Anxiety and despair

[Phillip1991]

Hello everyone, my name is Phillip, I’m from Washington state, USA. I’m 28 years old and have been suffering with anxiety and panic attacks for 7 years now. It has affected my life to the point where a simple public outing to the grocery store or taking out the garbage from the house is daunting. It has ruined my social life, I don’t have any friendships, no relationships. Nothing. I have my brothers and my mom, that’s it. And even they have little understanding of what I’m going through.

This anxiety has also led to deep depression. I feel like I will never be happy again, hopeless is a understatement to describe how I feel, despair and utter destruction is more fitting. I feel as if I have been destroyed, I no longer have worth.

Music is the one thing that keeps me sane. Listening to music has helped me greatly to deal with all of this. I’ve been thinking of getting a doctor and possibly getting on some meds, but I don’t know if that would help.

I know this introduction post is not the greatest, but I had to get my story out there. I’m hoping to meet new people who also suffer from anxiety, maybe make new friends, share music with you guys, etc.

Anyways, thank you for reading this

 

[Cuchculan]

Welcome to the forum. Medication just might help improve things for you. As would some therapy. A road we have all been down. Is very hard to try and do it all without some form of help. Music is amazing. I listen to it when I leave the house and it helps me to relax when out. Listen to it in the house as well. Things can get better for you with the right kind of help. It all begins with a visit to a doctor.

 

[triceps]

Hi and welcome Phillip. I'm right there with you but medication has helped very much over the 50 years I've been in this sad state. On a bad day it takes me an hour to get the guts to walk down the driveway to get the mail. You only need to find one of your friends that would accept you as you are after sharing with them a thorough description of where you are mentally. That would help you a lot. Again, welcome. Hope you can find some help here, it's a compassionate place.