fearfulfool Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 I am so stressed out with myself right now! I want new clothes, but ive started getting super anxious when in clothes shops. I will look around,see things i like and then have an anxiety attack. I want to buy them but the thoughts of people thinking i am trying too hard defeat me! I end up leaving the shop to prevent a major panic attack. Bad idea as ive got worse! I was ok with online shopping, and would gradually have to wean myself off my older clothes and get myself used to my new stuff. Now im freaking over online shopping! I am so frustrated with it all! I have several coats pretty much all the same. I have different ones i love but cant bring myself to wear them as theyre different. Same with shoes. I have loads of different style shoes - i keep going back to my nike air max and i know i look far better in my boots or other brand new shoes ive got just sitting there but i worry about the change too much. It is really stressing me out. I forced myself to work the other day in a new pair of trousers and a pair of boots - I had to talk to somebody on the phone all the way their to keep my thoughts from focusing on my clothes! The week before i didnt go to work as i had a panic attack over those trousers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Data Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Hi and welcome to the forum. It sounds like your clothing is very very important to you. Perhaps in a way you are focussing on worrying about your clothing so you don't have to worry about other things in your life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addy2 Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 It sounds like an ocd thing, I have ocd since I was 19 and one of my obsessions is clothes and staying with what familiar because its safe, is that what it feels like? I sometimes have to get dressed when my partner is in the room as its too hard to decide what is safe for that day and sometimes I buy things I never wear I cant wear them x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fearfulfool Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 I dont feel clothes are important to me. But i suppose my behaviour and thoughts point towards that they are. Strange. Maybe i am focusing on them to avoid other worries in my life? It very well could be an ocd thing. I do have ocd traits. That is another thing i have noticed recently. I am tapping my fingers when my anxiety goes into overdrive. I am anxious outside so my fingers usually tap on my e cig and when im eating i tap my leg as im anxious. I dont know if that is ocd or just anxiety though. The clothes i usually wear are my safe clothes. Even though i know people probably get sick of seeing me in them, it is far easier to deal with the change of new clothes and the thoughts i get around that idea. I have got loads of clothes with the tags on still. I am quite obsessive about coats, my cupboard is full of them, but i only wear one. It has turned into a joke in my family. If i do happen to change coats - it will look almost identical to my previous one and it will be the coat i wear for a long time. Same with shoes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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