Childhood neurosis

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I remember when I was little my sisters and I would often pile into my parents bed before we ourselves would go off to our own room. Sometimes we would lay around for a good hour and typically everyone would fall asleep...except for me.
I had no obligation to stay there with all of them but I always spent the entire time completely freaked out that I was breathing too loud and would somehow annoy or disgust everyone. I would just lay there taking extremely shallow breaths as slow and and quiet as I could make them.
This would tax me so much that my heart rate would shoot up and I would start sweating but I would neither give myself oxygen or leave the room. And the whole time my thought process was: 'must stay quiet, can't let them hear me breath or move'.
God, I'm surprised the oxygen deficiency didn't give me brain damage!
Did anyone else have odd childhood neurosis such as this?

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  • slane
    13 years ago

    U must have not had any trust in your life

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  • BULLHORN9
    13 years ago

    This is a problem, i would advise going to see a psychiatrist, this complication often is the start of isolation and depression, the fact that you are not willing to be yourself in the most relaxed of situations with your family & friends is quite disturbing. I hope you seek help for this and wish you the best of luck for the future.

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  • Beyda
    14 years ago

    I am 20 and I still get like that sleeping around family, friends or my boyfriend.. I never looked at it as a problem I just thought I was weird lol?!?

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