u/Few_Sandwich6308

Maybe just me, but late 90s seemed much more pretty boy/commercial. X was more of that gritty era.

Going down nostalgia lane and would love to find an independent type station that still has a late night movie block with a title like "up all night" or something similar as I remember in the 80s/90s. Does anyone know of any local TV stations like that?

I remember years ago before social media searching for people on random forums to see if they understood my f-e-ar of getting ill with the common cold/fl-u etc...and here we all are.

Do you remember doing that as well?

I'm curious as if any males specifically around this age noticed any uptick in anxiety...I'm sure everyone is different depending on life circumstances etc...but these last couple years have been anxiety ridden. I've had bad seasons in the past regarding anxiety, but it seems much more frequent now, and certain areas are worse. I primarily deal with health anxiety, and it is even hard for me to try to plan a vacation for the family because of the unknown. I never used to deal with that. I suppose in the back of my mind the what ifs about me getting ill near or during a trip bother me, but this is just one example.

Anyone similar?

What are your general feelings and emotions associated with looking back 20 or 30+ years to the beginning of your HA? How does it make you feel?

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Curious what you guys think would of caused a derealization episode in 6th grade for me? I only in the last couple years put this together as this is probably what it was.

I was at a sleepover fell asleep extremely late and woke up in a few hrs and I remember that feeling lasted throughout the next half of the day probably.

Now I would chalk it up to anx starting then but everything Ive ever dealt with up to now as a mid 40s male has always happened upon awakening and with very odd but very much fea r based pan attks, deralization and anx. ...sometimes symptoms not explainable.

Do you think there is something actually different with my brain outside of anxie-ty that would cause these odd issues?

I'm a middle age strength athlete who deals with pain sometimes. I've always been one to wait until the last minute while in bad pain, and then of course very strict with recommend doses. My problem also is I deal with health anxiety and am terrified of the doctor and haven't gone in an embarrassingly long time. I have friends who are docs, pharmacist etc and they said I could take more if I wanted to.

My question is should I be more lenient with taking aleve? Meaning if it is very minor but noticeable should I just take something instead of waiting until it's more of the moderate range, or just goes away?

Sometimes I don't take anything and it resolves and then sometimes I take something and it doesn't help so it's kind of a flip of the coin.

This is specifically for variety of arthritic type pain.

I would like your opinion on something that happened when I was around 5sh. I had an experience that I am not sure if it was a dream or an experience...being ocd and wanting certainity I have a hard time convincing myself. I have always had a good memory and remember some dreams I had when I was young, but I also vividly remember this experience going in my parents room, waking up and seeing a variety of people in the room doing things, and falling back down asleep. I remember the next morning telling my family and them believing me etc....

Would you think this was a true paranormal experience or do you think it was a dream and if so what would help you determine either way?

Learned, genetic, a combo? I think for me it was a combination of things. I'm very introspective so i look back often. Do you see any specific things that contributed to your development of ha?

Do you take it when you feel the tiniest discomfort? Or do you wait and see....everyone says stay ahead of the pain but I hate to take something unnecessarily only for it to turn out to be not that big of a painful issue. It's kind of a flip of a coin sometimes.

I would love to know what's wrong with my brain some mornings/wake up not feeling myself and very mentally ill.

All my panic attacks, deralization, horrible dread, etc has come when I wake up. It's much more then high cortisol I believe.

But one thing also happens and I have no idea what it is...if it's a form of panic attack or what. Sometimes I wake up , not feeling mentally well at all, not myself, and the best way I can describe it is like a bunch of intrusive thoughts trying to come through. It's panic and fear but also with these thoughts trying to come in...like I said only upon awakening like everything else. I have no idea what it is. It's like level 10 anxiety and worry all while not feeling like yourself.

Any idea?

Has your H.a gotten w-orse as you've aged? If so what differences have you noticed? For me personally mid 40s male and the last few years have gotten wo-rse

Thought someone said he may of lived in Harlem or the Bronx growing up as well as yonkers. I know they are all relatively close to each other but didn't know if anyone knew if there was any truth to this.

I've noticed sometimes either prior to a flair or randomly I get neuropathy feelings in particularly one foot more then the other. I see online it can be prevalent with fellow gout sufferers. Curious if anyone on here deals with that?

Just curious if anyone does and if they notice flairs around the anxiety?

I have been crying frequently, especially last couple years, I think it's a way to cope with anxiety. I don't want to offend anyone by saying being a masculine man makes a difference but the stigma is still there. I use nostalgia and things that gave happened in my life to cry and I assume it helps cope. Sound familiar?

Just curious how my fellow males with a family deal. I'm mid 40s now and have a wife and kids and I know dealing with ha can be a real strug gle. I have been dealing with ha since my early teens and it has snowballed to where it is now, and seemingly not gotten better but the opposite. I have been on m-eds since a child, tried therapy off and on, etc...i am an avoider, don't go to the d-ocs and haven't been in an embarrassing ly long time. None the less how does your day go? How do you deal with ha? What is your story?

Hello has any parent had this situation happen? One child pukes one night, then is perfectly fine, the next night the other child pukes and is completely fine... curious as to see if anyone else has this occur?

And I don't know what to do. It isn't normal and it's selfish. How can I overcome this?

It seems every time a specific h.a fear comes about I stroll on down the cycle of w-orrying about it. Do you think it is actually possible to not feed into it?