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02-17-2014, 01:28 PM
I'm not exactly sure what i'm supposed to write here, so i'll just write a bit about myself.
I'm Euan, a mid 20's long-term anxiety sufferer. I found this forum through the usual search engine, i found it a few months back whilst on one of my crazed anxiety peaks but never thought to register. Finding some of the stories and cases similar to myself i thought i'd join and try and share some of my experiences in the hope of helping someone else.
I've suffered from crippling anxiety from around my early teens, a few events that some people would class as traumatic happened in my younger years and it took a while for it to sink in. My anxiety hit a climax at the age of 15 with me having almost uncontrollable "waves" of terror hitting me on a daily basis, this caused me to drop out of school and flunking all my exams.
I wouldn't say i was an anti-social person, but i have a serious problem with social situations, especially new people, which makes me horrendous at first impressions. I get far too focused on the anxiety to sometimes control what i say, if i even say anything.
It's only really the past year or so I've learned how to deal with my anxiety and the pulses or waves that come with it.
Thankfully my story's not all bad, after school i managed to talk my way into college albeit a low level class and managed to focus enough to get me through college and uni to find myself a stable job and a decent start in life. Which has shown me, those days where you don't want to move from bed and could stay in the house don't help in life a single bit, Those days riding the bus feeling completely out of place and uneasy and attending classes where you only know one person on first name terms are worth it in the long run.
I'm Euan, a mid 20's long-term anxiety sufferer. I found this forum through the usual search engine, i found it a few months back whilst on one of my crazed anxiety peaks but never thought to register. Finding some of the stories and cases similar to myself i thought i'd join and try and share some of my experiences in the hope of helping someone else.
I've suffered from crippling anxiety from around my early teens, a few events that some people would class as traumatic happened in my younger years and it took a while for it to sink in. My anxiety hit a climax at the age of 15 with me having almost uncontrollable "waves" of terror hitting me on a daily basis, this caused me to drop out of school and flunking all my exams.
I wouldn't say i was an anti-social person, but i have a serious problem with social situations, especially new people, which makes me horrendous at first impressions. I get far too focused on the anxiety to sometimes control what i say, if i even say anything.
It's only really the past year or so I've learned how to deal with my anxiety and the pulses or waves that come with it.
Thankfully my story's not all bad, after school i managed to talk my way into college albeit a low level class and managed to focus enough to get me through college and uni to find myself a stable job and a decent start in life. Which has shown me, those days where you don't want to move from bed and could stay in the house don't help in life a single bit, Those days riding the bus feeling completely out of place and uneasy and attending classes where you only know one person on first name terms are worth it in the long run.