Sheer utter hopelessness and better off dead in what success I am to family. Anxiety fear trembling to utter racing heart and respiratory rate as well. To final all out panic fear and must search amake certain I'm safe and perimeter secure.

For me it feels like I'll never escape the feeling of hopelessness. It becomes overwhelming, crippling. My brain tries to convince me I'm worthless, that my family and friends don't need me, I feel anxious that I will be alone forever. Anxiety for me normally comes from new situations, and handling new people but it also happens when I'm incredibly discouraged. Luckily it normally does go away...but it comes back. It's just difficult to remind yourself the feeling will leave when you're experiencing it. What's it like for you beachshore?

When I'm depressed, I feel completely overwhelmed, hopeless, and alone. It feels like I'm being buried alive by negative thoughts and feelings that I can't seem to make stop. When it's severe, I'll often think about suicide, and I'll start going into a thought pattern of complete self-depreciation and negativity. It's like a loop of horrible thoughts that won't stop, and, all the while, I'm feeling more and more buried by it.

I'm anxious every single day of my life, and I often have Panic Attacks. Anxiety, for me, is a constant nagging feeling of dread. I generally feel most of the physical effects in my stomach and chest. I'll breath more shallow and quickly, and I'll feel like my heart is racing and my stomach is in knots. Sometimes, I'll feel dizzy and light-headed. When I'm anxious, it's hard to focus on anything else. The more I pay attention to my symptoms of Anxiety, the worse they get. Sometimes, my brain misinterprets my symptoms as life threatening, such as a heart attack. Then, I will almost always have a Panic Attack. I'll get really hot, my heart will race, my throat will feel dry, and my tongue will feel swollen. My chest will feel like it's being crushed by a semi truck, and I'll start to hyperventilate. I often shake and feel numbness in my arms and my legs as well. At my worst, I've actually lost control of my bladder. This is all, of course, in my head. I've called 911 before thinking I was really dying, only to be shown by the paramedics that my heart rate was completely normal. It's scary what the mind can make you feel.

There are so many ways to manage feelings of Depression and Anxiety though. I get scared too. Unfortunately, that comes with the territory. It helps me to completely remove myself from wherever I am and from whatever I'm doing and to completely immerse myself in something positive to force a disruption of my negative thinking. Talking about it really helps me, too. You're going to get through this.