Too young to be this anxious

[courtneykay]

Hi everyone, you can call me Courtney.

I am a relatively normal person from the outside looking in, I go to a private college and am graduating a year early with good grades. I have great friends, amazing family, and a loving boyfriend. From the outside looking in, it may seem like I have it all. But I have experienced anxiety almost my entire life...and it has only gotten worse with age.

It started when I was a little kid, being afraid of kidnappers or people breaking into my home and taking me away from my family. I also developed emetophobia as a child. My mom thinks it is because I used to get sick a lot as a child and have bad memories associated with throwing up.

I have acknowledged my anxiety, and I realize how silly it is for me to worry, but I can not control it. Now it is just annoying and frustrating to me that I can't be a normal college-aged girl. I am taking Zoloft (I started at 25mg, I am now on 100mg).

Things have been getting progressively harder for me. I have been experiencing panic attacks nearly every day.
I upped my dosage a few weeks ago, and while it did help temporarily, I am back to feeling anxious almost every single night. I just need more ideas on how to help myself, and support from people who understand.
I worry that I will push people away because I am "crazy" and they don't know how to deal with my constant fear.

I hope to learn a thing or two from this forum. It is nice to meet everyone.

[gypsylee]

Hi there courtneykay,

Welcome to the forum :)

I remember being anxious at 10yo, probably younger. So you're never too young to be anxious!

There are lots of very insightful people here with lots of experience in dealing with anxiety.

All the best,
Gypsy

[danielhermanson]

Welcome courtneykay,

You will find a lot of helpful and caring people on this forum. You are in the right place!

Does your panic attacks are strictly related to emetophobia or this is only a part of the problem?

What are the main triggers for your daily panic attacks?

Before you can start controlling your thoughts you must understand your triggers so you can apply the best approach.

Take care!

[Debzzz]

I totally get that im at school and if you looked at my life there is nothing wrong but my anxiety is getting worse and worse. my anxiety is all to do with my health i see one symptom and i have it. right now ive got head and neck tension so the first thing was a brain tumour its all i can think about, i went to the doctor and they looked in my eyes and checked my vitals and said everything was fine but i still have it and its still stressing me out completely, please help !

[OmfgJaney]

You're also probably too pretty to be anxious!

[Kuroneko77]

Hi everyone, you can call me Courtney.

I am a relatively normal person from the outside looking in, I go to a private college and am graduating a year early with good grades. I have great friends, amazing family, and a loving boyfriend. From the outside looking in, it may seem like I have it all. But I have experienced anxiety almost my entire life...and it has only gotten worse with age.

It started when I was a little kid, being afraid of kidnappers or people breaking into my home and taking me away from my family. I also developed emetophobia as a child. My mom thinks it is because I used to get sick a lot as a child and have bad memories associated with throwing up.

I have acknowledged my anxiety, and I realize how silly it is for me to worry, but I can not control it. Now it is just annoying and frustrating to me that I can't be a normal college-aged girl. I am taking Zoloft (I started at 25mg, I am now on 100mg).

Things have been getting progressively harder for me. I have been experiencing panic attacks nearly every day.
I upped my dosage a few weeks ago, and while it did help temporarily, I am back to feeling anxious almost every single night. I just need more ideas on how to help myself, and support from people who understand.
I worry that I will push people away because I am "crazy" and they don't know how to deal with my constant fear.

I hope to learn a thing or two from this forum. It is nice to meet everyone.

Ive seen comments on Youtube from 10 year olds on a video Zoella did about her anxiety.