2026-10-07
25 分钟You've probably been told that anxiety often will look like a tight chest, maybe racing thoughts.
Maybe it's this feeling of dread in your body.
Maybe it's general worry or maybe it's sweaty palms.
But there is another version of anxiety that a lot of people experience that we don't talk about enough.
It's the terrifying feeling in your body or the thought that you might be losing your mind.
Maybe the world doesn't seem quite right.
Maybe there's this general feeling like you just don't feel like you're yourself anymore.
Maybe everything feels strange or fragmented or you really feel like it's very unfamiliar
and you're terrified that you're going to lose control.
And if you've experienced this, you probably know the pain of wondering, is something terribly wrong with me?
So today we're going to get into it.
My name is Kimberly Quinlan.
I'm an anxiety and OCD specialist.
And I want us to explore this very hidden secret experience of anxiety and this terrifying feeling
that something is terribly wrong.
And what we want to do is address, can anxiety make you feel like you're losing your mind?
Let me first start by telling you a personal story.
And I've told it a couple of times here on the podcast,
but I remember when I was an intern early in my training to become a marriage and family therapist.
I was sitting across from a client and all of a sudden everything started to feel completely bizarre.