Natasha0717
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Hi everyone,
Brand new here, just wanted to say hello and that you are definitely not alone in this. My first anxiety attack hit at the age of 12, and at the time, anxiety wasn't....well, I don't want to say "popular" as it is nowadays, but I'll say as well-known and recognized as it seems to be today. The idea of a child experiencing such extreme anxiety for no apparent reason was unheard of when I was going through it back in the 80's. My parents took me to a psychologist for a while, it did help somewhat. But my weight had dropped down to 69 lbs. and I truly believed I was dying of a brain tumor. And if it wasn't that, then it would be something else. I always had symptoms, I always had concerns, I was worried I would choke on my food, I was worried I would die at any second, or something would fall on my head, or someone was secretly plotting to kill me, you name it, I worried about it.
Certainly not the thoughts of a normal 12-year-old girl. I would watch my friends laughing and swimming in the pool in my backyard and eating these really huge ice cream sandwiches (I can remember it all so clearly!) ... and I had no interest in any of it. I was simply too scared of everything at the time.
Anxiety followed me all throughout my life. I wish I could say I have conquered it, but I have not. It certainly isn't what it was back when I was 12. I have learned different methods to cope with symptoms, dangerous and scary thoughts, and that complete feeling of panic that can hit you at any moment.
I look forward to sharing everything I have learned with all of you, and hope I can be somewhat of a help to you...and maybe the other way around as well.
See you around the boards. Good to be here.
Brand new here, just wanted to say hello and that you are definitely not alone in this. My first anxiety attack hit at the age of 12, and at the time, anxiety wasn't....well, I don't want to say "popular" as it is nowadays, but I'll say as well-known and recognized as it seems to be today. The idea of a child experiencing such extreme anxiety for no apparent reason was unheard of when I was going through it back in the 80's. My parents took me to a psychologist for a while, it did help somewhat. But my weight had dropped down to 69 lbs. and I truly believed I was dying of a brain tumor. And if it wasn't that, then it would be something else. I always had symptoms, I always had concerns, I was worried I would choke on my food, I was worried I would die at any second, or something would fall on my head, or someone was secretly plotting to kill me, you name it, I worried about it.
Certainly not the thoughts of a normal 12-year-old girl. I would watch my friends laughing and swimming in the pool in my backyard and eating these really huge ice cream sandwiches (I can remember it all so clearly!) ... and I had no interest in any of it. I was simply too scared of everything at the time.
Anxiety followed me all throughout my life. I wish I could say I have conquered it, but I have not. It certainly isn't what it was back when I was 12. I have learned different methods to cope with symptoms, dangerous and scary thoughts, and that complete feeling of panic that can hit you at any moment.
I look forward to sharing everything I have learned with all of you, and hope I can be somewhat of a help to you...and maybe the other way around as well.
See you around the boards. Good to be here.
