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Crazy or Hypochondriac?
I hear a song and I don't feel anything. Music is what makes me tic. Now I feel nothing. The only time I feel something is once I turn off the television and know that my reality is about to slam me in the face. My stomach drops. In television they have all these teenagers but never show them worrying about school. It is all about the drama. Reality checks in and I`m petrified. I realized that I might not like what I think I like. Maybe I'm just following others. What I see on television or through others. I just need to know that others feel this way too. Or maybe I need to know that I need help. I can`t think for myself.
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Alright so what is your "reality" that is worrying you?
All kids worry about school- be it exams, or the people there, getting into trouble etc.
For me and my friends over here in England, it is exam season! EVERYONE is worried. They say they're not and they say don't care but you can tell everyone is panicking. It is normal to worry about school and relationships and trying to follow the crowd.
My advice is try not to worry. its difficult but just relax. Don't follow everyone else- YOU start the trend.
Relax about exams, its only a short time in your life and you can retake them.
Relax about relationships- if people don't like you, they just don't. Let the chips fall where they may ~ go with the flow.
Turn on that music again and dance like there isn't anyone watching and go have fun for awhile. You'll feel better if you stop thinking and go do something.
If it gets too much to handle, talk to someone- a friend, a therapist, a family member.
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As frightening and weird as this must feel... it's actually very normal. Not normal good, but normal like toothaches are normal. It's awfully unpleasant, but none of this makes you crazy.
Most of us, who aren't total morons, experience a decent amount of this as teens. It's probably fair to call what you are describing existential angst.
Existential angst is the anxiety and fear you experience when you realize it's possible that life is entirely meaningless, and it can be a perfectly legitimate anxiety, or it can turn into self-obsessive, depressive and destructive state of mind.
Besides existential angst, which is pretty normal, it also sounds like you are experiencing a lot of anxiety about school work (also, pretty normal). When you get really anxious and stressed, some emotional deadening (like, not have emotional reactions to things you used to love, like music, or art or sports) is also, normal.
It's still not good. It's fucking unpleasant. But it doesn't make you crazy. Healthy human minds behave this way sometimes.
If you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious and scarred, then you should try and get some help - you aren't crazy - but a counselor could still help you come up with more skills and techniques to handle these normal - but not okay - experiences.
This shit happens. It happens to everybody. Some people are more or less prone to it - but it still happens. The best thing you can do is get some support to deal with it.
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Don't mean to offend you, but your question does not make sense to me.
Clearly, you have many thoughts racing through your head at the moment, that you can not seem to control.
So yes, I will advise you to go and speak to your doctor. This is because if you do not control these thoughts, they will control you. This has happened to me before, but with specialist help you will be able to pull through.
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