I'm talking about 10-15 pounds, 20 would be nice but probably pushing it. My doctor says I'm healthy but healthy doesn't mean slim. Yes I do find it difficult because Iam then depriving myself, I'm...
So I used to be real slim naturally. But since having a kid I'm shocked to realize I have to now put in the effort if I want to be slim. I'm not overweight, but I'm on the top end of the bmi chart...
Sorry to hear your family are giving you problems. The less you have to do with them the better, realize it's them with the problem not you, perhaps they have issues themselves and can't help be that...
So I think journaling is a really good idea. There's a pregnancy site that allows you to journal your pregnancy and also has a section on emotional issues but is more related to pregnancy, everyone...
Iam pregnant, and wouldn't consider drinking now! I couldn't even take a paracetamol when ill as I knew I'd feel terrible afterwards. It's more for future wise, after pregnancy. Therapy and self help...
So I'm not real big drinker, infact I rarely drink at all. I have gone through stages and only because people around me drink but I'm not into that lifestyle, however, I have found that I like a...
Hello, thanks for your reply, it is awful isn't it! No I'm not on medication, are you? And does it make a difference?...
Thanks scaredycat, no I haven't read the material on here but I will do. My daily regimen is all over the place since I moved away overseas and now moving back as I haven't coped too well with it...
You're right getting by, I read what I wrote and I did sound abit negative, We do all get it, and were here to get each other through. I guess Ive been feeling like giving up hope lately, although i...
I just want to say, I get it. You wrote it so beautifully yet so painfully. Sometimes it can get tiring hearing about being positive all the time when you just don't feel that way and what you should...
So she was my best friend, someone I could tell anything to, my ocd thoughts and all and she stood by me never judged me. We parted ways a while back, I needed my space, as she gets so obsessive with...
So I've struggled with ocd thoughts for 12 years, no meds, just always tried to manage by living a stress free lifestyle as much as I can, being in nature and going to my psychologist whenever the...
Pitmom thanks your message made me smile! I have always been a brave one but it gets tiring after a while I want to just settle down now and live a simple life. Tim tam I'm going back next month in...
Thanks Karen and Ive definitely been hanging in there. I might try and to some cleaning now and see if that helps......
Tim tam, for me the meds thing is just a last resort, I know many who have gone years and then gotten to the point where they will go on meds. I have gone in the past for meds but because I haven't...
Hi thanks guys, when I was living in Australia, my therapy would be all kinds of things, going to the beach, taking time out to visit nice places, going for drives. I haven't been able to do that...
I'm worried to be feeling this way, I've had anxiety and depression for 12 years now, it's been one thing after the other in terms of anxiety obsessive thinking. Even though when I look back there...
Scaredy cat it's only a trigger for me in the sense that, if I read someone's had it and then it's come back or something then I think Oh no what if I get it back etc, and because I might not...
These days I seem to struggle more with OCD thinking, thinking I'll get everything I read etc, obsessing if I don't understand what I've read or heard. It really just never ends...
When I first had it I went to a psychologist I was terrified coz I didn't know at the time what was wrong, I asked for medication, she said you're better off without it. I got better just with these...
Yeah I would love to help out, I find myself avoiding the topics as I don't want any triggers. Basically whoever reads this and is struggling. How I got through it. Accept it, accept that it may be...
I've been living in the uk for the last year, I've never felt so ill, so depressed. I absolutely hate living here and just want to pack my bags and head back to Australia, I worry about handling...
I don't know how many people know what I'm talking about, I'm just venting because after having chronic depersonalisation 12 years ago I thought life would be carefree and blissful but even...
It sounds like maybe an irrational fear or even a phobia? Mixed with obsessional thinking, I have annoying thoughts that are ridiculous and they can be very tricky. Does she know that you have...
I feel like my anxieties are just humiliating, and it's not fair, I don't trust many people to talk to. I feel like I've put myself in a situation where I'm ill when it wasn't necessary and it's abit...
Thanks Tim. I have been thinking more and more about seeing a psychiatrist and I think I'm finally at the stage where I'm confidant enough to give it a go. Apart of me feels like I've failed myself...
I'm wondering if this is normal or what kind of anxiety this may be... but I seem to get bored all the time, unless my mind is engaged in something most of the time and then I can appreciate my...
Thanks for your reply, I have not tried medication because I'm afraid of it, I've been to psychologists but not psychiatrists afraid to have labels but I have thought about it a few times. I did try...
It's not an easy road to travel that's for sure. I'm learning that I just can't take anything on anymore, if I'm not ready for something I'm not going to push it or feel like I can do it. I'm gonna...
I have thought of the baby already and if we're going back to oz it needs to be before it's born, I won't go travelling with a newborn and be homeless and wait for payments so I know that much but...
I'm confused about this love thing. My relationship with my ex was so good I don't want anything less than. It ended because he drank and was too much a risk to be around. I can't even think about...
It's frustrating, I've always been a leader, if I want something, I'll have it. Since I got hit with all kinds of anxiety and trying to make it to a stable place, my will and drive hasn't changed but...
I feel like I rushed getting pregnant, I have a ten year old and life is easy. I'm 32 and felt pressured that if I had another it have to be by 34. I haven't known bf long, but I knew he was a good...
Ok I've found it now but it wasn't until I wrote this post as I then clicked on my name and there it all was but couldn't find it without writing a post and clicking on my name?! Just another crazy...
Sometimes I write a post but I don't always check it until I'm ready just part of my anxiety weird I know. Problem is I then can never find them and I would've thought that all posts I've written I...
Hi everyone. How many of you have problems with irrational anxiety, for example thinking that you may get something you read or heard, obsess over it? Is this called generalised anxiety? Because...
So should i break up with him completely but stay in touch? This whole love thing freaks me out, there's a danger in loving somebody too much and I feel like were getting closer and its freaking me...
So I got together with my neighbour who I knew for a year for about 6weeks before he left to Ireland where he was originally from, he made it official that we were together and we've stayed in touch...
So my mum has been nagging me to go overseas and visit family, I have been many times before but I do not feel up to it at this time for health reasons, I said to her I would think about it before...
Its been years of dealing with their put downs and negativity, is it any wonder im here with issues. Im sick of having such a crap mother. I have contemplated whether to cut them off or not, it seems...
Without getting into too much detail and getting straight to the point. I get worried that any colour that looks like chocolate actually contains caffeine in it, whether its paint on a wall that im...
Thanks guys for your advice, the only reason im so caught up in this is because i just feel so wrong because i want to be honest even though i know i didnt do the wrong thing, i think my fear is that...
ive been with my bf for 3 yrs, we are very much in love and have a good relationship, i feel we are very connected and we are very close which is why i dont know what the best thing to do is. The...
Thank you for understanding, it just gets so hard when i know noone will get me and just think im a failure because they dont know what its like to have these conditions. I think ive been going well...
craig what is the worst that can happen, if you feel like vomitting and being sick, maybe just allow yourself to be sick and it may give yourself some relief? Ive seen only a couple of your pics and...
For example, lets say you have a real issue with the colour red for whatever reason ( this is not my prob but its just an example) then because red is so horrible, and you see a red car, then all of...
ok so without going into too much detail, im leaving this place, i have to leave, cant stay here, causing me too many issues with health, ocd etc but i recently got a job through my job agency and...
my brother smelled so bad i couldnt bear to be in the same room with him. thank goodness hes alright now, hes 23 now though, but yeh those teenage years, awful. does he shower daily? i think its...
Ive known this girl going on 6 years we have been close and we have relied on each other through the years which i guess is why it makes this so difficult. She has always been a little different,...
Wow you definatly sound like you need to be by the water! I have always lived on the east coast where it isnt far from the water, ever since i can remember, even in england. I could no way live west,...