Can anyone help me?

[Sweet_Emotion]

Hi, I'm Dawn and I'm 18 years old.

I have some sort of disorder or phobia or anxiety problem. That's the thing. I don't know what's wrong with me. It's hard to explain as well. I don't know where to start. When I go to bed every night, I'm scared. I'm not scared of my bed or sleeping. I always sleep well. I'm scared, I guess paranoid, that something bad is going to happen to me. I'm scared there's someone there. I'm constantly watching my back. This only happens when I am on my own, at night. I get panicky, my heart beats faster or feels like it is skipping, I get short of breath, shakey and sweaty. I really need to know what is wrong with me. The obvious answer, I know, is to go to a doctor. I know this is confidential etc but my mum is the only person I live with and I can't tell her I feel like this. She'd think I'm weird. I couldn't go to the doctor without lying to her, and I can't do this. Just, if anyone knows what could be wrong with me, please reply.

[z99]

Don't know your Mum, but think you should talk to her, you may be right or you may be suprised to find that she understands and can help.

When I first had children I was afraid to go to sleep for fear the house would burn down, or someone would break in. Don't know how I got over that, thinking "sleep in Peace God is awake'?

I think a lot of the world is terrified right about now....terrorists tend to spread terror, but so does watching the News, tsunami waves, earthquakes, hurricanes....

I think that at your age you're probably leaving one world and embarking on another (childhood officially ended, adulthood beginning) that's scary! Hello panic attacks....maybe?

best wishes

[Sweet_Emotion]

Hey, thanks. I don't believe in god but I know what you mean about the whole goings on of the world. I found myself scared to travel on the London Underground on Friday... *sigh*

[lilbluinsomniac]

hey!
how odd, i have exactly the same problem. at night. but i thought i was going to die during class one time and just sat there. i was searched for hypoglycemia and it came up negative..so they said it was probably a blend of hormones and such. BULLSHIT. i assumed it was some deadly thing no one could identify. until today in psychology we got on the subject and i have all of those symptoms. so here i am. shaking because i had to read medical jargon to figure out what i have. i'm afraid to tell my parents too, because they'll be like 'you're overreacting'. they think im nuts anyway. but i don't want it to get worse and don't have the know how to fix this independently and secretly. maybe we can help each other out.