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17 years ago 0 2101 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
got stuck away from home and lived!

Thanks^^ It was quite the "adventure" lol! Thanks for all you encouragements :) -Diva
17 years ago 0 2101 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
hi all am i ok

Hello Claire well you came to the right place here for support. We can all sympathize with you here. We know what you are going through and how bad it can get. We also know that all the little successes are very importnat and will all be very happy to cheer you on! I personnally can sympathize with you. I have been dealing on and off with Generalized anxiety disorder and Panic attacks among other things for over 15 years. I was doing very well till lately. Last december i had a relapse and i have been working my way out of it since. But i notice little positive changes here and there in my life. I see a therapist and i have been working the program here since i joined on the 8th. Hang in there it will get better and you will get back to feeling like yourself. As for the meds thing, dont beat yourself up. I had funtionned for years without meds and now i am back on them. I struggled with this too at first. But now the way i see it is that i am just helping my body gain back its equilibrium until i can get my life back to where i want to be. If i was taking insuline to help with my blood sugar equilibrium i wouldnt feel ashamed, so there is no need to feel ashamed here either. I hope you will not be so hard on yourself. Anyway, welcome Claire and you have come to the right place to ask questions, get support and some hearfelt cheering for your sucessses :) -Diva
17 years ago 0 2101 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
First Post

Hi again Claire! And Hi fireman! I havent met you yet but i read your post and i was wondering how you were ding^^ Hope to hear from you soon!
17 years ago 0 2101 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
hi guys, im new

Hi Samantha. We can all sympathise with you here as Isabella has said. Well i do not have a child, but i know what it is to have a setback. I have been dealing with anxiety and panic for over 15 years on and off. I have had very good runs so no worries. But recently in december i have had a small relapse. And that is always tough to deal with. But i assure you there is a way out of them. I have a therapist and since the 8th i have been working this program. I have been noticing positive changes in my life and i can see that i am slowly getting back to being the way i want to be. I agree with Isabelle that you should adress your sources of stress. My relapse came about because of an overload of stressors and it sounds like yours did too. My therapist is always telling me that a panic attack is a way for your body to communicate with you when you are too stubborn to listen to it lol. As isabella said talk about it with somebody you trust and you feel can help you! Anyway, welcome to the site. Here i have found encouragement, suport, answers to my questions, a place to ask those questions and a nice dose of being cheered on! I am sure you will get that too^^ Once again welcome! -Diva
17 years ago 0 2101 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Ok, panic versus anxiety

Thanks i think now i can figure out more accurately when i had a full-blown panic attack and when i just have high anxiety or what i like to call anxiety attacks (which i find are exactly like panic attacks except, well, i dont feel the need to call an ambulance or lie down lol! anyway, thanks, i will try not to attach so many labels to stuff and i will fill the forms to the best of my abilities! But one last question? Can panic attacks have different intensities? And if not , if they are always the big one like a 9 or a ten, why does the panic attack section of the forms give you a range from 0-10 instead of just 9 or 10? Bleh i dont know how to express this correctly but i get it enough with labels fill out forms as best you can and panic attacs are rated 9-10. Thanks! -Diva
17 years ago 0 2101 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I don't know if this is in the appropriate section but,,,,

Danielle , thank you for your post and yes i will try to use this situation as an opportunity to grow. Maggie and Isabella! Thank you so much for sharing your stories , encouragements and advice with me. I felt sooooo alone in this. But with you two and Sue answering i feel so much better. When i started this post i didnt think i would get so much support. Thanks so much guys you are the best. As for the situation with my husband, i will take your advice and talk to him. And also i will do my best to spend time with him and put him and my love for him before my anxiety. Any tips on how to begin that tho? Anyway, thanks agan guys this means a lot to me :) Keep me posted on how it goes with your guys and i will try to do the same about mine :) -Diva
17 years ago 0 2101 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Diva's first-post

Yes claire i couldnt believe i found this site either when i did! And yes good things will come of this! -Diva
17 years ago 0 2101 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Ok this might sound stupid but what do i count as anxiety and what do i count as panic?

Well in a way i know what the panic attacks are. I had them plenty to know what it feels like. I even went to the hospital for them once or twice. It is the lower intensity attacks ijust can't figure out! They are exactly like panic attacks. sudden onset when i am high in anxiety, fear, and heart palpitations, rapid heart beat sweaty hands etc. and everything. Just like a panic attack. With one minor exeption that i don't feel quite as scared and i don't feel the neeed to lie down or go to the hospital. Now what kind of attack is that^? an anxiety attack? I mean cause it is an attack of some sort. It is more then your just run of the mill high anxiety which i know how to recongnize intimately btw lol. So is it just that panic attacks can have degrees of intensity. Or is it some other kind of attack? Or am i just making this tooo complicated? ( i probably am lol!) Anyway, i will try to take everybodys advice and just not focus on labels too much and just fill out my forms the best i can to figure out the patterns of my anxiety underwhichever non-labeled form it comes lol Thanks! -Diva.
17 years ago 0 2101 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
New 2 this site and OMG I love it....

Welcome Cheri! Yeah this site is great isn't it? I find it helps me a lot. It is nice to know other people are like you and it is nice to get information. Anyway, nice to meet you and i hope you get as much out of this as i am :) -Diva
17 years ago 0 2101 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
ok this might be my weirdest post yet...

I have just realized suddenly as i saw how many posts i had posted since i signed in the i am a post hog! And i suddenly started feeling anxious that i might be posting too much and botherine gyou all. you must understand that part of my anxiety is bothering others, being rejected and so on and so forth. So now i am feeling anxious that i have been annoying and posting too much and i am wondering if i should cut back on posting. I am sorry. And i am sorry for a pologizing if it annoys you (man i would apologize for living if asked!) Anyway, i just thought i would write this down to get it out in the open. I love this site and i love this forum and it has been of great help to me and i wouldn't want to have it spoiled by my anxiety of being bothersome or a post hog! And Isabella and Maggie told me in some posts that communication is key. So here is me communicating with you guys. Anyway, that is all i have to say about this i guess. So check in with you later! -Diva