This is not stupid at all, Anthousa! Panic and anxiety are very difficult problems and unfortunately many people can't understand that until they go through it.
I wish you strength to fight! You can overcome this! Feel free to PM me if you want to.

Here are some mindfulness exercises that allow a kind of mystical experience while ensuring you stay safely in reality. Sorry I know this doesn't exactly answer CloudedMoon's original question but I thought it might be useful in the larger context of the title. For other people with mental issues th...

I'll share my own experience without claiming it's universal. Everyone is different. I don't have a mental illness, however I suffer from complex cptsd. What I've found out is that I do have real natural interest in mysticism that has always been a genuine part of my personality. On the other hand, ...

Hi Effi, welcome [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] I'm from Europe, too and there're few others here.
You'll meet amazing people on the forum, which I think is the most valuable aspect of this site.
Have fun!

I know what you mean by knowing someone is evil. I get that too with certain people. I personally wouldn't move because of him. There are people like this everywhere. You don't have to come in contact with this one, he's only your neighbor. You just greet him politely and make small talk in the elev...

I love blinky, too. I think they will rarely respond to a name unless you train them to.
Since she is brown she could be Peanut

We had wooden floor and one of the planks was lose and I thought there must be a hidden treasure. Note that we lived in an ordinary block of flats on 10th floor. I did believe in Easter bunny and baby Jesus. Yes, in my country we get presents straight from him! We're special :-) When I looked out of...

I don't drink sodas often, either. They make me more thirsty. However, when going outside in the summer it is almost automatic that you order either beer or Kofola, which is a local version of Cola. They made it during socialism when there was a demand for a cola-type drink but of course, they could...

Omg 42C! I would die [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY] hold on, Yana [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
We have a storm right now. I like storms☺

Totally agree with FF. 9 year olds are much smarter than we may think, they seem to be more mature than we were at their age (I taught at elementary and was surprised by their thinking). Explain him how things are and don't try to make it a mystery. You may even tell him that there might be a confro...

Hello IndigoDoll, You are in such a complex and delicate situation. I can see how powerless you may feel when you can't decide about something so important and intimate as psychiatric medication. I can only imagine how difficult, if not impossible it is to trust that someone else wants the best for ...

My cat caught a mouse yesterday and was eating it but my dog chased him away and ate the cat's mouse!
Oh such an injustice and that's how the world works

Haha Yana, you were cheeky :-) Yes I was astonished how people smile and are polite in England, too. I felt good there. But on the other hand, my friend spent a year in the US and only at the end of her stay she discovered that certain girl hated her all the time but she acted nice so my friend assu...

That's OK, ST. I was just in a bad mood that day and took everything too personally.
I guess there's no need to analyse it more

Today's society seems to put too much emphasis on happiness and fulfilment. From childhood, we are taught to be happy, positive, not to cry, not to be angry... If we show these emotions, we may even be criticised or ignored. As we get older, we start to believe that happiness is the only normal and ...