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Fear of losing control
Fear of losing control is a symptom if such a fear causes a person distress or trouble in his job, school, or home life.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 39-year old asked:
Especially the large overarching fear of losing control?
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A 33-year old asked:
Hey, I have a constant fear of losing control. I need reassurance that I am not.?
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A 45-year old asked:
How do I get over a fear of losing control of my life due to chances taken by my child?
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A 45-year old asked:
Dream of being in back seat of careening car = fear of losing control?
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A 44-year old asked:
How do I get over my irrational fear of losing control even when im not mad?
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A 29-year old asked:
Help anxiety/panic/fear of losing control of body?
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A 43-year old asked:
How do I get over my irrational fear of losing control even when im not the one at risk, my elderly parent is?
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A 44-year old asked:
What is it called when you have a fear of losing bladder control?
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A 42-year old asked:
What is the name for having a fear or phobia of not being able to be in or losing control?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Jump up when heat crosses my tolerance (73 degree F) at night. When someone looks directly at my eyes & says something seriously, i start shaking & feel like veins will explode. Briefly lose control aggressively in fit of rage and fear felt in chest.
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A 44-year old asked:
How can I control fear over being hungry?
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A 39-year old asked:
Could use your help docs! my fear is controlling my life?
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A 56-year old male asked:
My home burnt to the ground losing everything I own , cant shake the fear, thoughts and recurring down state of this tragedy ?
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A 26-year old male asked:
I suffer from severe hypochondria. Are there any ways (mental exercises, etc.) to help me control my fears? I even worry when i don't have symptoms.
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A 40-year old asked:
Can you tell me how to lose my fear of large insects?
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A 40-year old asked:
I need to know how to control my fear. I am so scared all the time and i don't know why. What should I do?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I have a really bad fear of losing people i love. I am youngr than this website's requirement, but not by much. Is this normal for people my age?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I feel like I lost myself, it's like I don't know who I am exactly anymore and what do I really want. Lots of time fear controls me and bad experiences haunt me. What steps I can take to get back to myself, what can I do?
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A 40-year old asked:
Wishing to lose weight but fear bulimia again?
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A 26-year old male asked:
How do you get over anxiety and fears that control your life without medication?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Side effects of a double adrenalectomy? Do you lose the appropriate fear response to fearful situations
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A female asked:
All the time i found myself feared from everything as well as I am losing weight rapidly....:( how to overcome my fobia?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Scared about giving birth. I feel I can't do this and I am going to die because of pain.what can I do to control this fear?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Constant fear of everything,scared to be alone? I have fear of ghosts,and can't stand being alone, lose my temper very soon and regret later.
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A 38-year old asked:
I am scared of losing of my husband after my father died. How do I cope with this fear?
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A 26-year old male asked:
We are virgin couple recently married. When i try to penetrate i lose erection due to fear of pain, any suggestions how to maintain erection.
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A 23-year old female asked:
Can a chemical imbalance make you lose your mind? One day sane and the next not there at all.That is what i fear will happen.Or is that jus panic
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A 20-year old male asked about a 19-year old male:
My friend fears he has OCD and can't control "bad thoughts" that he keeps having. Thinking about these thoughts he knows are wrong gives him anxiety.
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A 70-year old male asked:
I am 70,male; have dry cough for the last 20-25 years. Now Anti-allergic dont work. I started Dexamethazone tablets 1mg b.i.d, for last 2 months, it controlled. Reducing to 1 mg daily, cough comes back. Is 2 mg daily safe: Covid- Immunity fears?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I have obsessional thoughts that i consciously know are irrational( hypochondria fear of psychosis) how can I control this?
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