Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

[Arabic72]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

I just read your first sentence
And I think you go from anxiety to depression to insanity I mean complete insanity craziness

But your more religious with anxiety

Was Laikum as salam *smile*

[Indefinable]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

"Slow" meaning you think very slowly, and you take a longer time to catch somethiing and getting the meaning of something. And when you're so anxious, you can't focus much and your mind just goes blank. You get easily distracted and you just cant think straight.

It's hard to explain, but sometimes I do get this "slow" moments every now and then, it's a bit embarrassing for me,really. Especially in front of friends, in school, or by myself in public.

I'm not sure whether it's just my social anxiety, because apparently I have one but doctor says it's "mild". Or maybe cuz I just started uni, which appears to be quite fast paced, in curriculum than my previous school, Or maybe I'm just overthinking.

Can't give examples from my personal life, , but I just know that on top of being slow, I tend to get easily stressed over school, overthink what people say, and I feel very numb sometimes.

Can anybody share some insights or say something about this?









have a good one
x

I've experienced anxiety, a bit different to yours. I don't know the cause of it, but no one can help you but yourself. It was useless people telling me to do this, or do that, because logically, I knew my anxiety didn't make sense, but I had no idea how to control it or overcome it. So recently, I started a few techniques to help me, and I don't know if they would be beneficial for you too.

1) Slow, rhythmic breathing (count to five, breathe in, count to five, breathe out)

2) Dhikr, and lots of it, for me repeating, 'la hawla wa la quwwata illah billaah' helps

3) Distract your mind, and start focusing on something completely different, and for me, I think of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab :RA: and how fearless he was.

[Deeni Akh]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

The death stare :rofl1: well you use your social skills to nod your head........blink a few times.......the body language will show you're not inside their soul

That's what I do lol. SubhanAllah it's very difficult to always divert from eye contact and express attention and interest through body language. It only started like 2 years ago, I don't what the cause it :/

Otherwise I'm very social and confident with people so my situations kinda confusing :scratch:

[shay5]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

I may have some slight anxiety because I find it hard to maintain eye contact with people, I always have to break eye contact otherwise I'd make them feel uncomfortable as it may seem like I'm looking straight inside them :scratch:

The death stare :rofl1: well you use your social skills to nod your head........blink a few times.......the body language will show you're not inside their soul

[Deeni Akh]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

I may have some slight anxiety because I find it hard to maintain eye contact with people, I always have to break eye contact otherwise I'd make them feel uncomfortable as it may seem like I'm looking straight inside them :scratch:

[aynina]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

Psychology is absolutely linked to physicality sister. There was an instance where Hitler had put Jewish people in a room and he told them they will be gased by mustard gas. They all died. Hitler never gased them. It was their psychosis that killed them. Sub'ana Allah

SubhanAllah yea thats true tho

[candyapple]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

My goodness... May Allah SWT protect this Ummah from such travesties. I cannot fathom watching anything of that nature, you are brave Allahuma barik!

Ameen... I can see it clearly now as I did then.. but for some reason Google doesn't have any info on it. Weird innit.

[Sarah5]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

It's cool jazakAllahukhair for trying.

In our geography class our teacher showed us the clip of where jews Poured petrol on themselves and litthemselves to fire... we literally watched the vid in black n white.... Now u try n look for it it's nowhere to be found

My goodness... May Allah SWT protect this Ummah from such travesties. I cannot fathom watching anything of that nature, you are brave Allahuma barik!

[candyapple]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

I heard the story from my college professor, I tried to find it but with little avail. I don't know where the professor got it. However, I will give you evidence but on a much smaller scale, when we are depressed, our immune function decreases.

http://www.webmd.com/depression/news...harms-immunity

Also the professor gave a personal anecdote of when she was in University, and one of her classmates was an A student, super stressed all the time. They had a final and it was huge. The student literally woke up the day of the test blind. She couldn't see. She went to the hospital and her sight came back shortly and she rescheduled her exam. Apparently it was out of her stress. I don't see a reason why the professor would lie about her anecdote.

It's cool jazakAllahukhair for trying.

In our geography class our teacher showed us the clip of where jews Poured petrol on themselves and litthemselves to fire... we literally watched the vid in black n white.... Now u try n look for it it's nowhere to be found

[candyapple]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

Yes...I am a fast reader too.......

:inlove:

[shay5]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

I read a sentence and figure out the gist of the story... alot of times I'm guilty of not reading the OP or whatever :shock: I skim it...

Yes...I am a fast reader too.......

[Sarah5]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

Hi sister could you give me the source of that info please :inlove:

I heard the story from my college professor, I tried to find it but with little avail. I don't know where the professor got it. However, I will give you evidence but on a much smaller scale, when we are depressed, our immune function decreases.

http://www.webmd.com/depression/news...harms-immunity

Also the professor gave a personal anecdote of when she was in University, and one of her classmates was an A student, super stressed all the time. They had a final and it was huge. The student literally woke up the day of the test blind. She couldn't see. She went to the hospital and her sight came back shortly and she rescheduled her exam. Apparently it was out of her stress. I don't see a reason why the professor would lie about her anecdote.

[asmaULhusna]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

i had this i think it was due to parenting and lack of social interaction and being grounded to my family so a person will feel lost

[candyapple]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

I have the opposite problem......I think too quick and my mind is 100mph......I finish people's sentences too......

I read a sentence and figure out the gist of the story... alot of times I'm guilty of not reading the OP or whatever :shock: I skim it...

[shay5]

Re: Does having anxiety makes you "slow"?

I have the opposite problem......I think too quick and my mind is 100mph......I finish people's sentences too......