Does anyone else feel like someone is going to hurt you when you're anxious even if you're safe?
When my anxiety gets really bad, specifically about the possibility of being in trouble (usually for not bad things, like buying groceries or grabbing water at night) I start to freak out because I'm afraid of being yelled at and sometimes I start flinching at nothing even though I'm alone because in my mind I feel like someone's going to hurt me.
I only delt with sibling abuse for a few years during childhood (3rd-6th grade), I'm 19 now so I don't know why I still feel this way, especially when I know it's not things my sibling would hurt me for.
The fear of yelling mostly just comes from growing up with bipolar parents, they're not bad people but in the past they'd have moments of overreacting and yelling at me or my sibling for long periods of time which scared me really bad.
I don't know why this is happening especially because I am pretty safe right now and I don't think I'm doing anything to get me in trouble. Does anyone else experience this? Or know why it happens?
Thank you and have a wonderful day!!!