Am i going insane?

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I feel as though I am slowly going insane. I've been getting angry easier recently, and when I do I sometimes space out, I'll be there and semi-aware. But I will be unable to control myself, like someone will call my name and I will hear them and want to respond and I will be unable to. Even when I'm not angry, I have like visions. They don't seem real or anything, but they are very vivid and usually brutal. I'm scared that if somebody angers me to too far of a degree I might accidently do something very bad.

Is this normal? Or should I seek mental help?

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  • --Quinn--
    7 years ago

    I used to be just like that. Go to therapy, you'll be okay.

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  • DirtyDelta
    7 years ago

    It's normal to space out, everyone daydreams, and the fact that you're still grounded enough to realize that having a brutal imagination is potentially troublesome means that no, you're not "insane." You sound like you have an anxiety problem, you fear losing control, which is a VERY common thing that anxiety suffers feel. You would likely benefit from a psychologist (not a psychiatrist, which issues drugs, you likely don't need anything like that) who can help you talk through your feelings in a managed way. In short, don't freak out, everyone has moments where they feel like they're going to lose it, you just need to know how to identify and manage those feelings.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      7 years ago

      How would we go about talking about my feelings? The only emotion I really ever feel is anger, and even then it doesn't really feel natural. I also cut because of these things, I feel it's the only way I can really stay in control, you know hurt myself instead of hurting others.

      lately I've been having trouble sleeping and I've started seeing/hearing things that aren't there too, separate from what I described in the post, like it's just shadows and barely audible whispers.

      So are you confident a psychologist would help? I'm afraid that I might have several different issues, and that should I resolve one of them, the other might intensify or just seem stronger, and make me snap.

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  • random_anomaly
    7 years ago

    This happened to me a lot before I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. It turned out to be a chemical imbalance in the brain, that can be managed with medication. In my case they put me on Prozac and wellbutrin and... I'm still a bit weird and aggro, but it's under control

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