Thanks nervymeg, I shall be sure to keep you posted on how it goes. /community/emoticons/smile.gif ...
I always see you being strong for everyone on here, so I'm glad you realise that you need to concentrate on yourself sometimes and lean on others for support. I'm glad you're doing better, there is...
Thank you all. My doc decided to refer me for CBT rather than prescribe meds. I'm ok with this because on the whole I'm not crippled with anxiety...I can leave the house, I can talk to people, I can...
Well, my first ever appointment with a doctor where I'm going to be talking about my anxiety. The ironic thing is that I'm getting anxious about it! Though this sick feeling in my stomach makes me...
Thank you stkitt! I think everything's going to be ok....
I can't believe a doctor could have the nerve to say such things...so glad to hear you lodged a complaint, he shouldn't be allowed to get away with it!...
Thank you so much for the kind words and support from you all. It's always such a relief when people actually understand what it's like. After months (well...years!) of putting it off I finally...
My self-esteem seems to have just vanished. For months I seemed to get a lot better and felt my confidence growing, but now it seems to have gone again. /community/emoticons/sad.gif What really...
Hehe, oh dear...the number of times I've messed up when cooking eggs! It's good to laugh about it /community/emoticons/smile.gif ...
Well I wouldn't say it's particularly one of my own successes, but I'm very relieved that another member of staff is being employed at work to help me with the massive workload. I've been so busy...
Thing is, I find the thought of seeing a doctor so terrifying, because I feel that even he or she will judge me. /community/emoticons/sad.gif I NEED to pluck up some courage from somewhere! I need to...
The frustrating thing is that I know why I'm like this and I know I shouldn't be so anxious constantly, but my mindset just won't change no matter how hard I try. I'm naturally very reserved and...
So sorry about your brother's death. Grief is so hard, it's something you have to just try and ride through by trying to get plenty of sleep and surrounding yourself with people you love. *hugs*...
My anxiety seems to be getting worse. Work is really stressful because there's so much to do and I'm new there so I'm a bit slower than they require. I've got it into my head that my boyfriend will...
I didn't succumb to the guilt trip thankfully! I've been in the shop on my own since after work and it was fine because it was just so quiet and there was hardly anyone there. It's just these crowds...
Hmm great, my dad is now giving me a guilt trip for refusing to go grocery shopping this weekend. I just can't do it though, I'll freak out again. :(...
Thank you all so much. Last weekend was hard, I'd had a good week and then POOF, suddenly the anxiety just appeared out of seemingly nowhere and it ruined Saturday and Sunday. I'm vowing to just take...
I went to do some grocery shopping with my dad. I really didn't want to go because I can't stand crowds and it makes me panicky. Of course we got in there and there were little kids at every turn...
Awwwwwww he sounds like a sweetie! /community/emoticons/smile.gif ...
I've tried to come up with a descript ion but I can't really put it any better than how you have Howlyncat, about being in a ball of snow and constantly trying to dig your way out. I remember saying...
I can't offer any advice which is anywhere near as decent as what people have previously given on here, but don't feel bad for posting how you feel about the situation. We all need to vent from time...
1. Having a roof over my head 2. All my favourite songs. Music really helps me through some bad times. 3. Having a full-time job 4. Knowing that although she's gone, I once had a wonderful,...
Oh wen! Well done, it's quite right to be proud of yourself. /community/emoticons/smile.gif My accomplishment today was going out for a drive with my dad. I'm a learner driver and failed my test 4...
Gosh Sadsong, you sound just like me! I think the internet does make anxious feelings worse. I do that thing too of checking his internet profile, seeing that he's been online that day and then...
SWEETIE.......Great honest post and I am so glad you bared your inner soul......... Because the last one was the way he was does not mean this fellow is ya know I have had the sweetest and then the...
Last year my life felt like a mess. I went to university in the later part of the year and this time last year I would have been home about a month after dropping out of education. I would get...
I don't know, I can't help but think that a lot of this is just me being paranoid. There's no proof he talks to her on a daily basis; it could be the case but this is just my mind racing because I'm...
Thank you Tammy and Kit for sharing your opinions. It's comforting that you seem to understand why I'm concerned about it. I just don't understand why a 24 year old would want to talk to a 17 year...
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My boyfriend, who I love dearly and who I have no reason to mistrust whatsoever, has a friend on the social networking site 'MySpace' and for some reason I am convinced she fancies him and wants to...
Well, although I'm feeling anxious about it, it is a success. I had an interview at the start of the week and received a job offer. I somehow managed to get it over someone with a lot more experience...
I start my new job on Monday. I'm getting really anxious about it now. For the past few months I haven't really had any proper responsibility but now I have to be trained up and learn new things and...
In 6 months I would like to still be with my boyfriend, to have passed my driving test and to have a job. All things which I feel I can achieve, because they're not massive things, but they are...
It was about the age of 12. I wouldn't say I was depressed as such, but I felt very disconnected from other children my age and was unhappy. I had no reason to be unhappy because I had so many...
Hi Verity, It's so easy to get worked up over stuff on the internet or in the news. It seems that it's all doom and gloom. I remember even in the year 2000 when people should have been celebrating,...
I hate those periods when you're doing well and then it all comes apart again. It was like that for me today, I don't think it could have got any worse. Perhaps now you've had a low and you've seen...
Thank you so much! Gosh, I even get a pang of anxiety when about to read a reply to one of my own posts...silly really, isn't it?...
Hmm ok! Well, first things first I'm reluctant to share my real name, hence the name 'mynameis' /community/emoticons/tongue.gif I'm female, 19 years old (20 in a matter of weeks) and come from the...
Well, I know a lot of what I'm about to say may seem like minor things, but I'm quite proud of myself today. I woke up and it had the potential to be a horrid day. My dad gets terrible mood swings...
I'm 19, nearly 20, and I feel I have missed out on so much that other people my age do and have achieved. My mother had a painful couple of years struggling with cancer and then died when I was 15....
I near enough always get depressed on a Sunday. Last night I went to bed at 7pm because I just couldn't cope with the rest of the day. Some Sundays are good ones, but only if I'm out with people...
This time last year was the time when I finally properly addressed my problems with anxiety, which had led to me getting depressed and dropping out of university. I was put on anti-depressants, which...