Scaring the shit out of me.

[Bath]

Recently I've been having really bad "daydreams" I guess. Like, I'll be in the car with my mom, and then I suddenly imagine another car colliding into us and my mom crashing through the windshield, bloody, dead. Or on the highway, just losing control of the car and falling off and it feels so real. Like, horror will just WASH over me. It's the worst feeling in the world, then I snap out of it.

It's not just driving, I'll be walking home from school and quickly imagine someone with a gun popping out of the bushes and holding it to my head. Last night I went to a fair with my mom and brother, and on the ferris wheel I started crying and had a panic attack because I had a vision of the ferris wheel just totally falling apart, and all of the innocent people including us dying, crushed and people screaming. My mom had to calm me down and they stopped and let me off and it was embarrassing.

They feel so real for a split second, and I would understand if I went through something traumatic and this is happening.. but no. It's with random things at random times. and it always feels so real, and I feel true horror.

It's scary and I want it to stop.
Maybe I'm just going insane.

[JunkBondTrader]

This sounds like you're having episodes of severe anxiety. Are these visions or are they just bad thoughts? Regardless, it sounds extremely unpleasant. You mention they happen at random times but did you experience something traumatic at any point? It could be the origin of the attacks. Although, the incidents you've mentioned do seem to have triggers, ferris wheels are pretty tall and that's bound to make you anxious and as for cars, I get extremely nervous when I'm driving over about 50mph. They're both scary experiences.

Try talking to someone who knows you well and will want to help you out and then you can decide where to go from there. Hope all works out. :)

[Syvelocin]

I'm the same exact way. I just consider myself extremely paranoid. For instance, I have this phobia of planes. And what happens when I get on them? I start thinking of every possible way I could die on a plane. I've gone as far as thinking about both pilots having a heart attack.

Try to push these thoughts away. Don't let them eat at you. Focus and distract yourself somehow, and don't dwell on them. It only gets worse the more you think about it.

[SilenceForSilence]

Bethany, this happens to me a lot. I have daydreams about my friends and loved ones dying pretty often. It usually isn't me. Just people I care about. My most vivid one was about a friend of mine and she was in labor (though in reality she wasn't pregnant) and died in childbirth and lost the baby too. It was very realistic and gruesome and for some reason I was watching but idk. Anyways, I hope they get better.

[TheSingingBird]

Sounds like a panic disorder or something. If it's interfering with your life like that, I'd recommend you see a doctor.

[georgiamay]

I get these all the time. I get it a lot when I'm in bed and I hear a strange noise coming from the radiator, and I imagine the radiator exploding and me, my parents, and my neighbours getting killed in the blast. I have other ones too, but they're too disturbing to even mention o_O

I think these are related to some sort of anxiety disorder. They're actually very common. Everyone gets them from time to time, but it becomes a problem when you start obsessing over them and getting panic attacks. That's when it becomes very upsetting and starts to look like an anxiety disorder or something similar.

Try and find a way to distract yourself whenever you have these "day dreams." It'll take a while to find a distraction that works for you, so be patient and try different things to see what works for you.

Good luck :hug:

[Magenta]

I get them too. To the point where I just collapse on the floor because my mind is racing with these thoughts and scenarios. I hate them. And I do believe they are related to my anxiety. Sometimes I get so scared I can't do things I want to anymore.

But you can tell them to go away. It's all a way of thinking. It's much harder to do than just say you won't think about it anymore but it is possible.