Thinking!

[(HAWK)]

I have difficulty forming thoughts like I will be doing something(ANYTHING) and I will try to think of something I already know and it feels like my mind is broke.When this happens it makes me kind of panic alittle because it makes me think i'm losing my mind slowly!Sorry if you don't under stand me I'm kind of a big thinker!

Does anyone ealse feel or think this way?

[abeja_reina_1989]

The more I read your posts, HAWK, the more I see that you and I have a LOT in common!! Sad, cuz I hate to hear someone else is dealing with it though! It's frustrating, I know!

I do this all the time.. I think it's part of depersonalization. I mean, having anxiety takes up so so much of our brain power and just space, I think that's what causes us to kinda forget what we were saying or to forget things altogether.

I can't tell you HOW many times I've started a conversation with someone and just completely forgot what I was saying.. and just kinda stood there. It's soooo frustrating. I was worried for so long that I had alzheimers or something. It was scary. Honestly though, I realized that the more anxious I am, the worse my brain functions..

Maybe starting an anxiety journal like I did would help you?

[Until.Infinity]

I can totally relate to your post dude!
At times when Im talking to friends or just anyone in general, I seem to draw blanks. Sometimes as I talk, my afterward thoughts are "did that really just come from me", but I guess its a matter of depo or derealization.

[puntnf4]

The more I read your posts, HAWK, the more I see that you and I have a LOT in common!

I'm inclined to agree. HAWK I get a lot of the symptoms you experience. Your posts are pleasant to read because of your seemingly optimistic attitude

[marc]

I think that many of us have a lot going on in our lives and this
can be overwhelming at times. This may cause us to lose our train
of thought and become forgetful. I think this is a pretty common
situation and I would not be too concerned about it.

[shrublet]

I mean, having anxiety takes up so so much of our brain power and just space, I think that's what causes us to kinda forget what we were saying or to forget things altogether.

Well put.

Our brain only has a finite amount of thoughts, feelings and ideas that it can entertain at any given time. Anxiety is quite the piglet and uses up a HUGE amount of our mental resources, often leaving very little room for anything else. I know that when my anxiety is very bad, my schoolwork will suffer unless I get it under control. But on a more mundane level, I'll get extremely forgetful. Like I'll forget if I said some particular thing a few minutes ago or whether I just thought it, I will forget names, what I did five minutes ago, etc.

[puntnf4]

Anxiety not only impairs the thinking process, but other important functions such as reading comprehension and learning/memory. Having an anxiety disorder while at school, for example, will most definitely hurt your GPA   

[(HAWK)]

Anxiety not only impairs the thinking process, but other important functions such as reading comprehension and learning/memory. Having an anxiety disorder while at school, for example, will most definitely hurt your GPA   

It sucks It seems like I can't learn anything now a days!