Is it normal to feel more anxious when you're alone?

Yes that is completely normal. I feel more anxious alone because there is nothing there to keep me distracted. Even when I am sitting in the room with my boyfriend and we are not talking or doing anything together I feel calm. When I am sitting in my room alone and doing nothing, I feel anxious. The presence of another does a lot no matter what they are doing.

feeling anxious when you're alone and your mind is over thinking about alot of things that you're scared of it to happen

Different people experience anxiety in different ways. Social anxiety is a common issue, and folks with social anxiety may be more comfortable alone. For me and many others I know with generalized anxiety disorder, being alone is more anxiety-provoking. With no one to talk to, I end up retreating into my own head.

Yes it is being alone does make anxiety worst for me, because I need someone with me to let me know I'm not alone, to help me calm down, and to just let me know it's going to be alright, if I'm by myself, senerios run through my head bad thou g hts, things that will make the anxiety worse.

Yes. When you're left alone with your mind, a floodgate is often opened and all kinds of thoughts flow through. Some thoughts could cause paranoia, anxiousness, or fear.

Normal is a subjective term. Anxiety is a hell of a feeling regardless if you're alone or not. I don't wish the feeling on anyone.

It's absolutely normal to feel more anxious when you are alone. It is always important and it always helps, when you have someone fighting alongside you in your journey! Sometimes the comfort of a caring person who will listen you is enough to relieve you, because it feels good to be heard and acknowledged and cared for. That's why it's a good idea to surround yourself around supportive family and friends when you're feeling low. And if you can't do that, you always have me. :) And the other listeners here on 7 cups of course, hehe!! :D

I feel that it is. Since you feel that you're maybe more vulnerable or unprotected when you're alone you tend to sense more threat than is actually present.

I suffer from anxiety and find this to be very true for me. I find that having a sound support system can really help my mood and anxiety. If you're struggling with it, maybe you could connect to a listener on here to make you feel less alone?

Definitely! Anxiety takes many different forms, and it can come from just your thoughts alone. There isn't any way that panic or anxiety attacks can be considered 'unnormal', regardless of the circumstance. Everyone has their own anxieties and they can come out at any time.

It is normal but it sometimes can not be normal because that could be a sign of separation anxiety. Fear of when your alone or when someone who you loves, leaves you to go somewhere else.

Yes. I feel especially anxious when I am alone and when I do feel anxious, I just want to talk to someone I love and trust, or even just have someone sit beside me so I don’t feel so overwhelmed and alone. For me that is my family. I am incredibly grateful I have a loving and supportive family. Even though it may seem even childish to rely so much on my family, I know it is not because there isn’t absolutely nothing wrong with gaining support from people who love you. On the internet, you don’t always see people who talk about relying so much on their family. So this post is for the people that may feel embraced to rely on their family, but trust me, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it at all. Some people just feel happier with their family and there is NOTHING wrong with that.

Yes, I personally have experienced this and felt as if the whole world was on my shoulders. It helped to take deep breaths through my nose and out through my mouth.

Yes it is absolutely normal to feel anxious when you're alone. And it's perfectly OK to. Being alone is a lot of people's fears. I think its just the fact that if you're going to be ok that makes you more anxious. But remembering to breathe is always good. Distracting your mind is also a great way of getting rid of the anxious feeling you have while being alone.

Yes. Anxiety hits a lot of people harder when they're alone because they're either afraid something is going to happen to them or they feel like they're missing out on something, whether they have a clue as to what or not.

Yes, because you're more likely to overthink when you are alone because no one will interrupt your line of thoughts.

It's absolutely normal to feel anxious when you are alone. I live alone, and I still experience anxiety about things I have to do, or a relationship with a friend or family member, or even just thinking about things in the past or fears of the future.

For some this is normal because you don’t have the safety of someone else with you. I personally experience anxiety more when I am by myself due to not having an ‘safety person’ to talk to comfortably about how I am feeling

Yes, that happens to me a lot as well. It's just that with others you always have someone to help you and humans are usually beings that feel more comfortable in groups. So yes, it's compleatly normal!