When you think no one understands ....read this.

[oneworld2010]

I'll tell you one thing.

All the people on this forum, and all those like us who suffer in the way we do are without a doubt in my mind among the strongest people on this earth. For most people when your afraid you can run, hide seek shelter, but how do you run, hide, seek shelter from what is inside your own mind....! We have no option but to deal with it. So we are strong. Always remember that. Three cheers to us and all who take the time and effort to understand our problems and what we go through on a day to day basis....

[novemberrain103]

That was very awesome. I know exactly how that feels to just want someone to know what your going through and understand. Not just hurry you along and not care. So glad that you are doing better now.

[texcan85]

This forum and everyone in chat have really helped me out a lot. My husband sometimes doesn't understand my problems. It is nice to get it all out and not be judged :)

[karla]

i can't quite put down what i want to say..gonna have to try a bit harder.

This was good reading.

[katie loo]

Just wanted to say what an inspirational post Thank You

[tofutti83]

Wonderfully comforting and re-assuring. Thank you.

[lilmiss]

that was such a good post. So descriptive, which i find quite hard to do. And you are right..we are strong..even though i forget that all the time and feel like the weakest person in the world. Thank you x

[AJ11113]

great post, very reassuring for someone with these issues

[_selina]

wow, so inspiring. just wondering, when's mine going to show up? hahaha

[katmar]

Very inspiring, and quite reassuring to those of us who struggle every day with this demon. Hope is what we seek, and here, we find it. Thank you.

[colliedog]

thank you very much

[cnelson8611]

This is the first post I read when I joined the site. Thank you so much.
I know we're not alone and that there are many who have felt this before, but for me it is difficult still at times.
I go through my days, every day, with the hope and belief that it will get better because I know it does.

[bsams]

THANK YOU FOR THIS POST!

[gertrude615]

I know what you mean. I have those times where I can't breathe in public and can't talk to anyone

[Daisy55]

I'm new here to this site.
That was a wonderful story of a kind soul who looked and listened.
I hope to find my way around this site and meet new people

[ScaredGirl1992]

very nice  ... and very reassuring ty !!

[amanda9322]

So there is hope that I can move normal Life with my family Sometimes I feel so guilty cause I don't wanna do anything and I just want to stay home and sometimes I'm in the bad mood for no reason or sad sometimes I'm un  predictable

[tigerpaw]

Yes, there is hope!  If it becomes a life issue and you can not move forward talk to a therapist and review the many options you have to persue!

Your on the right road to recovery!

[tokyopiglet]

so great to see this blog   

[Jorden_M]

I refused meds for my panic simply for the reason thati believed I could get rid kf it on my own. And guess what? I did. I no longer have constant fear.panic attacks are very few and far between but are easily calmed. The only fears I have left are my phobia of medication. But im working on that and it too shall pass. ;) the key is believing in YOU. Know u can defeat this thing. The beastie is nothing..its not real! You just have to convince yourself of it. Yes the symptoms are there but the mind is a powerful thing. You just have to learn the difference.. And you can! Like the tattoo on my left forearm says.....CONFIDENCE.

[SeriX]

I spent years dealing with GAD. Practiced breathing exercises, reading Hope and Help for your nerves by Claire Weeks until the soft covered books pages were worn and tattered. Day after day, week after week, month after month, having anxiety speak into my life with words of fear, panic attacks, hot flashes and loneliness.  In the end I would just end up running out of the restaurant, or choking down food at business lunches, sitting in subway cars, my car, feeling trapped, dizzy, spacey and panicing, afraid, lonely and desperate. No one to turn to. Family and friends couldn't fathom the complexity of my illness. My doctor at that time told me to go outside and get some fresh air. How ignorant of this my most personal nightmare. I later looked back and pitied him.

Years went by, and the silent, shameful and hidden world of therapy and meds, that no one dared to talk about, filtered its hope through one person to another. After countless visits to the hospital with questioning smiles from countless doctors, and their pitied smiles, who only saw what they could touch and not what they could hear me say, sent me packing to a Psychiatrist. I gave up hope then, sitting opposite a man who listened to my well worn story like grooves from a needle in an old vinyl record. I stared blankly waiting for his sifting eyes to read the familiar story of panic and fear and push me off into the lake of misunderstanding, aimlessly set adrift to be blown by the wind of despair.

Then, as all was lost, something wonderful happened. He smiled as he shifted in his chair and offered me hope, like a desert thirsting for rain. He said he understood. He said its a common mental ailment. He talked about therapy and medication, who i now call Med my friend. It brought me freedom to walk ,think, smile, breath, and live again.

The inside could finally go outside into public places.

Your friend in the war against Anxiety.
 

That was very inspiring for me, thank you very much x

[mjd30]

This is one of the first posts I have read since joining the forum, and I'm thankful to you for writing it! What a great post to give reassurance to us newbies! 

[ron111]

Tigerpaw is the man.  He was very instrumental in my recovery.  I'm now 99.9% cured because I've learned to deal with EVERY symptom very well. 

Listen to him, he knows his stuff!!

[mgray]

Awesome post! We need more inspiration like this!!!! My new Meds are really my freedom from constant anxiety. I still have my moments but only 3 weeks into it so I know those moments will be fewer and fewer!

[akavy4]

This was the very first post I read when I first found this website. Thank you so much!