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I'm not usually anxious, but lately, every little thing has been making me feel as if the entire world is collapsing on me. I just can't breath sometimes; it's too intense. It's a bit silly, because I know a lot of people probably have worse anxiety problems, but I'm at a last resort on reaching out to actual people here.

I I used to think I didn't have anxiety and I was just nervous, but every little thing makes me upset. It's actually driving me crazy. I feel like I have no control. Like even when I want to be calm I can't. I start shaking and can't stop. It's awful I just want to run away and hide from anything and everything .

Have had the app for a while- just too shy to use it. I have GAD, Panic Disorder, and OCD. Other things too, like depression, but that's a story for a different group. Haha.

not much to say. I like sleep and dogs.

Hello everyone I have social anxiety and struggling a lot to overcome it.Going out in public has become really difficult for me these days but since my workplace is far away I have to travel 1 - 1.30 hrs in train.This really cause me stress and sometimes it really becomes difficult for me to concentrate on work.Looking at this site gives me hope though. Listeners are helping me to overcome this anxiety hoping to get over it fast..

Hello! I am a mother of two and wife for 25 years. I am new to 7 cups and I really am enjoying it. It is so nice not to feel alone. I am 45 and was diagnosed with manic depression when I was 17. I used to be a cutter and still have the urge but I am able to control it. I am looking forward to interacting with all of you.

Hi everyone,

I'm 21, a junior in college, and i had my first panic attack last August. It was a horrible experience as you guys could guess and every since then I've been trying to recover myself, and my confidence and security. My twin sister told me about this website and I think it's a wonderful forum for healing and a sense of belonging. So hello from me to you guys... have a great day!

Hi, Im Adam, I have had Anxiety for around 9 years now, I have a fear of my food/drink being spiked, its been getting much worse over the past few months, hopefully talking about it will take the load off my mind a little.

hello everyone! my name is kaitlin, and i'm new to 7 cups of tea.

i've seen lots of people sharing their stories on here, so i thought that maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to share mine.

around 6 months ago, i was diagnosed with anxiety and panic disorder. all of this anxiety started happening right after i expierenced a pretty horrifying trip on mushrooms. yes, i know. "why would you do that?" "that's crazy!" "well, it's your own fault" it was my 17th birthday and i wanted to celebrate. was that the best way to celebrate my birthday? hm, it probably wasn't. however, i can't change the past. i can only change where i go from here on out. long story short, i ended up taking way too much and i had to be wheeled into the hospital by a wheelchair. ever since that incident, i haven't felt quite the same. these past few months have been the farthest thing from easy. i've been in and out of the hospital so many times that i know the place like the back of my hand, i've had severe panic attacks for weeks on end, and i haven't left my house in months. well, unless it was to go to the hospital of course. my very last panic attack was my absolute worst. i was hyperventalating so fast that my hands, fingers, legs, and toes all started to cramp up and tingle. i couldn't bend or move my fingers or toes for what seemed like hours. that day i was to the hospital by ambulance and i had to be put on a stretcher because i was unable to get up and walk. however, i haven't had a full blown panic attack in over 2 months. which is awesome, and i'm really proud of myself, but i still have everyday generalized anxiety. i think that a lot of my anxiety is fueld by my own thoughts. such as thinking i'm "crazy", not feeling "normal", thinking that i'll never be the same since my mushroom trip, and having a very intense fear of death.

i've been prescribed ativian, but i've only took it 3 times for ABSOLUTE emergencies only. i've been trying to stray away from medication as much as possible because i want to try and handle this on my own. i'm ready to fully overcome anxiety. i hope i'll have some people to help me along the way.

Hi everyone,

My story is pretty cliche, stupid asshole ex boyfriend starting manipulating me into sexual things until I really didn't know if I wanted it or not. The consent line got blurred. Needless to say I broke it off but then he stalked me, he is a psychopath so feels no emotion. Anyway that was three years ago and I've been in a new relationship for almost a year, we fight a lot. He has PTSD and I'm starting to realise now that I have unresolved issues from my last relationship. Not a good mix but we love each other and he is one of the best people I've ever met, when we don't fight it's like a movie, he's a good man. I've joined here to see if this can work for me before I try going to the doctors.

How is everyone? :)

Hi all, my name is Orsi, and recently came upon this website and really do like it.

My long story short: I come from a very dysfunctional family and have always been determined to make a better home for myself on my own. However, I've been battling issues with anxiety for a long time now, at work and especially in my relationship. I became more and more hooked onto others' opinion and approval of pretty much everything I did, until it came to a point where I had to do something about it. I started yoga and meditation, which helped a lot, but I still didn't know why others' wellbeing mattered so much for my own. In my marriage, I tended to put every need of mine in front of my wife's, I was always watching her slightest shift in mood, if she was ok, solving all problems for her, matching everything I did to her expectations. My anxiety rose like a rocket, it started to affect my work, and I felt like I was loosing myself somewhere.

So I started doing yoga and meditation and it really did help, I made some significant improvements, but still had no idea what my problem was. And then, about a moth ago, she told me she had had bulimia for over a year. She is now battling it, going to psychotherapy, but this threw me back on my journey, and I had to reach out for help.

This is how I found out my condition had a name: codependency, comes from my family history, and reading the symptoms was like looking in a mirror. I immediately started searching for treatment and this is how I came upon this site. I have already talked to listeners, started my path and am doing my best to apply techniques to reduce my anxiety in my everyday life. I'm learning more about myself, about the responsibility I'm taking for things I shouldn't, about valuing myself without the need of approval, and of building my confidence to be independent of others' mood.

I hope you are all seeing things positive, too, the support I get here means everything right now.

Love,

O.