Can stress affect they way you potray and see things? Ive beend dealing with the near death of my grandmother and losing my closest friend due to her mistakes, so things dont seem that great right now. The thing that gets me is latly ive been alot more jumpy, agressive(thats not a suprize though) and almost to the point i think i see things. I dont know what exactly but in the middle fo the night, ill just feel nervous like i need out of my room and need to go somehwere else. Or if i try and put my Ipod on it helps a little, but then its like i hear things around me but as soon as i take the earplug out it stops. my dreams changed a little bit to, not always for the worse but there really not normal for me. Is stress causing this?

Stress can do crazy things to your mind. It sounds like you have too much on your plate right now. The needing to get out of your bedroom sounds like a panic attack. We are just starting to understand stress and why it makes us sick. Stress can make you see things. Stress can make you hear things. Irritable? Indeed. I would suggest taking it easy before you do het really sick. Stress can also cause severe illness. Good luck

So stress will mess with your head? This sint the first timeive been stressed, bt it is the first time this stuff has gone on, am i just that much more stressed out? I dont know, i want it to stop, its really unsettling.

remember when you are under an stress to just breath and concentrate on breathing. nothing else in the universe matters but breathing. deep simple breaths

Yeah. We'll see how things go later. I still dont know why id have a "panic attack"

These are the things I have found happen to me when I am under stress:

I get extremely impatient, I want everything I wish to happen immediately - totally impractical and wrong, but that's just the way it is lol

I get very aggressive - mainly because I cannot suffer fool's gladly at the best of times, during stress, they annoy me even further and I end up biting their head off.

I get depressed - sometimes it is hard to "get going", motivation is a definite no-no and it feels like it far easier to just sit and plunge deeper and deeper into the "pit".

I get very irritated - silly little things like when you are trying, for instance, to hang a dressing gown on a hook and it falls off several times - that is almost enough to make me want to throw it in the bin.

You have been through a fair bit TheMeaningOfLife, no wonder you are stressed, just remember, it will not last forever (although it may feel like it at the moment), if you are an intense sort of person anyway, it will feel as though every single one of your problems and irritations are magnified tenfold.

Your brain and subconscious are extremely powerful tools, sometimes they will appear to go haywire, when you come to terms with all the things that have happened, they will abate I am sure.

You just hang on there, try to do things that, when you have been in a better frame of mind, have made you feel calm and serene and uplifted. Make sure you get time to yourself even if you have to get away for a few days. It will not make it all go away immediately but you may feel slightly more refreshed and strengthened.

Yeah, my grandma cant be helped bvut my friends just an idiot, im mostly stressed because i tried so hard with her, and im just another guy. I let her get away with wreaking my car! and now she wont even half pay me back.

I read in a book once whereby a couple tried their utmost to help someone with a lot of problems (actually they were a heroin addict), they had this person stay with them for nigh on 10 years and in the end were unable to help them at all and unfortunately decided to wash their hands of this man. Their words were something along the lines of "we tried so very hard but were unable to help them at all, we sacrificed 10 years of our lives but that is not the issue. We are sad we were unable to do anything".

Sometimes you have to shake your shoes and walk on. Don't let this friend play on your mind, walk away and refuse to have anything to do with them until they accept responsibility and pay you back. Some people don't want any help, no matter how hard you try. It is very sad

You are only responsible for you and the children you make. You don't have to help anyone. Especially if it's making you sick.

I never had panic attacks until I was 25. They are very scary and very real. Any kind of prolonged stressors can produce panic attacks out of nowhere. Take care of yourself and things have a way of working out in the end. Your mind can get sick the same as your physical body. Take care of both equally.

As cold as that sounds, you're 100% right.

TheMeaningOfLife, stress can create mountains out of hills easily, especially if you worry about every little details. Don't get me wrong, it's easier said than done. It's rarely a controlled situation that causes any form of anxiety. Everybody have their rough times. I hope yours will be dealt with soon.

She just makes me want to die, she just ruined my whole relationship with somone else with nothing but lies.. I cant win.

Hey!

These things happen to me to. I agree.

My boy friend lost his job of 7 years that he loved. He started waking up in the middle of the night and bolting from the bedroom to wander the house in complete panic atack mode. When he got a new job and we got back on track financialy it stopped.

Yeah, well things have been getting easier and the stuff has started to go away. so thanks for the info!

That feeling of hopelessness is the key. It's like you are standing there watching everything unfold, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. Just remember it's bad now, it will get better and the more lies someone tells, the more chances of getting tripped up. 'the truth shall prevail'

Thats so true. she pushed to hard today and my GF finally called her out on it! So things are pretty well set.