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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...

For some any time I have anxiety instead of just feeling anxious, my chest gets really cold like icy hot and I keep going in waves of freezing to burning and feel like I can’t breath and tongue tingles.

Hey, I’m new here. Just wanted a place to join a group of people who understood and appreciated current struggles I’m battling. Recently I have felt very under attack at work - I often get shouted at for things I’m “doing wrong” (mostly things that are out of my control or genuinely aren’t my...

So I have noticed, the majority of my anxiety happens when around other people. Strangers, mostly. I am only comfortable around one person, my soul mate, but even around my family I feel so uncomfortable. I even have a difficult time eating or getting up to use the bathroom. I get so tense and I...

I feel really dizzy, and it’s been getting worse throughout the day but I have a lot of back problems and had surgery last July on my spine so I think it’s from my back. But my anxiety keeps acting up making me think it’s my heart and I’m gonna die. I can’t take it anymore; I feel terrible and...

Hi Everyone, I am very new to this forum, and am reaching out to people with similar problems in life to myself. I come from a very complicated background... To cut it short: Was engaged to a man at the age of 21 for 2 years (was with him for 8 years in total) Rented a house and worked for his...

Back in middle school I had a teacher who showed us the Civil War movie 'Glory' and before it, warned us all not to laugh or whatnot because it's a serious story. During a battle/dying scene I either giggled or laughed by accident, and the teacher called me out for it to the entire class. Later...

I'm in my late 20s and Ive struggled with anxiety since I was 14-15. I am in the middle of a major transition in my life, moving across the country to a new place where I dont know anyone, dealing with the selling of a house, taking care of an elderly parent that hasn't been much help in the...

Hello everyone. I am new here. Used to be a member of a few forums but it's been a while. I used to work on forums actually. It was fun. But anyway... I have bipolar disorder and my anxiety and depression have been really kicking my butt lately. I have a really hard time getting out of bed each...

Okay, I just need to vent here. Here I am, wide awake at 6:50 am in the morning for the second time in the row because this situation is making me feel absolutely awful. I'm 25, an adult who luckily (and unfortunately) looks like a young teenager. For the life of me, I cannot get my mother &...

Hi. I just joined about 5 minutes ago, so here goes. I'm currently job-hunting, and the anxiety about it is killing me. I have a fairly good, if way underpaid job in a small city government, and while I somewhat enjoy the work, I feel like I've grown past it. At the same time, the low pay has...

I am feeling very anxious right now and dreading tomorrow as I am due to return to work. I had been signed off by my doctor for six weeks off work, due to work anxiety and stress . My six weeks are now up and I am returning on a phased return starting Tuesday, as suggested by my GP. (I shall...

Hello, maybe someone here can help me. Well, I had a blood test done and it came back with a normal a1c but fasting blood glucose in the prediabetec range. Doctor wasn't worried and thinks it' a fluke. I had multiple tests done before then and it would come back normal. (I have pcos, so I have...

Just wondering how you guys deal with food during times of high-stress. I have heard of nervous people munching on anything in sight to help calm them down (aka comfort food)...but I'm the type that goes directly into starvation mode when I'm scared, esp. when something is going on for a long...

Hi everyone, I am a sixty-three year old woman who struggles with anxiety when life becomes too hard due to stress from outside forces. I do well when things are all going right, but then all it takes is a sudden turn of events to throw me into a web of confusion and anxiety. I live in a rural...

I have something I must do within the next few days. It involves a pretty big decision, and I've postponed it for as long as I can. I need to settle down and do some reading and research before making the decision, but I'm sitting here posting on the forum because I'm procrastinating, doing...