Posted by Dinah on March 12, 2006, at 18:31:00
In reply to Can you name the symptom???, posted by twinb on March 12, 2006, at 10:21:19
I have what I call shame attacks. They're similar to panic attacks in onset and intensity and lack of trigger or reason, but the thoughts are concerned with being unworthy or bad rather than being about fear. They come with the physical symptoms of shame, face flushing etc.
I figure it's similar to panic attacks in that something must trigger a physical reaction typically associated with shame, and then my brain searches for a reason for it, and I think thoughts that perpetuate the feeling, making things worse.
But that's just a guess.
Mine aren't as intense as what you describe, and they're clearly ego-dystonic. I'm aware at the time they're happening that they have no basis in reality, and that I really don't feel that way about myself.
It seems not unrelated to my obsessive compulsive disorder.
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