Hi, I'm Linda and I'm currently in high school. I've been told I have many symptoms a depressed person or a socially anxious person would have.

There isn't much to say to this, really. I haven't been diagnosed by a professional, I've taken a few tests that resulted in stating I have severe depression and have major social anxiety, but online tests aren't refferals or professional diagnoses.

Hello I am a 20 year old female that has been dealing with anxiety, depression and post traumatic stress disorder. For awhile in my life I felt like I was never really happy until I met my current girlfriend when I was 16 we got together when I was 17 and she was 18 all of a sudden one day I just started to get really nervous and asking my girlfriend a whole bunch of questions like "Am I going to be okay?" "Are you sure?" Each time she would reassure me I kept pushing her off believing nothing was never going to be okay. My girlfriend is so worried about me and my state of mind she is afraid to leave work we have been so tried, stressed and just overall miserable together when couples should behappy together my girlfriend is slowing getting scared for me and it scares me. I want the best forme and my girlfriend. I want to take back my life. to be honest I want to start a new away from my past and just live happy with my girlfriend. I hope one day things can go back to being happy and healthy for the both of us.

Hi my name is margaret I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, ptsd ,manic depressive and anxiety I cry and stress over the smallest things if I lose something I kill my self not literally if I burn toast omg I cry stress and I am trying to sell my house and this is so dam frustrating can someone please tell me why and how does this happen like a light bulb flickering in my head always worrying also...

Hi, I'm Theresa, I'm 26, and I have anxiety issues. I have anxiety about driving after a car accident, but I've been slowly developing anxiety issues for a while, due to some major life changes, and other members of my family having anxiety issues. I think it was just normalized for me, and I just used to brush off my anxious family members, but I think it's finally rubbed off on me, and it's affecting my life. I'm not getting done things that I desperately need to get done because they terrify me in a way that never used to happen. I don't know what I'm going to do.

Hello, my name is Brett. Im a high school student. Ive been diagnosed with Anxiety and Depression. Ive been on two different antidepressants to try and help with my symptoms but they made things worse. Ive been battling with anxiety for a very long time and I find it to be more prevalent than my depression. I have trouble sleeping because ill habe pamic attacks while im lying in bed. Ill feel so tired snd ready to sleep and then im awaken breathing heavily for no reason. I have a lot of anxiety related stories atlleast from personal experience and I just want people to know im here to help them as I know they are for me.

Hi, I'm acollege student. I don't need much to know that I have a problem. It started out with an anxiety lump early this month, which progressed to bouts of dread and hopelessness. Pretty soon, I'd wake up to anxiety attacks and I would spend the rest of the day being bombarded by negative thoughts about the future. Eating meals feels like a chore and it takes a lot of energy to just get up in the morning. I knew that all the stress I had to deal with for the past few months would come back for more. I really need a place where I can interact with people like me and take the first step to feeling like myself again.

Hi Everyone,

I'm often anxious and depressed. I never wanted to wake up, when i woke up I went back to sleep, until when I had to get up. I binge watched a lot of series. I had daily discussions with my partner about silly things, ending with tears, me binge eating or days of cold war. I didn't want to go to sleep because those were silent moments where my partner was in bed and couldn't judge me. I work as a freelance and I am procrastinating to do the paperwork, for months, which meant I wasn't get paid for work I did.

Lately I found 7cups of tea and talking to listeners helped me.

I used Lift.do app (now it's coach.me, but I needed a lift, so it was perfect), I created a schedule to recover myself. I joined into plans, where accountability coaches are giving tips to create good habits and leave bad ones.

I am trying to get up early, drink water & green tea and write a "5 minute journal" every morning. The journal is for keeping track of my routine, my gratitude list, things that are in my power to do in that day to make the day better. At night I write two more entries: 3 amazing things that happened today and how could the day be better. I write my worries as I've resolved them, close the journal and sleep without thinking about them.

I check in to Stop, Breathe & Think app to log my state of mind & body, I choose 5 emotions I feel that day. Often I meditate afterwards, with a mindfulness meditation the app tells me to listen. I win online stickers drawn by a favorite illustrator of mine. It's fun and it helps a great deal.

I follow videos of 30 days of yoga with Adrienne, it makes me feel more focused. I wasn't running since high school. Now I run once a week with a Couch to 5K app. At the beginning you ran only 60sec, I couldn't do more. I put small goals for myself: I will put on my running clothes and if I stay home, it's alright. Then I do the same for putting shoes on, ipod & keys on, going out, warm up walk. If I don't feel like it, I can always not run. But I rarely didn't.

If I feel good, I take my compost bin to the community garden, carry a thermos of tea and take some time for myself in the garden. It's a scientific fact that being in the nature helps with mental health!

I try to eat much more vegetables and fruit, and meat& fish are rarely on my plate. I rarely drink coffee, when I drink, I get a good blend, and drink it for pure joy, not for staying up or waking up.

Sleep, Water, Sunshine, Veggies, Exercise, Stretching, Meditation, Nature, Comfort of Friends, Walks and Books. Put these down on your schedule.

When you feel better, channel your distraction into seeking novelty. Meet new people, try new restaurants, learn about something new. Restart old hobbies. Think about people important to you, reach to your old contacts. I'm learning Icelandic, just because I like the sound and I might travel there some day. I'm using Memrise, it feels like a game. Duolingo is fun, too, for major languages.

Develop your creative side. Get yourself inspired. Expose yourself to new artists. If you can't go to a museum, go check Google Art Project online, and visit museums around the world for free. Keri Smith has great articles about daily tasks to expose yourself to art.

Once you have enough energy to work, tackle some backlog of work or home-work like fixing, cleaning, maintaining and organizing.

If I don't feel like running, I clean home for 20 min. When I'm depressed, I can't care less. But I say to myself, just put the timer on and vacuum or declutter. I follow a plan written on Apartment Therapy, everyday you have different tasks that come back in a few days. So if something's not finished in 20 min, you can continue the next day. My apartment was out of control, too. Now it's a bit better.

Once you're on top of you can think about your values, interests, take long term decisions, work on your life project, repair your relations with your friends. I'm not there yet, but keep working on it! Hope this helps!

Hello everyone this is raymond garcia I'm a new member

I suffer from severe panic attacks. I feel like anxiety and fear of dying is taking over my life.

Hm, why don't youall give me a gift? It's my birthday, I'm turning 15 today, and what I want is ...

A smile from you. As soon as you see this message. Grin wide like The Joker(or just smile however you can, but make an effort). Just, smile. For 2 minutes.

Hope this makes you feel a bit better.

Hugs, kisses and oranges