Depression Support Group
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Hi, my name is Ashley, I do not usually post here but you all seem really nice...
I was just wondering if anyone else has anxiety, and have you always had it? When did it start? Was there a reason or time in your life?
Okay, so me...I used to love to travel and alone...I would go cross country in the summers to work and never once had any anxiety...never...I mean I would get nervous but it was the "normal" kind...and maybe it was because I was younger, I dont know....I just dont really remember when I started having all of this anxiety...I have the type of anxiety that becomes very physical...I can talk myself out of it most times but it still really sucks....and I sometimes come close to freaking out...Its like I have to think of my anxiety before I do anything anymore and I hate it....why can't I be that free spirt that i once was?
I know that I am rambling here and I hope I have not confussed anyone too much...
Just thinking that if I could figure out when and why my anxiety began that maybe I can fix it...i dont know....there was no big event that I can think of that made me this way....and it seems to be only getting worse with age, Is that just how it goes?
Thanks
Ashley
I was just wondering if anyone else has anxiety, and have you always had it? When did it start? Was there a reason or time in your life?
Okay, so me...I used to love to travel and alone...I would go cross country in the summers to work and never once had any anxiety...never...I mean I would get nervous but it was the "normal" kind...and maybe it was because I was younger, I dont know....I just dont really remember when I started having all of this anxiety...I have the type of anxiety that becomes very physical...I can talk myself out of it most times but it still really sucks....and I sometimes come close to freaking out...Its like I have to think of my anxiety before I do anything anymore and I hate it....why can't I be that free spirt that i once was?
I know that I am rambling here and I hope I have not confussed anyone too much...
Just thinking that if I could figure out when and why my anxiety began that maybe I can fix it...i dont know....there was no big event that I can think of that made me this way....and it seems to be only getting worse with age, Is that just how it goes?
Thanks
Ashley
I am new to this group to, but I identify with your post. I used to be quite adventurous until around my 3rd year of college when I started getting anxiety and panic attacks. Ever since then, like you, I consider the anxiety and its effects before I do anything. I have found that a combination of therapy, excecize, medication, and meditaiton have helped lots though and little by little I am able to work around the anxiety and even stop some attacks in their tracks.
Best of luck