Anxiety from hearing any loud noises after seeing a family member faint
I really need to talk about this and just ask if anyone else has something similar or if anyone has advice for something like this.
I do suffer from some anxiety day-to-day, but a majority of it used to be just social anxiety. Just after Christmas of 2024, I witnessed my dad (60 at the time) faint. A loud thump was heard, and my mum and I found my dad on the floor. Unfortunately, he landed on his face, so there was a pretty bad nosebleed from the fall, so there was a lot of blood. I've always been sensitive around the site of blood, so I started panicking. It was also one of, if not the only time I've ever heard true panic in my dad's voice. We took care of my dad, and all was fine after the fact. Nothing else came of it. He just fainted, had a bad fall, but he was fine. Ever since that day, I've had terrible anxiety after hearing any sort of louder than usual noise. Be it doors slamming, chairs scraping the floor, even the front door just opening or closing. Any loud noise makes me anxious now, unless I'm absolutely certain it's nothing to worry about, like music something. I never liked loud noises, but they never made me anxious like this beforehand. I feel haunted by the day my dad fainted. Any time it gets mentioned or any kind of fall for that matter, I feel this horrible feeling in my chest and it almost ruins my whole day. My mind always makes up every possible horrible way that either of my parents could possibly fall or hurt themselves now and I need it to go away. I really just want to know what I should do about it.