anxiety

Hey guys wanted to post my story, hopefully it’ll help someone else who’s reading. I know reading stories helped me a lot during this bout of anxiety. i am 32 struggled with HA for all of my life and my episodes usually last 1-2 months and fixated on one critical illness. I’ve gone through...

Hi Everybody, Just getting comfortable with Public Speaking has really been a journey for me, when I have to give a presentation, talk in a senior meeting or even in a speech its like my head just literally goes into animal mode and my body acts as if I have taken the latest speed drug, it's...

I've been having health problems that involve pain every month, most recently to the point of tears, if not some level of pain every day. I'm trying to see doctors about it and am looking forward to much anxiety caused by having to see different people in different places for different tests...

What would you say your biggest struggle is in dealing with/fixing your anxiety?

I'm a chronic hypochondriac and recently wrote a long blog post about my healthy anxiety related breakdown three years ago. Since what hurt me the most back then was the crippling loneliness, the thought that I'm completely alone with my fear of dying (pancreatic cancer) I wanted to share my...

I have severe hypochondria. It’s only gotten worse with quarantine since I have a ton of time to overthink and worry. I’ve been having sharp and dull pains EVERYWHERE. My back, my shoulders, neck, head, jaw, chin, ears, arms, chest, armpits, hands, legs, feet, and pelvis. I’m very nervous. I...

Hi I am 23 years old and attending college to become a Social Worker. Few months ago, I moved in with my boyfriend of 4 years! I suffer from PTSD, anxiety, and depression big time. Thankfully I have the best boyfriend who keeps me safe and loves me for me and always there when I need him the...

Basically I started noticing anxiety signs about 4 years ago, I’ve struggled with it everyday and never took any medication for it. Until last December I felt like that was the best option, but suddenly I got a onset of eye floaters, flashes of light , and overall my vision isn’t as clear as it...

Over a year ago I got diagnosed with panic disorder, GAD, and hypochondria. Im 16 now and ive had symptoms ranging from headaches, or what i thought were brain tumors, to kidney pain because kidney cancer is always an option of course. Those have all scared me in the past and have really...

Im 22 years old and I got diagnosed with anxiety back in 2015 and my doctor put me on 15mg Buspar but since im a dumb dumb head ive been on and off on them for about 4 years i finally before 2019 ive been off of them for a long time so when i started to have panic attacks again around november i...

Hi everyone. I'm a 23 yo girl and for the past 6 months, I've had crushing anxiety. It all started with a panic attack, right after finishing my master thesis. My mind and body were exhausted, and I felt a "zap" in my brain. My heart started pounding, I was shivering, my legs were heavy and...

I’m wondering if I have the flu, symptoms came outta no where and I feel super icky and weird and I was thinking about going to the ER because I have other stuff going on as well so I’m not sure if it’s the flu or the other stuff causing it and it’s making me panic and I’m extremely worried. I...

So I’m a guy, 15 years old. I had my first anxiety attack on Jan 11 so I’ve been dealing with this chronic stress for about a month. When it originally happened I was tested with two EKG tests and a chest x-ray, and blood test which all came out clean. However, since the tests and the doctors...

So for months I’ve had this relentless and irrational fear of something being wrong with my Pancreas. I have IBS-C and nausea often, and for the past month or two I’ve had bad mid/upper back and in between shoulder blades pain and pressure. It feels super tight. I also get super itchy sometimes...

Hi there, I'm a newbie on this but not a newbie to anxiety. I've been reading a lot of comments on this about what people are going through and can totally relate to many. My anxiety attacks came on back about 12 yrs ago then suddenly vanished for the next 10... then the past couple of years...

I haven’t felt that good the last few days and it’s probably a bug or something but obviously having health anxiety it’s causing me mixed emotions right now. I can’t stop crying cause I’m trying not to freak out over my symptoms and I just want them gone already and I just really hate going...

Has anyone had bad anxiety which causes bad Paresthesia on top of head, chest and legs? Paresthesia is an abnormal sensation of the skin (tingling, pricking, chilling, burning, numbness) with no apparent physical cause.Paresthesia may be transient chronic, and may have any of dozens of possible...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone lives in the Long Beach/Los Angeles area and is willing to meet up at a local Starbucks this week. I currently suffer from anxiety and have been motivated to start a blog focusing on everyday people with anxiety/ depression. Essentially it would just be a...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone lives in the Long Beach/Los Angeles area and is willing to meet up this week. I currently suffer from anxiety and have been motivated to start a blog focusing on everyday people with anxiety/ depression. Essentially it would just be a 30 min interview to...

I’m at a little get together and I’m feeling weird, super nauseous and head feels weird and I’m lightheaded and hot & sweaty and it’s freaking me out a lot and making me panic and I think I’m having an anxiety attack . Idk what to do. I’m not in the comfort of my own home to manage it better. Help.