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hello i been diagose with GAD/ panic disorder among with low grade depression and ptsd back in 2011.The GAD and panic disorder are what stands out the most. within the past year i have experience bad panic attacks which land me in the hospital couple of times. i am waiting for health insurance so i been off my meds since January. im never going to stop battling until i overcome but sometimes its so hard to bear. i hope i can find people to relate to and are like minded.
hi! I am 22, female and have been suffering from anxiety most of my life. Very severe anxiety at that. It effects everything I do anddefanitlyhinders my quality of life. I have been through a variety of medications but am at the point to where the side effects don't weigh out the help so now I just have Xanax as needed. I am ready to change my negative thinking to positive and over take my Anxiety. I just don't know where to start.
thats how i am. i dont know where to start either to think positive and not all negitive.
I am so happy that this group is here. I am a member and a listener and I struggle with generalized anxiety disorder, panic attacks, depression, and ADD. The biggest issue being constant anxiety. I am so glad that we have a place to talk and support each other. I will talk with you soon on the chat forum.
Welcome everyone. I am so excited that this group is here. I am a member and a listener and I suffer from generalized anxiety disorder and panic attacks. I know that we will support and listen to each other. I look forward to meeting you again in the chat room very soon.
Last Tuesday I had a panic attack ! I have panic attacks regularly and had been a more occurrence at school . I'm no longer at school but anxiety still occurs within when at home which has heightened . I really don't know how to be happy and not be anxious etc.) is their anymore who can give me basic tips on how to manage my anxiety ?
To keep my anxiety in check I remind myself that no one ever dies of anxiety. If I have an attack I think "Well this sucks, but it won't kill me." Generally realizing I'm going to be okay is enough to lower the intensity.
Thank you for sharing that @Matria.. I really appreciate it because it's something that all of us can get some value out of (including myself!)
I haven't been able to try this myself yet, but I have heard from some people that it's nice to imagine your anxiety as a separate person you need to calm down. It's easier to stay calm in a situation where you need to be keeping someone else calm. I don't know for sure that it actually works, but I know I'm going to try it next time I feel an attack coming on.
Hi my name is Rianne and I have depression and I'm really paranoid. Somethimes Im really scared to go outside. I also got bullied and have a lot of people in my beighbours who think im weird or ugly and telling me that. I'm always affraid that I bump into one of them. Im really insecure about myself. I am always thinking that people lie to me, that they don';t like me, that they are talking about me or laughing about me. That people think i am stupid or dumb. I am always busy with what other people think. I am affraidf that I annoy my bestfriend with my problems.. my parents already seem annoyed. my mother sighs when I say that im not feeling well.. my dad is somethimes supportive.. but one time I had a happy day and he said life isnt only about happy things and I was like hell yeah thank that it's not like I don't know thayt since im suffering from depression and anxiety. the meds im taking arent helping me at all... but I decided to try daytherapie and have a talk with them this friday... does anybody feel like talking? i'm feeling like shit.. oh and sorry for my english it isn't my first language..
Hi @Ri1993
Talking is just what we do here :) On a serious note, I'm sure that there are a lot of members and listeners here who have experienced similar things to yourself. It must be incredibly hard for you :( We have 1-on-1 listener chats, group support chats, and as you've found, the forums which are less instant but you can peruse the experiences of so many people at your leisure. :)
Hey! I'm Gabby and I'm a pretty new listener. I love this place because you can talk about your feelings without being judged. I've had severe GAD, panic disorder, and derm for 5 years. I've recovered so much over the past year, and I wanted to begin helping others, and its actually really beneficial for me! Please come to me if you want to talk about your problems with anxiety and panic attacks, because trust me, I've been there. <3
Hi, I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder and have recently been feeling absolutely awful the past few months.
My stepfather committed suicide a year and a half ago and six months later, my mother attempted. I am terrified of suicide, but I keep getting these thoughts like I will end up doing it because I'm "predisposed". I don't want to end up doing something like that. I just want to be happy and live a long, healthy life. These thoughts eat at me and caused me to have a panic attack in January.
I also have a lot of insecurities and guilt. I think I'm a terrible person a lot of the time and I don't know how to fix that.
Hi
My name is Sanja. I'm suffering from depression, anxiety and I self harm even though I'm doing my best to stop. No one was understanding before and I really needed help. So I found this page and I talked to some listeners. Thanks to them, I'm now getting help in school too. My school counselor knows about my problems and she helps me but she is not the only one. My class master and my PE teacher are helping me too and thanks to my PE teacher I haven't been self harming lately. I'm really happy I found help and I want everyone to know that if you're in some place very dark you can't see the light and if it seems that there's no way out, believe me I've been there but I'm not there anymore. There is always a way out. There is always help, you just have to be brave enough to find it. It can seem weird at first but it will become better and better soon. Trust me. Like I said, I've been there but I found help, a hand that pulled me out of that place. I want you to find that hand. Why? Because you're awesome and you deserve help and beautiful life.
