Ever felt like you might lose control at any moment?

[Vero]

I have this recurring overwhelming feeling that I might all of a sudden lose control over myself and my body. Not sure what that would look like. It usually sends me in a panic, especially if I'm in public or in a bus, train, etc since there are other people around. This sensation doesn't last long, but it happends pretty frequently. It's like I have a bomb in my hands that could go off at any moment. On the outside I always appear calm and in control and nobody could tell the chaos I feel inside..

 

[Eliza]

I feel the same a lot of the time. I see it as a sort of iteration of a panic attack - kind of part of the fight or flight. It feels like my body is getting ready for the flight part, and I like to think that's what makes me feel so weird and on edge.

I could be completely wrong and it could just be one of those weird unexplainable things - but at least you're not on your own.

 

[PointlessExistence]

I have it sometimes when I'm on a highway, especially if it's got the 65 mph limit. I feel like I'm going to purposely cut the wheel and tip my vehicle over. It actually has nothing to do with suicide; it's just the crazy thought that I'm going to do it. I'm not impulsive, but I fear my fear of doing it could cause me to do, even though I intellectually know I never would.

 

[Mee]

I feel like this often.

Too often. If I am not disassociated I feel half a step or a poorly phrased comment away from it. And it feels endangering and vulnerable.