For the past few months I’ve been so easily caught off guard by the tiniest unexpected incidents that I literally jump up and gasp in fear multiple times a day. It’s really starting to annoy me because it’s a reflex I can’t control and it’s super embarrassing to feel like I’m having constant jump scares at absolutely nothing threatening. 

My boyfriend could do something as minor as talk too suddenly and it’s a jump scare. Don’t even get me started on when he drops something on accident or sets a remote control down too loudly. It’s weird because sometimes it happens when I’m totally relaxed with nothing on my mind. 

It’s not even just around my boyfriend . This happens publicly and with friends and I hate that I’ve recently become so spooked at everything. My cat jumping up on my bed, someone ringing the doorbell or knocking on my door, our dog making a sudden movement from across the room… It’s driving me crazy. 

Nothing has happened recently to give me this much anxiety (if that’s even what this is) except for working a boring office job that I hated for 9 months and recently being laid off. I feel so relieved to be gone and it’s been a couple weeks now, but the jump scares won’t stop. 

Has anyone else experienced anything similar? And if so, have you found a way to not be like this?