Oh, I am so sorry Karen. I get MASSIVE panic attacks over any medical procedure or test. I'm always terrified I'll die or they'll find I have some terminal illness. What's your exact fear with the...
Wow! I could have wrote your post. I feel everything you feel. I don't leave the house except for work, the grocery store and blockbuster. When I am somewhere I immediately want to leave. But I've...
Hi Aurora! How stressful for you, I am so sorry. I have OCD tendencies myself. I say tendencies because I have gotten them in check enough that they don't completely rule my life any longer. How? Oh,...
Thanks Kitt. I'm getting through. The site has helped. There are so many sad stories on here . . .helps put things in perspective and make you feel like you're not alone. No psych at the moment. I've...
Hey Katelie, just wondering how you're doing today. I actually did do 21 minutes on the treadmill yesterday and agin tonight. It did perk me up more than I've been a long while and I have you to...
Ah, the school years. They are tough. Your brain and hormones are in major shifts and a lot of what you feel is just part of that process and hard to control. Kids can be cruel and rude and hurtful....
I am completely OCD when it comes to a clean and neat environment. Everything has a place and everything in its place. I am the organizational queen and the cleaning guru. Clean under the stove,...
I starting having massive panic attacks after the death of my twins in 1986 when I was 21 years old. My symptoms were heart-related, obsessive thinking and feeling very, very hot. I did learn how to...
I feel you. I have no energy either. I wish I knew the answer. I do know I was doing better last year when I was walking a lot -- treadmill and outisde -- and I had a LOT more energy. When I fell off...
I do think things happen for a reason. We may not understand it at the time or perhaps ever . . . but there is a reason. I had twin boys in 1986. They were 3 weeks premature. Vincent died after 7...
What would make me the happiest is to quit smoking. I hate myself for it. I have panic attacks about dying from lung cancer. The stupid thing is when I start worrying about it, I want a cigarette. I...
Hi, I'm depressed and can't seem to help myself. My second ex-husband molested my then 15 year old daughter in 2003. This wasn't her father. Her father hadn't contacted her in eight months prior to...