Social phobia, panic attacks, anxiety, shyness, paranoia?

Yup, I think you have an anxiety disorder. I am psychology major and I just got through with an Abnormal Psychology course. I think your grandmother's death triggered a biological and psychological predispostiton for a develpoment of anxiety disorders.

Because anxiety is psychologically based, you need to seek some help from a psychiatrist. Your symptoms develop from an apprehensive anticipation of future danger or threatening situations in which you believe you will have a loss of control. Also, your panic attacks are influenced by your anticipation of your panic attacks; as soon as your heart starts beating fast, you start to worry and that worry causes your heart to race even more, your muscles start to tense up, your blood pressure rises, etc. These increased reactions make your anxiety increase, and as your anxiety increase, so do your physiological symptoms, until you have a full on panic attack.

In other words, your cognitive beliefs (thinking that you would not be able to handle another attack) and your physiological symptoms influence eachother. Do you see how anxiety is rooted in the mind? People who are prone to anxiety are vulnerable to stress or are overreactive to normal daily events that most people wouldn't find threatening.

I think you might have a co-occurence of two or more anxiety disorders, such as Panic Disorder, Phobias, and/or possible Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Treatment might include exposure-based treatment where you are gradually exposed to the feared situations; and cognitive therapy in which attitudes and perceptions are identified and modified; relaxation, breathing, and meditation techniques might also be taught; antidepressants and antianxiety medications might also be prescribed. I suggest you do some reading and learning on your own.

Educating yourself on the nature of anxiety will help you understand yourself a lot more and it will empower you to fight this so you can get your life back in order. Good Luck....

It sounds like you may have general anxiety disorder and/or panic disorder. You definitely need to talk with your doctor and tell him/her everything you wrote here, they'll be able to point you in the right direction. This is really nothing to worry about, anxiety is very common and easily treatable.

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