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Post by daystar on Nov 9, 2019 21:50:56 GMT
Hi all, my first 'thread'! I have extream chronophobia & I usually have to explain what that is, so, it is the irrational fear of time passing. I wondered if anyone else has this phobia? This, the MDD, anxiety, depression & OCD seem to me to be linked & one triggers the other. It is totally taking over my life to the point that I am frightened to leave the house, eat, answer the phone or door etc. All i want to do is sleep as its the only freedom from this 'daymare'. So I'm taking copious amounts of prescribed pain killers(along with all my other prescribed meds) just so i can sleep. I am suffocating, I can't tell anyone, I have no release, no where to go, no friends. My parents are so crap at dealing with anything like this & tbh, could be part of the bigger issue. My kids are great, they know I have a problem & they understand I can't tell them. The recurrent daydream is controlling my life but is the chronophobia controlling the MDD or vice versa? All feedback/ideas are very very welcome 🌓
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Post by Sam on Nov 9, 2019 21:56:19 GMT
I will be entirely honest and say that I don't think I've ever heard of that specific phobia, but I would imagine that both chronophobia and MD would make each other worse. You're afraid of time passing, so you daydream so that you don't have to think about time passing, but in doing so you're eating up your precious time, which makes you more afraid of time passing, so you daydream more, and so goes the cycle.
As I said, I don't have any experience with that specific phobia, but I do have other phobias, in addition to MD, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and contamination OCD. And its a hell of a combination.
Have you tried to see a therapist for your mental illnesses? They don't usually know much about MD, but I would imagine that they might be able to help with the other things, which would hopefully ease the urge to daydream to escape.
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