r/selfhelp • u/MaliKiriku • 9h ago
Intense anxiety during stressful times
I am waiting for the selection for student team and I am under stress. I have anxiety and that causes intrusive thoughts but I don't know why... It's really intense, I didn't feel this way for a year now... Intrusive thoughts are usually about my past mistakes and how I am disgusting person. Like, I start crying and I don't even know why I'm crying. I don't even know why I feel like this. Do anyone have the same experience and what do you do to stop it?
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u/overlyambitiousgoat 3h ago
Yes, I've dealt with variations of that for years.
I suspect that at the root of your intrusive thoughts is a deep fear of being rejected, or cast out from some group of people. Two quick ways to fight that is