch wards off and on most of my life they aren't bad they just lock the world out so you can get a handle on your problems and get your meds straightened out i'm not crazy either just in need of some rest sometimes mcate

When the panics first started I felt I was going crazy, but not now.

Crazy people don't know their crazy. By you worrying about going crazy only proves you are not. I had the same feelings back in May/June. Even went to the hospital hoping they would admit me to the pysch ward. They wouldn't and said that if I did it would only make my anxiety worse by being around the real crazy people. Once you learn to calm down and rationalize what is causing these panic attacks, your mind will ease and your thoughts of going crazy will slack off too. Hope this helps.

I think we are talking about two different things. I am talking about more of a "Stress Center" than a Psych ward I guess. The one I am familiar with really does not have "crazy" people. It is commom for Drs., Lawyers, lots of professional people to have mental break downs and need to get away and get on correct meds. That is more of what I am speaking of. No one is locked down. The building or "Unit" is locked but that is it. Kind of like going to rehab for the brain I guess.

I feel it all the time. Am I crazy, am I loosing my mind? the answer from the dr. is no, but what you are experiencing IS real