Is my mental health serious or just normal teen anxiety issues?Over the years my mental health has been put into question. I've had issues since I was little (bullied for 5 years, mom died when I was 11 etc, I'm 15 now). I went through some dark years after she died (cut myself, but only twice and then I stopped cause I felt the push of addiction slowly creeping in) but I've been okay of recent. I never did go to a therapist or get any help, because I hate therapists. I'm not good with expressing feelings. Anyway, for the past year I've felt off. I feel this incredible anger sometimes with people and honestly, I've had to clench my hands to stop from getting violent, which I have never been in my life, I'm all for peace. I even injured my hand by slamming my locker way to hard because I was angry. Also, I get these weird feeling when I'm stressed or have to go/do something I don't want to do. I get this plummeting, empty/heavy feeling in my stomach, a tightness in my chest and my breath "tastes/feels" disgusting and "poisoned". It's hard to explain but is it normal anxiety? I also get a shortness of breath even if I'm just sitting around. Today I got freaked out cause when I got stressed I had this sharp pain in the center of my chest, more towards my right breast (more towards the top of it). In contrast, when I'm happy its as extreme as when I'm sad, with a lightness around me. Is it just normal teen emotions or soemthing else? My dad just thinks it's cause I'm a leo/cancer with 4 cancers in my chart (We're into astronomy, don't hate hahah) Help? :)
Thanks guys! I'll try hahah. But oddly, I do field hockey and track and it just seems to make me more stressed :/. I'm going to try rowing crew in the summer and will see how that goes :). I actually am very loud and social at school and have a good amount of friends (I had to transfer to a public school last year because we couldn't afford private school anymore and its been a hard adjustment). Oh teen angst, what a pain hahaha. ;P
-Person Person
Greetings from Britain. I'm a 14 year old boy. From what you've described it sounds like these are just normal teenage emotions. I'm going through puberty as well obviously and sometimes, although not nearly as much as you, I get all of those exact same emotions for no apparent reason sometimes. Although I don't get them as much as you once or twice like a few months ago I just get week's, sometimes a week and a half where I have all the emotions all the time and I have no idea why.
In my opinion, you're just a normal teenager like the rest of us, but who am I to know? Anyway, if I get them, my friends get them and you get them I think you're fine. Don't worry. God bless hope this helps and have a nice life. Good luck lovely!
-Jonathan Harmer
Forget the bullies. You obviously haven't got over your mum, but you've answered your own question. Discussing feelings and seeing therapists/counsellors are one in the same, so you have to go and see one if you want to get better, whether you like it or not. Then try to incorporate that into home and your life in general, so that talking about emotions becomes natural. The breath thing will go away. Your body can manifest phsyically how you are feeling mentally. Good luck x
-misshazforever
I dont want to be mean or anything but u could have anger issues i have had to clench my fists b4 but hasnt everyone i think cutting urself is pointless wot is it helping?? (no offeence) x
-Austin Collins
Don't worry about it to much. Just stay away from drugs becouse my dad got depressed ( for reasons that are not mine to share ) and started doing hard drugs and ended up getting really sick, and that was a couple of years after rehab and was from when he still did hard drugs ( heroine, meth, or any other drug you can inject ) got sick from using dirty needles. But the stress part, try a sport, or run. It can releve stress. I always did baseball but I was never pushed to my limit so I did wrestling and during wrestling season I was the most social I have ever been. I'm not very social anymore becouse seasons over, but then again I'm very liked at school and get along with everybody at the school, all the groups. I just don't like a couple of them. Just be nice, hell in 6th grade I was bullied really bad but I finally did something about it ( that's also probably the reason why everybody lissions ( can't spell that for some reason ) to me when I say stop fuŃking around with someone ) now I'm liked becouse I'm nice to everybody. Just try the same. Maybe not the fighting part but the being nice part. It doesn't happen right off the bat it will take some time if your strictly nice ( a couple of months or longer ). But it will pay off. Also don't be all quite. During school I'm the most social person, out of school you can't get me to talk. But hey good luck and have some fun. It's not cancer by the way. You just have stress.
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