I've just had such a strange experience that I think it might have been a physic phenomena.
Let me give everyone a little background. I'm 32 years old and I've recently moved from London to San Francisco for work. I love traveling, my job and San Francisco is a pretty cool place too. So I've been really enjoying my time over here.
Anyway a good friend of mine from London was having a rough time so I invited him over to spend a couple of weeks here relaxing.
The first week was fine, he was a little quiet at times but seemed to enjoying the holiday. I was my usual upbeat self. All was good. Then everything suddenly changed.
It was a Friday night we had been to a few bars for drinks and both came back in a good mood. That night I went to bed a little drunk and had one of the worse nights of my life. I woke up at 3am and couldn't sleep due to huge fear and anxiety. I don't know what I was afraid of or why I was anxious. I was having huge waves of adrenaline and felt like I would die. I was awake for the rest of the night and finally passed out around 10am the next day.
When I woke the next day I felt really down and my friend was the quietest he's been. After that day the whole week was really odd. I was quiet, feeling depressed, anxious and odd intensely negative thoughts. I never get down and there was no reason to be. Through the second week my friend very quiet, distant and it was a real effort to strike up conversation with him.
My feels got so bad that I even went to see a doctor about it. As I was confused what might be causing it. The nights were the worse as I wasn't able to sleep.
After a couple of restless nights I had managed to get some sleep and as I was drifting off to sleep I had a very clear thought from my sub-conscience (?) that I was 'sharing' my friends emotions and thoughts.
My friend left 2 days ago, since he left my house I have been feeling completely fine, no anxiety and I'm able to sleep perfectly. It was literally like a switch had been flicked that changed everything.
The whole thing was odd and as I searched the Internet I came across a few other accounts from other people of similar events. I wanted to post my story and see if anyone else has had this before?
Also I should mention no drugs, legal or illegal, were involved.
I'm so glad I don't have those feelings anymore, they were hard to handle. And if he is feeling like I felt, then it must be such a burden for him.
Marissa