Depression Support Group
Depression is a real and debilitating condition that is often misunderstood by family and friends. Its meaning can range from a prolonged period of sadness to an actual mental illness with specific symptoms. Find and share experiences with others who are going through the same struggles.
I'm so sick of feeling like a second rate person who is uptight, uncool and doesn't like to have fun because I absolutely despise marijuana. Everyone in my family, I mean everyone, and my best friend all smoke numerous times throughout the day, spend hundreds on marijuana, are constantly high and are obsessed with it in every sense of the word. I suffer from severe anxiety, panic attacks and derealization, and the times I've tried marijuana I've had extreme reactions to it that intensified these problems to the point where I hyperventilated and cried hysterically from the fear of being high. Also drinking any alcohol at all causes these symptoms. I'm not one of those people whose anxiety is helped by these substances. I feel so alienated from the people close to me because of my hatred for weed. I live with my best friend and she smokes it inside continuously a day long. I HATE the stuff. My 21st birthday is coming up and if I don't drink I'm gonna feel like the biggest loser ever. People think I'm so stupid and loser-ish for being anti drugs and drinking but I wouldn't be if they didn't give me severe panic attacks. I feel like such a loser for not liking them but try having severe, severe anxiety and paranoid and adding smoking weed to that which for me does nothing but intensifies the symptoms. There's no way to escape being surrounded by it and constantly reminded of how different I am. I'm so angry that in this instance along with so many others, my fears control me. I'm so frustrated. Anyone else feel this way?
1. It's not selfish to love yourself
take care of yourself
and to make your happiness a priority
it's necessary
2. Someone who loves you wouldn't put themselves in a position to lose you.
Please take care of you. You are only responsible for your actions, not theirs. It's better to to walk alone than be with a crowd going in the wrong direction!
Hugs GB
You are a very attractive young woman. Try to set some boundaries with people who are toxic. Try and start getting some positive feedback in your head about yourself. Don't let other people define you by their values and dont define yourself by their values.
Set some positive goals for yourself and work towards them. Maybe an exercise schedule. Maybe do some volunteering at an animal shelter or something. At 20, you have so much of life ahead of you and there is such a big world out there. Enlarge your comfort zone. Take control of your own life and your thought patterns. You can do this.
I support you!! ((hugs))
Hugs GB