New member, wanted to introduce myself and hopefully find like minded people:).

[NickLondon]

Hi,

Guess I should start of by telling you a bit about myself! I am 28 and live in London, work a 9 to 5 and am very lucky to have great family and friends.

I have however, suffered for many years with various levels of OCD, phobia, anxiety, depression and everything else that is associated with it.

It started when I developed a bad dental phobia which more or less controlled my life for over 10 years, everything about life revolved around it, as a result I developed OCD behaviors, became depressed, panic attacks etc. Fast forward to last year and to cut a long story short...I beat my phobia! I am no longer afraid of the dentist and have no fear/anxiety related to it anymore.

I guess I thought that after I beat the thing that I thought was the source of my issues everything would change and life would seem easy! For a little while and at certain times I guess it does! But I still suffer from anxiety and panic attacks when certain things in my life change or don't go as planned.

For instance, as silly as it sounds, for over a week now I have had serious anxiety worry about my much loved pet that has developed a few issues, despite going to the vet and it appears that should will improve in time, it still hasn't seemed to offer me much solace, still worry every time I see my pet, and can't help by check him (much like I did with my teeth when I suffered with them), and can't seem to get negative thoughts related to it out of my head. I haven't slept properly in over a week, had butterflies and worse the whole time so found it hard to eat, find myself shaking regularly and have felt very much unhappy since. I also hate the fact that the source of my problems at the moment are related to something I do not have direct control over.

Sorry to bombard you with details, just thought I would share how I am feeling at the moment and hopefully be able to become part of this community:).

Thank you for reading!


Nick

[Cuchculan]

Welcome to the forum. Good to have you as a member. Here you are with like minded people. People who understand. As we all suffer from something or other. So feel free to ask any questions. Our members are always willing to help others out. Good chatroom too. 3 posts to enter the room.

Find the correct section of the forum that suits your condition and create a new topic on it. This is just a welcome section. Never really get the same amount of help in this section as you would on the other sections of the forums. So whatever one suits the questions you are asking. Get much better answers.

[NickLondon]

Many thanks for a response    , will have a good look around now!