Lavinia,
if you are not depressed or suffering from some form of anxiety I would be more worried about you. Your reaction is normal and to be expected. I took anti-anxiety drugs for months and still do on occasion. They really help.

You don't necessarily have to go all out with the anti-psychotics/depressants like Paxil, Zoloft or Prozac.

In fact recent literature that I have read is cautioning that these drugs are overprescribed and the doctors are not following the patients closely enough for the side effects. Some of these require regular blood test. They should be managed by a psychiatrist and not a gp or other non psych specialist. The simplest approach should taken first much like treating any other disease.

And, yes, otherwise healthy so called normal people just can't get into our heads to experience what we know. That's why we are here - we are walking in your shoes.