Here From Anxiety Central

[Angelica Schuyler]

Hi, there.

As the title suggests, I found this forum via Anxiety Central, which is no longer functioning properly.

I’m a 34-year-old woman who was diagnosed with GAD, illness anxiety disorder (before it was called that), and chronic depression in my early 20s. Over the last couple of years, OCD was added to that list. I feel like I have always been an anxious person, but that the severity and details of my mental illnesses can be traced to trauma (cancer in my teens and losing my mom two years ago).

With health anxiety, my worries tend to be body-focused, but I also have anxiety about other things, including work, finances, and politics. Catastrophizing is a major problem.

I hope to get to know everyone here and be as much help as I can. We’re all in this together, right?

 

[Cuchculan]

Welcome to the forum. Good to have you as a member. Long list of various kinds of anxiety you have. But you are never alone here. We all suffer from one thing or another. Always here for each other. SO put your feet up and make yourself at home.

 

[Jennie048]

Hi Angelica - nice to see you on here!

 

[MainerMikeBrown]

I never commented to Anxiety Central before.

Welcome to all of those who used to comment to Anxiety Central and are now here at AnxietyCommunity.com, including you, Angelica! Thanks for being here.

 

[mollyfin]

I was hoping to run into some people I knew here! I hope AC gets up and running again someday but in the meantime it's nice to not be the only new kid in town!