Hey everyone :)

[elizabethrogers]

Can I just say it's really nice to see a group where everyone shares the same problem. It's hard for myself to find people to talk to when everyone in my life does not understand the daily struggle for someone with anxiety, and just tells me to "stop worrying" and "can't you just be happy."

[cloudy black]

yes i know what you mean. i was in a black space last night and so i decided on a random moment to join a forum like this. i resisted the urge to go and get some beer which is what i tend to do when everything looks black and my solar plexus is churning but lol i couldn't face going out to do that. so the depression won out last night and not the anxiety. i find on the rare occasion that when i do try to talk about things it always sounds so pathetic. explaining things out of the context of actually experiencing what it means to have a bad episode is in my experience a futile experience. and so i busy myself so much so that i cant switch off when i go to bed :(

[cloudy black]

hello elizabethrogers yes i think it is. i say think because i just never talk about feelings. so this is all new for me. yes it is difficult with the daily struggle of anxiety. and it really hurts when people use what i call throw away comments but at least i know not to talk to that person i guess. in 2013 i ;needed to weed out the anxiety triggers and so i got rid of my tv because i had come to realise that it was causing me stress and i was paying for the privilege! i rarely listen to the radio for the same reason or read newspapers. you could say i had a life adjustment. i just dont want to be told how bad things are but i do read the news on the internet but try not to spend to much time doing this.