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allpositive76
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Joined : May 2011
Posts : 16
Posted 5/15/2011 12:42 AM (GMT 0)
I don't feel I have a positive support group around me,just people who seem to make me feel worse (negativity,never anything positive). I hope this website helps!!
Lasardo
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Joined : Jan 2011
Posts : 373
Posted 5/15/2011 1:18 AM (GMT 0)
All positive this website has saved my but people are so positive and helpful! Glad you joined ! Good luck!
getting by
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Joined : Sep 2007
Posts : 45296
Posted 5/15/2011 1:31 AM (GMT 0)
You have a positive support group now. It isn't always as busy on the weekends, but there are many wonderful members here. Keep posting, you will make friends here.
Hugs, Karen
BerryBlonde81
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Joined : Apr 2011
Posts : 157
Posted 5/15/2011 2:45 AM (GMT 0)
Hello! My family wanted me to join a support group and I was not about
to sit in front of complete strangers and tell them about
my life :) I have found this forum is awesome and the postivity is astounding!!!!
Feel free to let us know how you are feeling or what you are dealing with and we will try out best to help you out!
Good luck and welcome to the positive family of support!!!!
Scaredy Cat
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Joined : Sep 2006
Posts : 28868
Posted 5/15/2011 4:04 AM (GMT 0)
Hi A.P.76 and welcome! I am everyday reminded of just how awesome this community and it's members are! You will find valuable information, receive support, and in turn be able to help others as well!
If you would like to share a little more about
yourself and your story, please do. That way we can get to know you a little better, and may be able to help out more:)
If you'd rather join in more gradually, that's cool too. You can read other's posts both old and new, check out our Anxiety/Panic Resources and chat rooms, ect...
Whatever you decide, I hope that you have a postive experience here. Again welcome, and post anytime:)
Scaredy Cat
allpositive76
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Joined : May 2011
Posts : 16
Posted 5/15/2011 5:46 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you,all of you! I suffer from severe panic attacks,and severe depression. my family dr has tried me on every anti-depressant possible,none have worked. i've been going to therapy and have been doing all the techniques she has told me and i am getting better;however since i've been going my husband has been more negative to me than normal,which just makes me feel worse. My therapist and i did come to a break-through..it has stemmed from childhood ( my parents)...long story,i will probably
open up to that eventually. I don't know yet how to handle the daily stress in my life that other people are able to handle. I had finally had a schedule set so I could start being stable until my grandma passed,i got pnmonia and a sinus infection,along with my husband going to nites all in the same week and i'm told it is what it is,deal with it(by my husband). Well my schedule has turned upside down. I feel like things were better when i didn't start attending thearpy(as far as how im treated at home). I can't deal with anymore,let alone trying to fix myself and i'm trying,but it seems to be taking me 20 steps back from what i'm learning. Called thearapist today and said...maybe i need to stop coming b/c already what i'm dealing with is bad enough,and i need positivity and its been worse than before i started seeing her. I love my husband,i think he tries...but i'm not really sure if he really does. He makes people and my kids (which i've hidden this from,and he made it known to our youngest) that i'm pure crazy. Sooooo much more to the story. I feel like its a demon thats trying to take me down,and thats why i am here. Funny thing,my eye keeps twitching,and he has known this for along time,& since i started to respond (b/c i've been holding my right eye,he had negative crap to say...i.e...why do you have to hold your eye,you cant just type). Thank you guys! I am glad i found this site. Please help me. any positivity would be awesome. xoxo
Scaredy Cat
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Joined : Sep 2006
Posts : 28868
Posted 5/15/2011 2:35 PM (GMT 0)
Hi again, and thanks for sharing some more imformation with us! It does sound like you have your work cut out for you. It is difficult to have a partner who doesn't understand and support you while you are trying to get better.
You can however do this! You are a strong, capable, smart woman who just happens to suffer A/P/D. I wonder if your husband's negativity is a result of fear/stigma towards mental disorders. My husband can absolutely not relate to what I have been through. That is why I find this community so vital! I have wonderful friends and family, but I need my friends here who truly understand:)
Your husband may also just need some enlightenment regarding the facts of A/P/D. I looked up a url for you with some interesting statistics on anxiety and panic. (sorry, I couldn't make a link of it, but here's the addie) Perhaps getting some facts and education about
just how prevalent this is will help him to be more understanding!
http://www.anxietypanicattack.com/
Meanwhile, please don't stop going to therapy! It literally save my life as I know it, and if you stick with it, I really think that you will improve! This is something that you need to do for you and your kids. You deserve to feel as good as you can, and free from fear! Your kids also need a mom who is well:) This can happen, but I'm convinced that your chances are so much greater if you stay with your program.
Keep posting here as well. With every post that I send and read, I feel a little bit better, stronger, more connected! It is my wish that you have the same experience:)
Take care, and post often!
Scaredy Cat
p.s. I have had the twitchy-eye thing as well, and it is annoying! Try massaging the surrounding area:) (at least it will look like your massaging a headache rather than holding your eye while you type! Lol)
allpositive76
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Joined : May 2011
Posts : 16
Posted 5/15/2011 3:18 PM (GMT 0)
Awesome! Thank you for that. I am going to look up the website now. the thing is when i have my panic attacks there was 1 time i freaked,it lasted 6 hours after hour 4 approached i was crying,etc in the kitchen asking my husband to help me. he played me like i was faking it. i understand he has no idea b/c he doesn't suffer from them. Our kids didn't even see that. The last attack i had lasted 5 hours and i didn't do anything but my breathing techniques as tears were rolling down my face. our kids didn't see that one either. He tries to help me,but then says mean things to me,almost like he's 2 faced. per my thearapist when he says mean things i need to dismiss myself and not say anything until i feel i can return back to the situation. I can say mean things as well though. I am already starting to feel better and i know i can get through this. Thank you, i hope to make awesome friends here. Talking to people that understand and having this support group makes the battle seem so much easier. Btw,i'm still learning my way around this site. lol!
phantasm
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Joined : May 2011
Posts : 2
Posted 5/15/2011 8:45 PM (GMT 0)
Hi AllPositive 76,
I am new here too, and just like you i'm hoping the same. I am a positive person and I hate being around people who are full of negativity and bitterness, they drag me down. I'm hoping to find friends here..:)
jedra
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Joined : May 2011
Posts : 1
Posted 5/15/2011 9:42 PM (GMT 0)
Hello Positive 76, I'm MVP52.
I totally understand where your coming from. I'am surrounded by a world of negativety. I suffer from severe anxiety disorder, depression, highblood pressure, panic attack disorder, gastritis, graves disease, and insomnia. It's hard to remain positive in a world of negativey, but hang in there.
Scaredy Cat
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Joined : Sep 2006
Posts : 28868
Posted 5/16/2011 2:06 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome Jedra and Phantasm! Please feel free to start your own thread and introduce yourself, if you feel comfortable doing so. This way members can eaisly recognize you, and welcome/get to know you:)
Glad you are with us, and post anytime!
Scaredy Cat
allpositive76
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Joined : May 2011
Posts : 16
Posted 5/16/2011 3:34 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome Jedra and Phantasm!!!! I've only been a member for a few days, and everyone is so awesome!
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