I honestly think I got it by chance :/

Hello, mine didn't stem from childhood, I had a great upbringing and lots of friends. I developed anxiety out of the blue one day on the way home from college and got gradually worse from there.

Hello Dave I'm sorry to hear you have this for so long :( I have had agoraphobic tendancies for 6 years now and that feels like a lifetime to me!..
Anyway just remember you are not alone!! We can...

Having a right shitty time at the moment, I lost my friend February just gone and all I can think of is how weird it's going to be this christmas without her here!.. Her 5 year old son who she left...

Maybe it's just me but implying we ''think up these phobias'' seems kinda rude!

Yeah the chat is the same for me!.. It's nice to chat with people going through similar stuff on here, really helps :)

If only there was a way around it..... Lol

Hi Dawn, I agree anxiety sucks!!!!!
I also suffer with GAD and also depression as well as SAD and agoraphobic tendancies. When does your anxiety come about?.. Mine is there almost constantly,...

Hi Tom,
Round where I live the people with mental health issues get treat like crap too :( I would suggest talking to a psychiatrist or CPN? But if it's anything like round my part they are stopping...

I'm exactly the same duck! Hate waiting about for things I HAVE to do (doctors etc). I'm usally fine once I get to the place I'm going it's the travelling I'm still anxious through :S

My laptop is my life too atm very sad :( Lisa: I'm on meds and I don't feel weird or out of it, there not for everyone though

Hi Kristy17
I'm the same I very rarely go out anywhere, I have been this way since 17 I'm now 23 :S It's not a nice feeling of being alone, it is a big help to talk to people on here though.. I'm...

Hope you surgery goes ok hun!!

So proud of myself I was feeling really anxious about going to my mams house (just up the road) to the point where i was doing my usual tricks trying to think up excuses not to go, but i forced my...

Hiya Yasmin, I was exactly the same as you at your age, I'm now 23 and worse still, I do not work and I also quit college because of it.. It's a very hopeless feeling, but it does help a bit to talk...

Hi there, sorry to hear about the way your feeling but I personally don't think it is seperation anxiety as you don't feel this way when she is at work, I think if it was you feel that way every time...

Hi, just wondering if anyone can tell me how to change my profile picture as I'm clicking on it just won't let me!! Grrr lol

Hiya scotgirl86 welcome,
I'm 23 and also from the uk, i suffer depression and anxiety attacks, only mine seem to happen whenever I'm about to travel anywhere! Which is hard on the social life!..
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Very true about the meds but unfortunately I took the other root and now dependant on 2 sets of tablets, not that they help the anxiety much it's more for the depression which I suppose if suicidal...

I had the same problem when I first claimed disability living allowence, I appealed loads of times, my first doctor sent me away with 2 medical appointments, after appealing I finally saw a doctor of...

Was the other way arounf for me, I had a panick attack out the blue when I was in college when i was 17.. I never left the house again for a year! Then I was refered to child and adolescent mental...

Nice to meet you too! :) Where are you from duckduckduke? Are you on any meds?

Thanks guys, if I have a really good day I can go to friends or something.. But most of the time I just sit in my house :( which obviously gets you down more!.. Just nice to feel like I'm not alone....

I'm on an antidepressant that helps with sleep as i never used to sleep at all! Which helps the depression some-what. And on an anti-psycotic for anxiety whice does jack S*** to be honest lol.. I...

Just thought I'd add, when I actually do travel which is very seldom, I suffer extreme anxiety attacks, symptoms include: Palpitations, trembles, shortness of breath, nausea, sometimes even...